Rich Froning Timeline

By Isabelle03

  • Rich is born

    Rich Froning was born July 21, 1987, in Mount Clemens, MI, but moves to Cookeville TN shortkly after.

  • Rich graduates high school

    Rich graduates high school with a scaholarship to Walter Sate Community College to play Baseball.

  • Rich drops out of Walter State

    Rich decides that this college isn't for him so he drops out after two months and joins the fire department.
  • Rich and Hillary meet

    Rich and Hillary meet

    Rich and Hillary went to the same high school and had mutual friends but they never knew each other until they met at a salon getting their hair done Rich's sophmore year of college.

  • Donnie dies

    Rich's cousin and best friend Donnie is killed in a car accident.

  • Rich is introduced to Crossfit

    Rich first learns about, and starts doing crossfit through his firefighting job.

  • Rich's first sectional

    Rich goes into his first competition with low expectations but ends up winning the sectional and moves on to regionals.

  • Rich's first CrossFit Games

    Rich makes an amazing rookie appearence at the games by finishing second.
  • Rich struggles with rope climbs

    Rich struggles with rope climbs

    Rich was sitting in first place going into the last event of the games but he did not know how to do rope climbs and ended up losing the top spot. Rich says this is how he went on to win four times.
  • Rich and Hillary get Married

    Rich and Hillary get Married

  • 2011 CrossFit Games

    2011 CrossFit Games

    Rich comes back in 2011 even more powerful and wins the competition by a large margin.

  • 2012 CrossFit Games

    Rich wins the games for a second year

  • 2013 CrossFit Games

    Rich Wins the games for the thrid year
  • Lakelynn Ann Froning is born

    Lakelynn Ann Froning is born

    Lakelynn is born and adopted by Rich and Hillary
  • Rich wins 4th consecutive title

    Rich wins 4th consecutive title

    Rich wins the CrossFit games for the 4th year and is the first and only person to do this.

  • Rich retires from individual competition

    Rich decided that training to win the CrossFit Games takes too much energy and he needs to be able to help his wife take care fo their new baby. He did not completely quit, just decided to switch gears and compete on a team.
  • Rich's first year on a team

    Rich's first year on a team

    Rich competes in the 2015 CrossFit Games on a team and they finish first.
  • 2016 CrossFit Games

    2016 CrossFit Games

    Rich and his team win for a second straight year
  • Richard Lyle Froning III "Trice"

    Richard Lyle Froning III "Trice"

    Rich and hillary adopt their second child and first son.

  • 2017 CrossFit Games

    Rich and his team have a dissapointing finish and end up in second. Thye say it is motivation to work even harder.
  • Harper Violet Froning

    Harper Violet Froning

    Rich and Hillary adopt their thrid child. They now have three kids under the age of four, and Harper is the biological sister of Lakelynn.

  • 2018 CrossFit Games

    Rich and his team come back after a second place finish and win bringing CrossFit Mayhem Freedom's total up to three wins.