Athletes

Ascent is proud to sponsor athletes across an array of sports - including professional football, CrossFit, Spartan, OCR, and weightlifting. Ascent athletes demonstrate hard work in everything they do. From training to competing, each athlete never quits and never slows down. These athletes are the definition of hard work. Learn more about our partnerships with each athlete below.

Ali was born and raised in Los Angeles, but soccer has taken her all over the world. She currently captains the New Zealand National Team and Angel City FC. She has represented New Zealand at 5 FIFA World Cups and...
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Known for his commitment to hard work and his persistent drive to improve, Tony Pollard is the perfect fit for Ascent and our “Official Sponsor of Hard Work” mantra.  He finished the 2022 season with over 1000 rushing yards and...
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Brent Fikowski knows hard work doesn’t come easy. He made his debut at the CrossFit Games in 2016 taking 4th place. For the next year he trained and came back to become the “Second Fittest Man on Earth” in 2017. ...
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CJ Cummings is one of the top weightlifters in the world and is no stranger to hard work. Today, CJ currently holds 32 American Records, 9 Pan-American Records, and 4 World Records. Success in weightlifting started early for CJ. At...
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Jourden Delacruz doesn’t let anything stop her. She is a Junior World silver medalist and 2018 National Champion weightlifter for Team USA. She holds the USA Weightlifting Youth and Junior records in the 53kg weight class.  Most recently, Delacruz became...
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Rea Kolbl never slows down. As an Obstacle Course Racing World Champion, she has had to put in the hard work in order to meet her racing goals. Coming from a world of gymnastics, Kolbl began competing in Spartan Races...
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Robert Killian doesn’t let hard work slow him down. He finished first as the Spartan Race World Champion in both 2019 and 2015, as well as placing 2nd at the 2017 World’s Toughest Mudder. As a Spartan Pro Team member,...
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