Omahan named one of the fittest and hottest athletes at CrossFit
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the fittest and hottest athletes at CrossFit Games  When Stacie
Tovar competed in the CrossFit Games for the first time in 2009,
a crowd of 300 watched. In July, when the 28-year-old competed
in the Games for the fifth time, more than 25,000 people
attended the event.  As the Games have grown, so has Tovar's
fame. Shape Magazine named her one of the “Top 10 Hottest and
Fittest Women of the 2013 Reebok CrossFit Games.”  The Omahan,
who grew up on a farm about two hours from the metro and played
volleyball for the University of Nebraska at Omaha, was one of
two people and the only woman from Nebraska to compete at the
CrossFit Games in Carson, Calif. in July. (From Iowa, two
masters athletes, or those over the age of 40, and three teams
competed at the Games.) Tovar finished 20th out of 40 women,
despite a nagging shoulder injury.  We talked with her about
representing Nebraska in a w