Dynamic Duo - The Copelands

Luke Espe • July 20, 2021
A man and a woman are running down a street.

Erika and Robbie are no strangers to trusting the process and learning to improve year after year. They were both collegiate soccer players and have just loved aspects of training and methodology of CrossFit. It doesn’t hurt that they can share these experiences with one another in competitive CrossFit! The highs and lows of training have kept them grounded through it all and allowed them to become great training partners for the 12 Labours Lions.

Take a moment to see a snapshot of their journey from 2013 to 2021! Looking forwarding to your success at the NOBULL CrossFit Games.

April 2013

Robbie and Erika’s 4th month into CrossFit and first ever competition at the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Challenge (MAAC). Robbie’s face says it all, “what did we sign ourselves up for?”

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April 2014

Robbie and Erika recording their open workouts in hopes to make a Regionals team. They were quite humbled that year. We still have a lot of work to do!

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May 2016

Took a couple more years, but Team KTB made their Mid-Atlantic Regionals debut in Atlanta, GA finishing in 10th place overall.

A man and a woman are posing for a picture while wearing ktb tank tops

July 2016

A couple months later Robbie beat Erika in a burpee workout and they knew something was wrong. Turns out Erika had a bilateral pulmonary embolism, which was quite the scare.

A man wearing a crossfit shirt is laying next to a woman in a hospital bed

June 2018

Made it back to Regionals with Team Iron Force! This time it was the Atlantic Regionals in West Palm Beach, FL. Unfortunately, Erika injured a muscle in her rotator cuff warming up for the second event. The team met minimum work requirements for the remaining workouts to avoid dropping out of competition. 

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April 2019

The year of Sanctionals for the 12 Labour Lions! Our best place finish was 3rd at the Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge (MACC) in Washington, DC. During the Sancitonal season, the Lions traveled to Iceland and Minnesota to wrap up their season.

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February 2020

Squeezed in competing at the Wodapoolooza in Miami, FL as an Elite Team, just before the pandemic cancelled events for the remainder of the year. 

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October 2020

Fun fact, Robbie and Erika went to high school together but were reunited when they both showed up at CrossFit ReVamped on a living social deal. 8 years later and they finally got married! 

A group of people are posing for a picture at a wedding reception.

June 2021

The 12 Labours Lions qualified for Semi-Finals at the Granite Games placing 6th overall, until two teams ranked above them were disqualified. The 12 Labours Lions team was notified that they punched their ticket to the 2021 NOBULL CrossFit Games!!! 

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