Ben Smith to defend his title at the 2016 CrossFit Games.

Ben Smith won three of seven events at the Atlantic CrossFit Regional to take the top spot and book his place at the 2016 CrossFit Games where he gets to defend his title of Fittest on Earth. 

Seven events within the top 7 sees Smith win the Atlantic Regional by 58 points over 2nd placed Noah Ohlsen. 

Ohlsen finished each event inside the top 10 and books his place back to the 2016 CrossFit Games where he will be fighting for a podium finish. 

Travis Meyer and Jacob Anderson take 3rd and 4th respectively after an impressive weekend of performances. 

The final spot was taken by Gary Helmick, husband of Alea Helmick who also made it to the 2016 CrossFit Games on the women's side. This will be the first time in history where a husband and wife couple will go the Carson and compete in the CrossFit Games.

 

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Emily Bridgers takes the Atlantic Regional title

Emily Bridgers placed inside the top 10 over the entire weekend to lock up the top spot for the Atlantic Regional to make it back to the CrossFit games. 

After two 1st place finishes on day one, Bridgers was leading right from the beginning and took another 1st place finish in event 6 to keep ahead of the chasing pack. 

It was a tight race for the final 4 places with Anna Tunicliffe securing 2nd place with one even win in event 5. 

Meg Reardon and Christy Adkins fought it out for 3rd and 4th place with Reardon finishing 3rd, and Adkins 4th. Both women had some very impressive events finishing inside the top 3 but each had a single relatively poor finish outside of the top 20.

 

Alea Helmick took the final spot for the 2016 CrossFit games with Cassidy Lance missing out on a place by just 7 points. 

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