Jayson Hopper, Taylor Williamson Win Rogue Fitness Excavator Challenge


Last month Rogue Fitness hosted The Excavator Challenge, an online competition where athletes completed 30 Sandbag Clean to Shoulder for time. In the Competitive RX Division, the sandbag was 150 pounds for the men and 100 pounds for the women.

When the dust settled, Jayson Hopper and Taylor Williamson won the Men’s and Women’s division, respectively. Hopper completed the 30 reps in 1:19 while Williamson finished in 1:39 (note: Touch-and-go was not permitted).

You can watch Hopper and Williamson’s winning video submissions below:

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As for the other top finishers, Dallin Pepper took 2nd with a time of 1:30 and Cameron Gay finished 3rd with a time of 1:43.

On the women’s side, Whitney Gelin almost beat Williamson, but fell one second short (1:40) to take second place while Dana Paran completed the 30 reps in 1:44 for third place.

The top 3 athletes each won a Rogue Gift Card and Strongman equipment…

On Thursday, Jayson Hopper will be in Albany, New York, for the 25.3 CrossFit Open live announcement. He will take on the workout with Dallin Pepper and James Sprague.

Taylor Williamson is “retired”.


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