Darin Gregory - ~ December's Extraordinary Athlete

Ellie McKenzie • March 3, 2026

Darin Gregory ~ December’s Extraordinary Athlete

 

December’s extraordinary Athlete is Darin Gregory. At 61 years old, Darin has been with CrossFit Odyssey officially for almost three years. He was at Katy Trail CrossFit for several years before joining us here, and he qualified for the CrossFit Quarterfinals a couple of times while there. However, since he has been with us, he has seen incredible improvements in his fitness. 

His Back squat went up 60lbs, 
Deadlift up 30 lbs, 
Bench up 60 lbs, 
Snatch up 20lbs, 
Front Squat up 75lbs, 
Strict Press up 20lbs,
 and his clean up 20 lbs. 
He has also conquered bar muscle-ups and ring muscle-ups and significantly improved his handstand pushups and cardio.

In fact, Darin made it to the CrossFit Semifinals after the CrossFit Open this year, hired Coach Alex to address some specific needs, and scored well enough in the Semifinals that The Legends Competition took notice. Recently, he was invited to compete at Legends in his age category and he will compete next weekend, Dec 12-16th! Hopefully, we will be able to watch on YouTube as he competes against some of the best athletes in the world!


At 61 years old, this just goes to show that it is never too late to get better.

Darin has also graced us with the presence of his sweet sons, Nick and Noah, when they are in town visiting, and his beautiful, lovely wife, Tara. Noah and Darin even competed in our in-house 12th Anniversary competition and won first and second place with their partners! If you know Darin, you know he also just chopped all of his hair off in honor of his son, Noah, joining the Marines. Hoorah!


So here’s to Darin and his Extraordinary Journey. Go kick some ass at Legends next week!