Brooke Wells, Kristi Eramo O’Connell and Amanda Barnhart Teaming Up for Wodapalooza

2023 Wodapalooza is shaping up to be an enjoyable experience watching the teams competing. Elite CrossFit athletes Brooke Wells, Kristi Eramo O’Connell and Amanda Barnhart are teaming up for the competition in Miami next year.

The 2023 Wodapalooza is taking place in Miami on January 12-15. This tournament is regarded as the biggest one for CrossFit athletes that kicks off the new year. Although most of the time people are excited about the individual athletes competing, the team division will draw a lot of attention from lovers of the Sport.

That is, partially, because Wodapalooza organisers changed the competition format. The first two days of the tournament will be dedicated to teams only, while the remaining two days will have events solely for individual athletes.

That means that athletes, even at the elite level, can compete in both team and individual divisions.

Wells, O’Connell and Barnhart Teaming Up for Wodapalooza

Brooke was the first one to break the news about going team for Wodapalooza. On her Instagram stories, she wrote it was a “last-minute decision” to go team, and asked people to guess who are her two other teammates.

Source: Brooke Wells on IG

It didn’t take long for Kristi Eramo O’Connell and Amanda Barnhart to confirm rumours that they were teaming up with Wells. O’Connell wrote “YES!!!! Central girls back together,” while Barnhart said they needed to come up with a team name for WZA.

Source: Amanda Barnhart on Instagram

Wells, O’Connell and Barnhart are some of the best female CrossFit athletes in the world. This year, Wells finished 5^th Fittest Woman on Earth less than a year after her elbow surgery. O’Connell and Barnhart finished 13^th and 14^th respectively.

More Elite Teams at 2023 Wodapalooza

This is not the first team comprised of elite-level CrossFit athletes that will compete at Wodapalooza in Miami. So far, these are the teams confirmed for the competition with notable CrossFit Games athletes:

For the women’s side:

Danielle Brandon, Andrea Nisler and Taylor Williamson

Kari Pearce, Arielle Loewen and Alex Gazan

Christine Kolenbrander, Alexis Raptis and Fee Saghafi

For the men’s side:

Rich Froning, Tyler Christophel and Samuel Cournoyer

Ben Smith, Alec Smith and Dane Smith

Brent Fikowski, Pat Vellner and Jeff Adler

Ricky Garard, Tim Paulson and Matt Dlugos

Cole Sager, Jayson Hopper and James Sprague

Noah Ohlsen, Travis Mayer and Chandler Smith

Are you excited about the 2023 Wodapalooza?