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Northern California Classic 2025

Sacramento · Jun 6 – 8, 2025

Northern California Classic 2025: results, qualifiers and workouts

The 2025 Northern California Classic, held on June 6-8 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, was the last of the ten in-person qualifying events of the 2025 season and the event's first year as a CrossFit qualifier, with 958 athletes across all divisions. William Leahy and Alex Gazan won the Elite divisions, with Jorge Fernandez and Hattie Kanyo also qualifying. Gazan later withdrew injured and third-placed Carolyne Prevost took her Games spot.

The essentials

Dates
Jun 6 – 8, 2025
City
Sacramento
Venue
Discovery Park
Type
In-person qualifying event of the 2025 CrossFit Games season (Elite Individual only); the last of the ten
Games spots
2 men, 2 women
Games spots per sex
2
athletes competed
958
cash prizes
$162K+
Elite events
8

Top two Elite men and women who also ranked in the top 1% of the 2025 Open. The pairs, masters, teen and community divisions awarded no Games spots.

Who qualified for the Games

CrossFit's official list, with each athlete's place at this event. A name links to the athlete's profile where Heat Clock has one.

Men

Women

  • Alex Gazan · Elite Female: Won and qualified (CrossFit, June 10, 2025), then withdrew from the Games after breaking her fibula in a car accident; her spot went to Carolyne Prevost (3rd).

Podiums

Top of the final leaderboard, as the organiser published it.

Individual · Men

Individual · Women

Workouts

  • Event 1

    Ring Shuttle

    FormatFor timeTime cap9 minScoringTime
    1. 30ring muscle-ups
    2. ·Every 3 minutes, starting at 0:00: suicide shuttle run buy-in (50, 75 and 100 ft)

    Standards

    Rings; shuttle distances 50, 75 and 100 ft

    Friday, Frog Grips Battlegrounds

  • Event 2

    Heavy Isabel

    FormatFor timeTime cap9 minScoringTime
    1. 30snatches (225/155 lb)
    2. ·Run to the finish line

    Standards

    Barbell 225 lb men / 155 lb women; the bar is rolled to the next station after snatches 12, 21 and 27

    Friday, FitAID Trailside Stage

  • Event 3

    Stow and Go

    FormatFor timeTime cap2 min

    Scoring: Time, ranked within each lane; each lane worth half an event

    1. 100 fttruck pull (athlete harnessed to the truck)

    Standards

    Two lanes, each scored separately at 50% weight

    Friday, The Crossroads. The Barbell Spin describes it as a push and says the left-lane vehicle was harder to move, which is why scoring was split by lane.

  • Event 4

    Pumphouse

    FormatFor timeTime cap15 minScoringTime
    1. 1,500 mbike erg
    2. 45heavy double-unders
    3. 30reverse-lunge wall-ball shots (20/14 lb)
    4. 15bar muscle-up + pullover
    5. 30reverse-lunge wall-ball shots (20/14 lb)
    6. 45heavy double-unders
    7. 1,500 mbike erg

    Standards

    Wall ball 20 lb men / 14 lb women

    Saturday, FitAID Trailside Stage. Per The Barbell Spin the double-unders were removed for the Elite divisions because the heavy rope handles were coming apart.

  • Event 5

    Farmnastics

    FormatFor timeTime cap15 minScoringTime
    1. 50overhead squats (95/65 lb)
    2. 250 ftfarmers carry (32/24 kg)
    3. 10handstand pirouettes
    4. 250 ftfarmers carry (32/24 kg)

    Standards

    Barbell 95/65 lb; kettlebells 32/24 kg; pirouette done inside a box, walking in and out on the hands

    Saturday, Frog Grips Battlegrounds

  • Event 6

    2K Row

    FormatFor time

    Scoring: Row split time, scored as its own event

    1. 2,000 mrow

    Sunday. Athletes went straight from the row into the 2-mile run (Double Twos).

  • Event 7

    Double Twos

    FormatFor timeScoringTotal time for both
    1. 2,000 mrow
    2. 2 milerun

    Sunday, Frog Grips Battlegrounds

  • Event 8

    Hero Ball

    FormatFor timeTime cap7 minScoringTime
    1. 5legless rope climbs
    2. 2box jump-overs
    3. 5squat cleans (285/185 lb)
    4. 2box jump-overs
    5. 3legless rope climbs
    6. 2box jump-overs
    7. 3squat cleans (305/215 lb)
    8. 2box jump-overs
    9. 1legless rope climb
    10. 2box jump-overs
    11. 1squat clean (325/235 lb)

    Standards

    Elite loads 285/185, 305/215, 325/235 lb; athletes load their own plates

    Sunday, FitAID Trailside Stage. The Barbell Spin reports the weights were changed at the last minute; loads here are the published ones.

Frequently asked questions

Who won Northern California Classic 2025?

William Leahy (men) and Alex Gazan (women).

Who qualified for the 2025 Games at Northern California Classic 2025?

Men: William Leahy, Jorge Fernandez. Women: Hattie Kanyo, Carolyne Prevost.

Where and when was Northern California Classic 2025?

Discovery Park, Sacramento, Jun 6 – 8, 2025.

Sources