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In the realm of fitness racing, where every second counts, the stage is set for an epic showdown. Welcome to the world of HYROX, where the Elite 15 athletes strive not just for victory but to redefine their limits. As the 2024-25 season unfolds, these extraordinary competitors push themselves beyond the ordinary, racing against time […]

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Grind to glory

In the realm of fitness racing, where every second counts, the stage is set for an epic showdown. Welcome to the world of HYROX, where the Elite 15 athletes strive not just for victory but to redefine their limits. As the 2024-25 season unfolds, these extraordinary competitors push themselves beyond the ordinary, racing against time and each other for a coveted spot at the World Championships in Chicago.

Beyond the Rox ventures beyond the finish line and into the lives of these remarkable individuals, capturing their triumphs, struggles, and unyielding spirit. The series is now streaming on Red Bull TV. Check out the trailer below.

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Beyond the ROX

Follow the demanding off-season journey that prepares athletes to become one of HYROX’s elite competitors in the ultimate fitness race.

A humbling start to the season for the marathon man

The Elite 15 season kicks off in Amsterdam – the first Major, the first statement. It’s where athletes show who’s been grinding in the off-season and who’s ready to shake up the rankings. With three World Championship spots up for grabs, the qualifiers walk away with more than just bragging rights – they gain control of their season.

On the men’s side, defending Elite 15 World Champion 34-year-old Alexander Roncevic took the win, kicking off his ambitious goal for the 2024-25 season to win all majors and the World Championship in a single season, while three-time Elite 15 World Champion Lauren Weeks stamped her authority and led from start to finish.

Jake Dearden demonstrates strength and endurance during a HYROX workout session at the Athlete Performance Center in Thalgau, Austria, on January 9, 2025

Jake Dearden training

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Plenty of eyes were on Elite 15 rookie Jake Dearden, a world champion and world record holder in the doubles division in 2024, who qualified to the Elite 15 for the first time with a PB time of 56:53 in HYROX Cape Town. “To be among the Elite 15 in HYROX takes a lot of discipline and consistency. Quality over quantity in everything that you do. It’s years and years of practice to get to the top level,” he said.

With a focus on building his running base, the fitness athlete and master coach clocked a head-turning 2:28 at the Berlin marathon less than two weeks before the Amsterdam race. “It was a gamble,” Dearden said. “But I think it’s going to help with my HYROX. Twelve days after this I’ve got my first Elite 15 Major. I’m a bit nervous. Obviously, I’m not going to be in tip-top condition.”

Dearden’s gamble didn’t quite pay off. He finished 11th but took some valuable insight from his first top-flight race. More than that, his competitors were put on notice.

“If he can put it all together, maybe we’ll see him at Worlds,” said the man to beat, Alex Roncevic, eyeing another challenger in the already competitive field.

Megan Jacoby and Lauren Weeks share a moment during the Elite 15 at the Hyrox Major event in Amsterdam, Netherlands, showcasing strength and sportsmanship in 2024.

Megan Jacoby and Lauren Weeks catch their breath at Hyrox Amsterdam

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In the female race, the stark differences between athletes were top of mind, with a three-way battle between Lauren Weeks, a HYROX veteran, balancing being an athlete and a mother. Megan Jacoby is getting to grips with a new full-time professional occupation in HYROX. Joanna Wietrzyk is a brand new 22-year-old professional making waves in the sport after only three months.

Making the switch to HYROX as a recipe for success

At the HYROX Major Hong Kong, Australian James Kelly proved he could be at his best when it counts. He found a way through the tumult of an Elite 15 contest to claim his first victory and upset Alexander Roncevic’s lofty dreams of a Majors clean sweep. “If I could win any major, it would definitely have been tonight. Call me biased, but us Aussies are just getting started.”

He was spot on. In the women’s race, fellow Australian Wietrzyk, aged just 22 and with only a few months of HYROX under her belt, had already qualified. The former professional tennis player ran away from the field and won in her second race, securing a historic Australian double win.

Athletes making the switch from professional sports is becoming increasingly commonplace in the HYROX world. Sadiq El Fitouri, the one-time Manchester United footballer made the move to HYROX to rediscover his passion for competition. “The transition wasn’t difficult,” said El Fitouri. “I’m used to having a strict routine with my training, my diet and my routine.”

Ida Mathilde Steensgaard demonstrated remarkable strength during the Elite 15 event at the Hyrox Major in Hong Kong on November 22, 2024.

Ida Mathilde Steensgaard doing sandbag lunges

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Another athlete who made the transition to HYROX and clinched a World Championship ticket in Hong Kong was Ida Mathlide Steensgaard from Denmark. The 33-year-old is a multiple world champion in OCR and challenged herself by building the World’s Toughest Playground. “I’m really proud to be able to pull it off. There is much more to come from me, and now I can just train for Chicago.”

Agony and triumph in Las Vegas

The first HYROX Major of 2025 saw the US athletes in full flow and the return of Hunter McIntyre, the US native who won the 2022 World Championships here, in a dominant display. However, fellow American Dylan Scott, in 2025, would put in a fierce performance to edge McIntyre at the wall balls; Scott, a HYROX veteran, had some choice words for his critics at the finish line.

Las Vegas also saw the return of Dearden. “Amsterdam was humbling,” he said. “I was proud of finishing 11th, considering where my fitness was. But I picked up a back injury, so I missed Hong Kong.”

Instead, Dearden went to the Red Bull Athlete Performance Centre in Salzburg for biomechanical analysis and strength testing to pinpoint the cause of the problem.

“We identified the issue, made a rehab plan and I’m feeling fitter than ever.” He came through strongly in the second half of the race but ended up finishing fourth, notching a PB, but agonisingly just one spot out from a World Championship ticket.

