Grace Workout 2021 Open Recap

The Grace Workout 2021 Open ran from to November 10-17 and featured a 30 clean and jerks workout for time. Weight for men was 135 lbs, 95 lbs for women; time limit was 15 minutes. Not only did we have a record number of participants for this event—54—as well as a record number of states represented (16) and donor participants (13), but competitors in three different categories set new all-time Donor Games records!

Mimi Mahon, who just a month ago took the top podium spot for donor women in the 2021 Donor Games Championship, racked up another first-place win in the Grace with a blistering time of 2:05, a new record. The previous record, 2:18, was also set by Mimi, in the Championship.

The men’s donor category was taken by an anonymous donor with a time of 4:28, and Scott Claybrook, a repeat podium finisher, took first place in the transplant recipient men’s division with a time of 4:34.

Donor Games first-timer Kara Concheck Vincent, who was referred by Mimi, put up the best overall time for the women: 1:18. Not only did Kara break our record, her Grace time was 3 seconds faster than the personal best for Tia Clair-Toomey, the current fittest woman in the world.

Greg Holt, another Donor Games newcomer, was the overall top men’s finisher, setting a new record for the category with a time of 1:27. Henry Morales, who held the previous record of 2:19, came in second with a personal best time of 1:50.

In addition to all the new records set, 9 competitors posted sub-2-minute times, breaking the 2-minute barrier for the first time in our Grace Workout!

Final Leaderboard

To view all submitted workouts (sample and full competition workouts) for the Grace Workout 2021 Open, please visit our YouTube channel.

Living Donor: Men
Rank	Participant	Age	State	Time	Video
1	Anonymous Donor	42	ME	4:28
2	Kevin Kilkenny	52	NY	7:07
3	Sam Mathai	25	CO	11:59
	David Ashley	47	VA	**
	Garet Hil	58	CT	DNQ
	Cody Maynard	25	IL	DNQ

Living Donor: Women
Rank	Participant	Age	State	Time	Video
1	Mimi Mahon	33	OH	2:05
2	Roni Hays	24	TN	2:50
3	Darlene Magsino	41	MD	3:19
4	Jennifer Small	52	ME	5:50
5	Andrea Alejandro	42	TX	6:02
	Samantha Carreiro	32	NH	**
	Amy Plourde	46	PA	**

Transplant Recipient: Men
Rank	Participant	Age	State	Time	Video
1	Scott Claybrook	40	AL	4:34

Transplant Recipient: Women
Rank	Participant	Age	State	Time	Video
	Samantha Hil	25	CT	**

General: Men
Rank	Participant	Age	State	Time	Video
1	Greg Holt	36	CT	1:27
2	Henry Morales	30	MA	1:50
3	Evan Jackman	25	IN	1:52
4	Timothy Smith	35	MD	1:54
5	Sean Lowe	51	OH	2:05
6	Santos Hernandez	29	MA	2:26
7	Josh Delao	33	MA	2:39
8	Mark Beltran	26	MA	2:46
9	Nathan Hummel	34	OH	3:15
10	Garrett Perkins	37	NH	3:17
	Andre Carvalho	24	CT	DNQ
	Seth Cropenbaker	41	OH	DNQ
	PJ Davis	35	OH	DNQ
	DJ Fraioli	31	CT	DNQ
	Miguel Person	43	NY	DNQ
	Cameron Stapleton	23	OH	DNQ
	Brad Watkins	38	OH	DNQ
	Joshua Young	42	TN	DNQ

General: Women
Rank	Participant	Age	State	Time	Video
1	Kara Concheck Vincent	29	GA	1:18
2	Shelby Donahue	31	CT	1:45
3	Sarah Wright	40	IN	1:46
4	Jennifer Garay	32	MA	1:49
5	Angela Bognanno	29	MA	1:59
6	Brandy Young	37	TN	2:16
7	Graceanne Meystrik	24	TN	2:24
8	Laura Anderson	37	OH	2:29
9	Ali Mahon-Pabon	33	OH	2:45
10	Lindsey Holden	39	OH	3:34
11	Haleigh Daniels	29	OH	3:55
12	Jesenia Contreras	28	MA	4:20
13	Kelli Stark	43	OH	4:29
14	Mary Cronin	37	ME	4:42
15	Amanda Hummel	34	OH	5:14
	Marisa Brogna	25	MA	DNQ
	Ana Callejas	28	MA	DNQ
	Mandy Romine	46	MD	DNQ
	Traci Ryder	34	OH	DNQ
	Jennifer Turgeon	49	ME	DNQ
	Jeanette Vest	43	OH	DNQ

** Performed a modified workout.
DNQ: Athlete did not complete the workout or otherwise meet the requirements to qualify for ranking within the category.