YOU DID IT. I DID IT. WE DID IT. We made it through the 2019 CrossFit Open alive and only slightly scathed! We are so, so proud of everyone -- from the first timers to the masters veterans -- we saw some amazing community moments unfold, and some crazy athletic feats emerge from folks just simply getting out of their comfort zones. Thank you to everyone who came out to make these last five weeks the best ever -- Austin Sports Therapy, Airrosti, Rebbl, Pearson Properties, Nicki Morgan’s jalapeno dip, Jess Guevara’s margs, and we’d like to especially thank New Skin Liquid Bandages for obvious 19.5-related reasons. For the past couple of years, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to award some folks some key superlatives, as well as crown the gym champs in their respective categories. So, without further adieu, we bring you the finishing highlights from 19.5 and this year’s slew of winners. Way to go, y’all! 19.5 Highlights: 
Fellas: Alex, Chad (it’s about time, Chadley), Aiden, Michael Burton, Bryan Payne, Jared, Michael Zimmerman, Blake, Paul, Qasim, Dino, and Kevin! 
Look at all those names, y’all! Some of these folks literally only started CrossFit a month or so before the Open began, and it only took weeks of convincing and a promise that they wouldn’t perish. Amazing. We are so proud of y’all! Alright, after all that, let’s see what the 19.5 scoreboards looked like: Men’s RX 
Ladies’ RX 
Men’s Scaled 
Ladie’s Scaled 
Men’s Masters 
Ladies Masters 
And, drumroll please, the final, overall stats and standings from the last five weeks of work!
- Hroch finished exactly when Mat Fraser did, times two. So, he’s essentially twice the man Matty Fray is.
- Zach, Drew, Laura, and Jamie all finished the workout in a buzzer-beating RX fashion and boy was it exciting to watch.
- McKenzie, Whitney, Geoffrey, and Gerry said RIP and goodbye to the skin on their hands and made the rig look like a scene straight outta Dexter.
- Val Harmon m u r d e r e d this workout scaled, and, later, found out exactly (the hard way) why we wrap our thumbs around the bar when doing pull-ups.
- Shannon Frawley also demonstrated some serious athleticism and finished this workout scaled, but wanted to try her ~hand~ at RX, so after a few days gave it a go and got 33 reps!
- Sadie didn’t go into labor during any part of 19.5.
- Sally Mayo did ALL of her scaled thrusters unbroken, the whole time, and frankly we all should strive to be like Sally Mayo.
Fellas: Alex, Chad (it’s about time, Chadley), Aiden, Michael Burton, Bryan Payne, Jared, Michael Zimmerman, Blake, Paul, Qasim, Dino, and Kevin! 
Look at all those names, y’all! Some of these folks literally only started CrossFit a month or so before the Open began, and it only took weeks of convincing and a promise that they wouldn’t perish. Amazing. We are so proud of y’all! Alright, after all that, let’s see what the 19.5 scoreboards looked like: Men’s RX 
Ladies’ RX 
Men’s Scaled 
Ladie’s Scaled 
Men’s Masters 
Ladies Masters 
And, drumroll please, the final, overall stats and standings from the last five weeks of work! - Fittest Man, RX: Justin Hroch (6 points)
- Fittest Woman, RX: Jamie Kampman (10 points)
- Fittest Man, Scaled: Aiden Romano (54 points)
- Fittest Woman, Scaled: Shannon Frawley (59 points)
- Fittest Man, Masters: Paul Smith (133 points)
- Fittest Woman, Masters: Sally Mayo (167 points)
- Worst Rip: Gerald Flynn
- Best Rester: Philip Edsel
- Judge’s favorite: Paul Smith
- Sweatiest Beast: Zach Lozano
- Chalk Monster: Becca Matimba
- Loudest Grunter: Becca Harris
- Most Spirited: Jared Crowley
- Most Aggressive: Whitney Furrh
- Best Effort, Dudes Division: Bryan Payne
- Best Effort, Ladies Division: Shannon Frawley
- First Timer: Alex Morgan
