Steve Weatherford

Super bowl champion, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, husband, father of 5, philanthropist, podcast host

After a record breaking 10 year NFL career Steve has made it his mission to connect, inspire, coach, and empower others to live an abundant live through health,wellness, and fitness.
Retiring from the NFL, Steve founded Veritas Labs, a rising supplement line, and Weatherford Fit where he believes taking care of one self allowed us to serve the people around us in a deeper way as we become the best version of ourselves.
In 2014 Steve was awarded the NFL Walter Peyon Man of the year, given to NFL players for excellence on & off the field.
Steve's passion and love for life can be felt from a mile away. Steve spends his time in San Diego, CA with his sweetheart, no wife, and is a proud father of 5.

Hunter McIntyre

Professional Athlete

Over the past few years, Hunter McIntyre has not only become the most decorated male obstacle course racer (OCR) in history, but also one of the most charismatic and recognizable figures in all of sports. With his distinctive mop of red hair flowing behind him as he scales walls, tiptoes along beams, and crawls under barbed wire, Hunter has overcome everything in his path – literally – to claim six world championships and four national titles in OCR. He also beat the strongest OCR field ever assembled to become the Tough Mudder X Undefeated Champion for 2017-2018. In 2017, Sports Illustrated named Hunter one of the top 50 fittest athletes. For three years, he has been the undefeated champion of the reality TV show Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge on CMT. In 2019, Hunter became the first athlete to receive a wild card entry to the CrossFit Games. As well as competing at events around the world, Hunter offers a unique training plan via the Openfit platform.

Jacob Heppner

Professional Athlete

Relocating from California to Kansas as a high school junior would be a difficult transition for some people, but not Jacob Heppner. He picked up right where he’d left off on the football field and his strong play in his senior year earned him a scholarship to Central Methodist University. After playing halfback for the Eagles for four years, Jacob hung up his helmet and looked for a new fitness challenge, which he found in CrossFit. Applying the same determination that got him through two-a-day practices in college and the strength he’d developed in the weight room, Jacob cracked the top 20 at the 2013 North Central Regional. Making a giant performance leap, he then reeled off three straight 2nd place finishes, and placed 18th, 10th, and 7th, at the CrossFit Games. In the 2019 Games in Madison, Wisconsin, Jacob went one better, claiming 6th place. Recently, he and coach Andrew Kuechler launched Midwest Made (MWM) to offer tailored programming for athletes and affiliates.

Bethany Shadburne

Professional Athlete

Bethany Shadburne’s athletic résumé couldn’t be any more versatile: eight years of gymnastics, three years of bodybuilding, four triathlons, and several half marathons. And that’s before she became a standout on the CrossFit circuit. Starting by joining the WODs at her hometown box and then entering local contests, Bethany had soon upped her game to the point that she qualified for the 2017 South Regional. A strong 4th place finish earned her a berth in the CrossFit Games, where she came in 22nd overall. The next year, Bethany again finished in the top five at Regionals, won the RX division at Wodapalooza, and improved her placing at the Games to 16th. In 2019, Bethany’s performance at the Dubai CrossFit Championship was good enough to earn a spot at her third-straight Games. In Madison, Bethany posted her strongest showing yet, claiming two top-three finishes and ending the grueling weekend in 8th place.

Megan Anderson

Professional Athlete

Hailing from Australia’s Gold Coast, Megan Anderson has been a revelation in the UFC women’s lightweight division. But that isn’t the only kind of fighting she’s used to. After graduating from high school, Megan enlisted in the Australian Army. Once she had finished serving her country, Megan started boxing and then took up jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai kickboxing. Upon relocating to Kansas City, Missouri, Megan amassed a 4-1 fight record that earned her a roster spot in the Invicta Fighting Championships, and she soon won the featherweight belt. She then moved on to the UFC, losing to superstar Holly Holm before beating Cat Zingano in UFC 232 in December 2018. As dynamic outside the Octagon as she is in it, Megan has shown her talent for incisive and witty commentary during fight breakdowns with ESPN correspondents that have garnered a huge audience on YouTube. As she looks forward to her next fight, Megan continues training hard at Glory MMA & Fitness in Kansas City.

Jen Smith

Professional Athlete

CrossFit co-founder and CEO Greg Glassman once said that athletes need to build up the capacity to “move large loads over long distances, and to do so quickly.” This phrase certainly applies to Jen Smith, who scorched the track in high school and earned a scholarship to the University of Kentucky, where she ran the 800 and pole vaulted. Bored of running by herself after college, Jen joined CrossFit as a way to recapture the comradery that she missed from no longer being part of a team. Just a couple of months later, CrossFit Maximus needed another woman to round out their roster and before she knew it, Jen was going against the best in the CrossFit Games. The team made it back in 2012, and after watching the individual women do their thing, Jen was inspired to go solo. This proved to be a wise decision, as she won the North East Regional to get into the Games. After a three-year hiatus, Jen returned to the Games in 2016 and finished 36th, which she replicated the next year. In 2019, she went back to group competition after her team, Don’t Stop, prevailed at the Mid Atlantic CrossFit Championship, and they finished 6th.

