Guido Trinidad, Noah Ohlsen, and Integrity

Guido Trinidad foam rolling in-between sessions with Coach Katona

Just in case you haven’t heard, Peak 360 (owned by 3Fuel athlete Guido Trinidad) has recently called attention to a miscount during one of their video taped open workouts, and reported it to Crossfit HQ. Noah Ohlsen, the athlete who spotted the miscount, knew that reporting it would put them out of the running to qualify for the Crossfit Games Team Competition. Still, they showed integrity and honor and pointed out the mistake, dropping from 30th to 31st and ending their run at the CF Games for 2013.  However, even if they had won the entire team competition this year, we at 3Fuel (and especially their coach, Doug Katona) couldn’t imagine that we’d have been more proud of them, and we’re privileged to have them be a part of our family.

Noah Ohlsen, of Peak 360 CrossFit, submitted 212 reps for Open Workout 13.5.

After five weeks of the Open, Ohlsen finished in 10th place in the South East and helped his team narrowly make the top 30 to qualify for Regional competition.

Later, while reviewing video of his 13.5 performance for coaching cues, he realized his judge mistakenly counted one thruster that he didn’t complete. Ohlsen and his coach, Guido Trinidad, (2012 Reebok CrossFit Games competitor) decided to bring it to the attention of the CrossFit Games staff.

Taking away one rep from the workout means Peak 360 CrossFit’s team moves from 30th place to 31st place, outside of Regional qualification.

“We were fully aware of the repercussions beforehand and how it would affect another team’s ability to attain a goal they have worked hard for,” Trinidad says. “Unfortunately, it came down to one rep, but that is the sport and integrity is everything in sport, of course, but more so in life.” Read More…