Alexandra LaChance made it to the CrossFit Games in 2014. Since that year, however, LaChance finished 17th at the South Regional in 2015 and she missed the 2016 CrossFit Games season with an injury.

Now that the dust has settled on the CrossFit Open leaderboard, you may notice LaChance’s name is not in the top 20 of the South Central region. Following 17.2, LaChance made the leap and has now chosen to pursue Olympic Weightlifting because it is where her “true passion is now.”

LaChance started of 2017 with a 63rd and 68th place finish in the South Central region, but she posted one rep on the remaining three workouts. By doing so, she allowed her score on 17.1 to count towards her team’ (CrossFit Sprag) points. CrossFit Sprag finished 18th, three spots shy of qualifying to the South Regional.

By making a move to weightlifting, LaChance will compete as a 75kg lifter. This weekend LaChance competed in her first weightlifting meet since officially making the switch. LaChance went 6-for-6 hitting a 94kg snatch, 105kg clean & jerk and a 199kg total. Both lifts and the total were PRs for LaChance. The total qualifies her for the 2017 USA Weightlifting National Championships next month in Chicago, Illinois.

The 199kg total would have been good for 9th at the 2016 USAW National Championships and 7th at the 2016 USAW American Open.