Miley Wade has booked her first individual CrossFit Games appearance at the 2026 Copa Sur Semifinal in São José, Santa Catarina, finishing second behind Canada's Anikha Greer to complete a transition from team competitor to individual qualifier that has been three years in the making.
The American closed the May 1-3 weekend on 516 points, consistently finishing inside the top five across the six events without ever winning one. That is precisely the kind of broad fitness profile that the CrossFit Games rewards. Greer ran away with the women's competition on 580 points, more than 60 clear of Wade. Argentina's Agustina Haag was third on 472. Both Greer and Wade move on to the Divisional Games in San Jose, California, from July 21-26.
Wade has been a Games name since her first team appearance, and she has earned three Games trips in the team division — a track record few solo qualifiers can claim from the team format. The transition to individual competition is one of the harder moves in the sport, however. Team athletes can specialise around partners and round structures; individuals must own every workout end-to-end.
The 2025-26 build has been a complete reset of her conditioning approach. Public training material from Wade and her coaching staff has emphasised solo time-domain work — particularly in the 8-15 minute range that historically dominates Games event design — alongside maximal-effort barbell and gymnastics intervals. The Copa Sur output suggests it has worked.
A second-place semifinal finish across six varied events, with no obvious weakness on the leaderboard, is a strong signal. Wade did not blow the field away at any point — Greer's dominance saw to that — but she did not collapse on any event either, and that reliability is what the Games typically tests across five days.
The wider Copa Sur story belongs to Greer. The Canadian won four of six events and never finished outside the top three. The men's qualifiers, Brazil's Kalyan Souza and Mexico's Benjamin Reyes, both head to their first Games. Souza's win came after compatriot Joao Pedro Barcelos finished 13th in the final event to hand him the title.
For Wade, the practical task between now and July is the same as for any first-time individual qualifier. The Games typically introduces movements or implements (sandbags of varying weights, swims of varying distances, ruck-style outdoor events) that are not on regional semifinal sheets. Wade's three previous team Games trips give her familiarity with the venue rhythm, the volume across days, and the structure of warm-up and recovery between events — assets a brand-new individual qualifier does not have.
The other useful note is geographic. The 2026 Divisional Games are in San Jose for the first time, replacing the previous Carson and Madison venues. Wade is American. The travel, time-zone and altitude variables that often catch international qualifiers will not catch her.
She will arrive at her first individual Games in late July experienced, fit, and rested. The team-to-solo move is on.