CrossFit Green Bay/Green Bay Strength and Conditioning

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Name and Age: Allison, 27

Nickname: Al

Family: parents (Doug and Katy), younger brother Dustin (25), and my boyfriend Alex

Pets: Roscoe!

Hometown: Pulaski, WI (Krakow for the real ones)

Veteran: no, but I’ve been a Legion Auxillary member since birth!

Member Since: August 2025

Occupation: medical student, future emergency medicine doctor

Favorite movements: back squats!!!

Least favorite movements: rowing

Biggest achievement: getting into (and almost finishing!) medical school (and a 327.5 # back squat PR)

Weekly routine: 3-4x per week

Class: east side, class time varies depending on my rotation

Interesting fact: Before medical school I bartended at Hinterland Brewery!

Hobbies: DIY gel manicures, thrifting, houseplants, baking, cross stitch, volleyball, CrossFit, trying new coffee shops/breweries/restaurants, reading, fishing, doing literally anything outside

Favorite Restaurant: Orsetta

Workout music: whatever is loud enough so I can’t hear my own breathing

Reason to join: people always told me I would love it, and I reached a point where I was dreading exercise or viewing it as a punishment. I needed a way to have fun and take care of myself while taking care of others. Working at Aurora Hospital has made it all too easy!

Closing Quote: Pressure is a privilege. It means something is expected of you.

Congratulations to our podium finishers in our Scaled, Intermediate and Rx divisions!!!

A big thank you to all of the volunteers, spectators and athletes for making it such a super fun and ez day!!! ❤️💪👊🇺🇸

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Claire Sipple (25)

Nickname: Clark Simple, Sip, most recently CPAP

Family: Mom, Dad, two older sisters and two brother in laws

Pets: Cricket the cat

Hometown: Denmark, WI

Member Since: Sept 2025

Occupation: Whey Technologist. A whey technologist supports operations and quality from a technical standpoint by understanding how the different equipment/processes we use impacts the composition and functionality of our whey powders. It’s almost like an R&D and engineering crossover.

Favorite movements: anything with a barbell (besides thrusters and heavy deadlifts)

Least favorite movements: double unders, wall walks

Biggest achievement: successfully setting up WiFi 🧠

Weekly routine: 5x/week

Class: West side 4:30 or 5:30pm, occasionally 5:15am, GB Barbell Mon & Sat

Interesting fact: During undergrad, I helped my sister with her research for her PhD in ice cream🍦👐🏻

Hobbies: painting, knitting, reading, golf, travel photography, and musicals

Favorite Restaurant: Angelina’s

Workout music: pop remixes and hip hop

Reason to join: I watched the Games last summer and thought it looked fun. Nicole invited me to come to the gym to try it out, and I’ve been going ever since!!

Closing Quote: Jersey Mikes order - 7 on Rosemary Parm, Mike’s way no oil, mayo, pepper relish, pickles. Clock it🤏🏻

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Emily Garcia (24)

Nickname: don’t have one

Family: My mom (Zeni) my Dad and younger brother

Pets: My dog Bruno

Hometown: De Pere

Member Since: 2022

Occupation: Nurse at st Vincent’s

Favorite movements: any kind of box jumps and power cleans

Least favorite movements: squat snatches

Biggest achievement: Graduating nursing school

Weekly routine: I vary a lot depends if I’m working nights or days but mainly noon or later classes

Class: noon or later

Interesting fact:
I teach taekwondo with my dad for the last 10 years. And we have been able to take our students to state for sparring!

Hobbies: CrossFit, hiking, play video games and reading

Favorite Restaurant: don’t really have one, but to be honest my moms cooking 🙂

Workout music:
Young Miko, bad bunny, Katseye. Early 2000s

Reason to join:
I needed to get moving in the gym again and lacked focused in commercial gyms.

Closing Quote: “I don’t know I just work here”

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Alida Berg (24)

Nickname: Al, A-lie-da

Family: fiancé (Evan), 2 brothers and a sister, niece and nephew back in MN.

Pets: none unfortunately

Hometown: Lanesboro MN

Member Since: January 2026 I believe.

Occupation: I am a nurse on a Neuro, cardiac, medical unit. 🧠🫀

Favorite movements: cleans, shuttle runs, pistol squats

Least favorite movements: thrusters,burpees, and bike

Biggest achievement: finishing nursing school and running a marathon.

Weekly routine: 3-4x a week

Class: 8:15 or 4:30 east side

Interesting fact: I studied abroad in Africa and I’ve been to 31/50 states.

Hobbies: making sour dough bread, reading, plants, pickle ball, camping, hiking, traveling, sand volleyball, really any sport.

Favorite Restaurant: Cancun in eau Claire haven’t found one here yet, but I enjoy making food at home.

Workout music: a chaotic mix of rap, pop, early 2000s, and country based on chat’s description of my playlists!

Reason to join: one body one life. Life is short take care of yourself. Movement is medicine and your future self is counting on the choices you make today.

Closing Quote: “enjoy where you are now. you once wished for what you have today”

Member Profile Alert!

Name and Age: Mel Sanders - this Gemini just turned 44

Nickname:Mel

Family: husband-Tim, teenage daughters Genevieve & Elizabeth

Pets: big mutt - Duke

Hometown: Shawano

Member Since: 2021

Occupation: Educator- High School English

Favorite movements:snatch, c&j, DL & ghd

Least favorite movements: upside-down

Biggest achievement: staying consistent

Weekly routine: 3-5 days

Class: school year - weekdays 515, summer-floater

Interesting fact: I once brought home the bronze medal from the National Science Fair.

Hobbies: crossfit, reading, writing, outdoor activities, playing in the dirt & water stuff

Favorite Restaurant: Mel's Diner (cast iron ribeye & asparagus), however, Republic Chop House is a special occasion 2nd

Workout music:something with a good beat, not country

Reason to join: Tim told me I would love it

Closing Quote: read books, love like Jesus, get off the screen and get your sleep...

After the close of Quarterfinals in April, where the top 25% of athletes in the world compete to further prove their fitness, we had five athletes qualify to the next stage of competition this past May.

Three of our athletes chose to meet the Semifinal challenge to compete against the top 300-400 other athletes in their respective age groups around the globe.

After the dust settled and the leaderboard was finalized, Ian Wilson finished 47th in the entire world for men age 50-54 years!
Paula Soletski finished 64th in the entire world for women age 60-64 years!
Justin Peterson finished 100th in the entire world for men age 35-39 years!
Check out some action photos below!