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CrossFit Unlocked raises $5,000 for SDTR

Sept. 18 event has 28 two-person teams compete to benefit therapeutic riding
CrossFit Unlocked in Georgetown recently hosted the Horse Power 21 event to benefit the Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding. Athletes get the competition started with deadlifts. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Chris Flood
September 24, 2021

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CrossFit Unlocked
22326 Gravel Hill Road
Georgetown, DE 19947
United States

More than two dozen coed, two-person CrossFit teams from Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania recently participated in Horse Power 21, an athletic competition benefiting Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding.

The Sept. 18 event was hosted by Georgetown’s Unlocked CrossFit and raised $5,000 for the therapeutic riding organization.

It was the fourth time the event has taken place and the largest amount of money it’s raised, said Jeff Horn, SDTR spokesperson.

Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding has a couple of other fundraisers coming up. Beginning Friday, Oct. 15, with a line dancing class, Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding, 17170 Harbeson Road, Milton, has scheduled a weekend of fun. The following evening, Saturday, Oct. 16, is the 5th Annual Barn Dance. Tickets for the line dancing class are $25, and tickets for the barn dance are $75.

SDTR will also host a Holiday Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14, featuring local merchants, artists and craftspeople.

For more information on Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding or to purchase tickets, go to sdtrhr.com or call 302-644-1920.

SDTR members on hand for the event are volunteer Kim King, left, and Lori Chaikin, a board member and volunteer.
Coming from Delaware Strength and Conditioning in Camden, Seth Kopp, left, and Justin Scerbo get their muscles loosened up before the event.
CrossFit Unlocked’s Jason Poore shows how tiring it is to do 12 deadlifts, nine hang power cleans and six push jerks with no break.
CrossFit Unlocked owner Jeff Peet, whose brother is an SDTR participant, explains the rules of the competition.
Daniel Beyer from CrossFit Dover looks like he thought participating in the competition would be a good thing, but now wishes he had just made a donation.
Melissa Abbott, in red shirt at right, signs in athletes.
Dad Michael Tillinghast is participating, so his 5-month-old son Michael is there to watch, with headphones to keep out the loud music typical at CrossFit events.
Who knows what most of these exercises are, but the competitors sure were tired after doing them.
Mary Ellen Hocker, right, and Erika Rust hammer out their hanging power cleans.
Taking a deep breath and chalking her hands is Abby Haas from CrossFit RiverFront out of Wilmington.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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