Sadie McIntosh wins silver at Fittest in Manitoba Crossfit competition

By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press

Neepawa’s Sadie McIntosh is one of the fittest in Manitoba and she has the medals and the muscles to prove it. The 21-year-old recently competed in the Fittest in Manitoba Circuit Training competition in Winnipeg. This CrossFit inspired event is a competition for athletes of all different skill levels (Novice, Intermediate, Rx and Masters 40+), which involves a variety of functional movements performed at high intensity.

McIntosh competed in the Intermediate (Women) Division and finished in second place overall for the category. Despite this being her first solo event, Sadie was just barely beaten by a competitor with three event wins and six top-5 finishes on their CrossFit resume.

Challenging yourself

Having focused on more team oriented circuit training competition previously, Mc-

Intosh was looking forward to seeing how she’d fare in an individual event. She told the Banner & Press she went into the competition with modest expectations.

“Really, there were no expectations from me on how things would play out. I just wanted to test myself, and that’s really what this sport is about,” stated McIntosh. “I wanted to see what potential I had, but it’s not really about you versus someone else. It’s you challenging yourself and I feel as though I was able to perform at a high level. I’m proud of what I was able to accomplish.”

McIntosh added that she likely will participate in solo events again in the future, though her focus right now is back to the team aspect of circuit training. She, along with other athletes from Whitey’s Fitness Body Shop will be competing in a CrossFit style event during the first weekend of May.

Neepawa’s Sadie McIntosh finished second overall in the Fittest In Manitoba Circuit Training Event, held in Winnipeg on Saturday, Apr. 22 and Sunday, Apr. 23

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