CrossFit finalizes 2026 Masters and teen Games fields for San Jose

Travis Mayer topped Noah Ohlsen in the 35-39 men’s semifinal leaderboard, and that result now sits inside a final field that gives the 2026 Masters and Teenage Games a clear road map to San Jose. CrossFit’s June 1 update closed the book on the Age-Group Online Semifinals, which ran from May 7 at noon PT through May 11 at noon PT and served as the last qualifying stage for the Masters and Teenage CrossFit Games.

That matters because this is not a side plot in CrossFit’s 20th Games season. The Masters CrossFit Games are scheduled for July 21-23 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, followed by the Teenage CrossFit Games from July 24-26 at the same venue. CrossFit has also said Masters, Teenage and Adaptive athletes will compete in San Jose during the same week, turning the city into the center of the division-level season.

The semifinal structure showed how deep the age-group pipeline has become. The 35-39 and 40-44 divisions each sent 15 men and 15 women through the online semifinals, while the 45-49 through 65-69 brackets each carried 10 men and 10 women. The 70+ division included 5 men and 8 women, and the teenage brackets in 14-15 and 16-17 each featured 20 girls and 20 boys. In a sport that often fixates on the Open, those numbers show where the next wave of Games relevance is being built.

Mayer’s finish stands out because CrossFit lists him as a 9X CrossFit Games competitor and co-owner of Training Think Tank in Roswell, Georgia. Ohlsen, already one of the most recognizable names in the sport, finished second. Behind them, the men’s 35-39 qualifiers included Khan Porter, Augustin Viličnik, Stefano Migliorini, Nicholas Anapolsky, Tyler Tosunian, Ludvig Hahnsson, Casey Strong, Christian Ramon, Dino Sanna, Hudson Fricke, Chase Hill, Tony Lauters and Moses Petelo.

The women’s 35-39 field was just as loaded, with Breona Wallin, Mekenzie Riley, Fanny Girard, Antea Longo, Lacey Truelove, Kelly Clark, Andrea Nisler, Carlie Stone, Francesca Marchiori, Hollye Henderson, Shara Hoffmann-Oberhofer, Christin Panchik, Veera Uotila and Victoria Reyes Bethencourt all advancing. Deeper into the age spectrum, names like Carleen Mathews, James Hobart, Joey Hoechsmann, Jen Dieter, Kelly Friel and Max El-Hag kept the older divisions stocked with athletes whose current fitness still plays on a Games stage.

CrossFit’s judging rules were just as exacting as the leaderboard. Athletes had to complete all five workouts and submit publicly posted YouTube videos, with the password emailed at 11:45 a.m. PT on May 7. Both the head judge and floor judge had to hold L1 or OL1 credentials or higher, plus the Advanced Judges Course, before a score could count. The final fields are set now, and San Jose will tell us which names were qualifiers and which ones are contenders.