Avril Mathie

Professional Athlete

Aussie-born Avril Mathie took up boxing in 2012 and proved to be a quick learner in the ring, winning several state titles in her first couple of years in the sport. While continuing to train for upcoming fights, Avril also lit up the beauty pageant scene, finishing in the top five in the Miss Fashion TV International Diamond Model awards in Cyprus 2012 and winning Miss Swimsuit USA International in 2014. She won the Las Vegas International Model Search the following year. Relocating to Miami provided a new level of competition in boxing, and Avril fought in the USA Golden Gloves and the Ringside Boxing World Championships. Not only focused on her own fighting, Avril also trains clients out of Miami’s legendary 5th Street Gym – once home to Muhammad Ali – and travels across the country conducting workshops and bootcamps. She offers customized digital fitness and nutrition guidance via several unique online programs.

McKenzie Flinchum

Professional Athlete

McKenzie is a registered dietitian and personal trainer. She owns her own business, Flexible Dietetics. Before becoming a CrossFit Games athlete, Mckenzie was a competitive level 9 gymnast, training for more than 15 years. She first started doing CrossFit three and a half years ago, taking 26th at Regionals in 2017, 6th in 2018 and then qualifying for the Games in 2019.

Camilla Lopes Gomes

Gymnast

Gomes is a six-time Brazilian Trampoline National Champion. The two-time Pan American Games qualifier has received Brazil’s Best Gymnast award on four separate occasions.

Carleen Mathews

Professional Athlete

Carleen has been involved in athletics and sports her whole life. She played college softball before finding CrossFit in 2010. Carleen is a two-time CrossFit regional champion and a three-time CrossFit Games Athlete. Carleen has overcome many obstacles in her life - from drugs and alcohol to an eating disorder. Carleen is passionate about sharing her story of recovery and overcoming adversity to others struggling through similar battles. Outside of competition Carleen owns CrossFit St. Helens in Oregon with her husband. In addition to being the head coach, she also runs a class for those in recovery from drug and alcohol issues.

Jake Dalton

Olympic Athlete

Jake Dalton is two-time Olympian, four-time world medalist and member of Team USA gymnastics.  His success on the national stage began with four straight NCAA championships while a member of the University of Oklahoma Gymnastics Team - before representing his country in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Jade Bryce

Public Figure

Bryce is the podcast host of The MAJic Hour, served as the Bellator MMA ring girl for four years before taking her current job with Invicta FC. She is an actress, model, activist and single mother of two toddlers. She was homeless as a teenager and struggled with anxiety and depression, leading her to now only CBD, but her true passion as well: speaking to others about their self-worth and mental health.

Tia Wright

Professional Athlete

Tia Wright is a competitive CrossFit Athlete currently training and living in Australia. With a background in gymnastics, track and field, volleyball and weightlifting, CrossFit was a great next step for a career in fitness.  Tia is a coach and an athlete, but most known for her longevity in the sport and her performances at the ‘16 and ‘17 CrossFit regionals where she narrowly missed qualifying for The Games.

Logan Ewing

Professional Athlete

Logan qualified for The CrossFit Games as teenager in 2018 and took the bronze medal at USAW Youth Nationals in 2019. He played baseball and football in high school, before turning his focus full-time on CrossFit. His first year competing against the adults, Logan was in the top 300 in the world in the 2019 Open, qualifying for multiple sanctional events.

James Newbury

Professional Athlete

From a young age, James was extremely competitive - his first passion being rugby. A desire to play for his native Australia and improve his athleticism and fitness, lead him to CrossFit. He took a crack at the Open in 2012, placing top 50 in the world - the fuse had been lit and Newbury was hungry for more success. He qualified for The Games in 2016 after a second-place finish at Regionals. He has since gone on to qualify for the Games every year with first place finishes in Regional or Sanctional events. Newbury placed fifth at The Games in 2019, his best career finish.

Enkay

Hip-Hop Artist

Nathan Kawaguchi, aka Enkay, is a tenacious US-based Hip-Hop artist. His music been streamed and viewed millions of times, he has more than 150 thousand monthly listeners on Spotify and has cracked the Billboard Top 50 charts.

He has been featured in Music Crown, The Source, Hip-Hop DX magazines - showing today’s generation that self-published musicians can truly take over the industry.

The 23 year old artist hit it big with a viral music video on Facebook three years ago that hit more than one million views in its first 72 hours. Enkay’s loyal fan base has supported his continued meteoric rise to stardom, as three subsequent tracks since “Lesson Learned” went viral, have passed one million views.

His lyrics focus on dealing with mental health and substance abuse issues, both of which he manages with Pure Spectrum CBD.