Did you know you can donate an organ and live a long, healthy life? KNX Hero Mark Scotch has done it not once but twice, and he’s working hard to raise awareness about living organ donations.
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Southeast Regional 2025 Recap
The Donor Games Southeast Regional took place February 15, 2025, at CrossFit Zoetic in Franklin, Tennessee. A total of 20 athletes competed, including four donors and one recipient, with community members and fellow donors also coming out to support the event. The event featured three workouts, with cash prizes awarded to the top three men … Read More
3 RM Bench Press 2025 Open Recap
The 3 Rep Max Bench Press Open set a record with 94 registrants, including 29 first-time competitors, 12 of them living donors. This was the first time that all 6 leaderboards (top 5) were filled. The event was one of the most competitive yet, with many athletes completing multiple workouts and some finding creative ways … Read More
The National Kidney Registry Sponsors Elizabeth Young in Ironman World Championship
On September 22, 2024, living kidney donor Elizabeth Young competed in the Women’s Ironman World Championship in Nice, France. Young’s participating in the event was sponsored by the National Kidney Registry. Young donated a kidney to a stranger in 2022. She has completed 12 Ironman competitions, six of them since her donation. She completed the … Read More
NKR-Sponsored Athlete Theron Hayes: From Kidney Donation to Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Now Preparing for Liver Donation
Theron Hayes has gone above and beyond to make a life-changing difference. He donated a kidney in 2023, hiked the Pacific Crest Trail to raise awareness for living kidney donation with sponsorship from the National Kidney Registry, and is now preparing to donate a portion of his liver to a stranger. Hayes’ kidney donation journey … Read More
Local woman combines love of CrossFit with experience of donating a kidney
Roni Hays donated her kidney to her mother in 2019, and has competed in the Donor Games since 2020.
Schofield kidney donor takes first place in national athletic event
Mike Ramsey donated a kidney to his wife in 2023. While both were recovering, Ramsey learned he would be eligible for the donor games put on by the National Kidney Registry. Mike is one of 20 kidney donors who made it to the championship in Connecticut this September. He placed first among the 10 men.
Two strangers donate kidneys to save one Rancho Bernardo woman
They met for the first time this week. Steve Holmes came from Philadelphia, and Kate Pleatman from Ohio, to celebrate the woman who benefited from both of their kidneys.
National Kidney Registry: Wisconsin resident wins donor games competition
Mike Ramsey traveled from his home in Schofield, Wisconsin for his first Donor Games Championship, taking first place in the men’s category.
Ohio resident among winners of the Donor Games 2024 Championship
Mimi Mahon, who donated a kidney through the National Kidney Registry’s paired donation program in January 2017 on behalf of her mother (Nicky Mahon, who also competed in the event), captured her fourth Donor Games Championship win.