From runner to rising star in HYROX

In 2025, Lucy Procter trains at Red Bull's Athlete Performance Center in Thalgau, Austria.

Lucy Procter powers through HYROX training

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In the women’s race, attention was on another youngster and rising star, London-based Lucy Procter, who finished fifth to qualify for her first-ever World Championship as part of the Elite 15 race. The 21-year-old found HYROX after someone in her running club said she should have a go.

“I had no idea what it was. I did my first race in 2023,” she said. “I thought I’m going to do this. I’m going to move away from running. It was a big risk, but I knew this was it. It took off and the last two years have been a rollercoaster.”

Her coach is current Elite 15 world champion and HYROX game-changer Megan Jacoby. “As someone who became a professional late, it’s exciting for me to guide someone younger,” said Jacoby.

HYROX-specific coaches have become increasingly vital to athletes’ maximising their potential as sporting standards rapidly increase. Anthony Perissini of The Hybrid Engine coaches a total of nine of the Elite 15, including 2024-25 race winners Lauren Weeks and James Kelly.

“Our philosophy is general fitness,” said Peressini. “You need to be fit in multiple aspects outside of just the movements presented in a singular race.”

Glasgow reveals fierce rivalries – and resurfaces a local hero

Lauren Weeks competes during the Elite 15 event at the Hyrox Major in Hong Kong, held on November 22, 2024.

Lauren Weeks reclaimed her throne in Glasgow

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In the fourth and final major of the season in Glasgow, UK, tension was mounting: In the fourth and final major of the season in Glasgow, UK, tension was mounting: Nine qualification slots in the Elite 15 were already allocated, and only the last three direct qualification slots were available.

Lauren Weeks travelled in the day before the event to beat her own world record, and James Kelly ran like the wind, crossing the line just a second shy of McIntyre’s record time to secure his second win of the season.

Fierce rivals Kelly, McIntyre and popular Glaswegian athlete Graham Halliday went hard from the start in front of a raucous crowd. With 85,000 people competing in the UK’s seven HYROX events this season, few other countries have taken to the sport quite so fervently.

Graham Halliday pushes his limits during the Elite 15 competition at the Hyrox Major event in Hong Kong on November 22, 2024, sponsored by Red Bull.

Major Elite 15 competitor Graham Halliday

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For UK-based Jake Dearden, this was home turf – and his last shot at qualification.

“Everyone kept telling me I’d qualify, so I just thought I best start acting like it. You have to believe you can do it.”

That belief powered him through his now trademark faster second half of the race, reaching the wall balls with a spot at qualification within his grasp. Having keyed in on this last station since just missing out in Las Vegas, a stronger finish on the wall balls was pivotal in finally snagging the qualification that had evaded him all season.

The HYROX journey continues in Chicago

With the World Championships held in mid-June in Chicago, the qualified Elite 15 athletes are now training to be at their absolute fittest for the biggest race of the season.

That the athletes, coaches, family and spectators now pour so much of themselves into training and racing around the rest of their lives is a testament to how fast HYROX has accelerated as a professional sport. The brakes cannot be put on now.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Gabi Garcia Fernandez was named to the 2025 U.S. Men’s VNL roster, with former BYU coaches and players Luka Slabe and Chris McGown added to its staff.

Fernandez is one of 32 players competing on the roster, being listed as one of six opposites as well. Luka Slabe (BYU assistant coach 2016-18, player 2000-04) was named assistant coach and Chris McGown (BYU head coach 2012-15, player 1990-94) was named a consultant coach.

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View the full VNL roster and the team’s schedule at the USA Volleyball website.



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15 – Caroline Daniel, Center, Newport Beach Water Polo, Southern Pacific Zone

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Asst. Coach/Team Lead: Alyssa Diacono

Asst Coach: Christopher Vidale

Asst. Coach: Gina Castagnola

ATC: Meghann McCall

Medical: Dr. Ken Lin

Women’s Cadet National Team Schedule

May 19 – USA vs. Brazil at 9:40am pt

May 20 – USA vs. Mexico at 1:00pm pt

May 21 – USA vs. Peru at 6:00am pt

May 23 – USA vs. Argentina at 7:00am pt

May 24 – USA vs. Colombia at 10:00am pt

May 25 – TBD

 



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Omaha, Neb. — Former Bluejay Ryan Fitzgerald (2013-16) made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Minnesota Twins on Friday, May 16 after being called up earlier in the day.


Fitzgerald went 0-for-3, playing second base after entering the game as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the second.

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The Clovis East boys’ volleyball team received devastating news just months before their season began.

Their head coach for a decade, Marcos Orro, passed away unexpectedly in early October of last year.

Playing with heavy hearts but moved to do something special in his honor, the Timberwolves went on to win the Division I Central Section championship Thursday night in a five-set thriller over Buchanan.

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“But that was always in our thoughts… In this last set, the conversation got brought up: it’s for him.”

Clovis East fell behind two sets-to-one in the title match but rallied to win the program’s 2nd Section championship in 3 years.

“I remember the hugs and holding him, and him telling me that he’s proud of me,” said Niko. “This is bringing back some memories.”



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“Through our collaborative efforts, we have already seen meaningful engagement across digital platforms and live events, and we are confident the next phase of our partnership will unlock even greater opportunities.”

Takeshi Shichijyo, director and senior managing executive officer of Mizuno, added: “Through the partnership with Volleyball World in the last two years, we successfully established new connections with sports fans worldwide using online and offline communication.

“Continuing this partnership for an additional two years, we are confident that Mizuno’s brand presence in the volleyball world will be further enhanced.”

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Martyn Phillips, the vice chair of the Volleyball World board, is serving as interim CEO until a successor is found.

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