14th Annual Little Heroes 2026

Heroes come in all sizes

We are excited to announce the 14th annual Pulling for Our Little Heroes to benefit our friends at the Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation! 2026 will bring a slight schedule change for both Team CrossFit and Team Weightlifting events so please stay up to date through this site and our social media outlets- Instagram and Facebook! This year’s CrossFit event will be held at CrossFit Bangarang on September 25th and 26th and the Weightlifting will be held on September 12th at Calavera Barbell.

Important Links

  • To purchase 2026 Little Heroes Shirt click HERE
  • To view 2026 Team CrossFit Leaderboard click HERE
  • To view the 2026 Team Weightlifting Leaderboard click HERE
  • Follow our social media pages for updates: Facebook and Instagram.
  • To view the 2024 Little Heroes photo album from Nathan Militante click HERE

Team CrossFit Event

  • To register a team (MMFF) for the CrossFit event on September 25th and 26th, email paige@calaverabarbell.com with:
    • Team Name
    • CrossFit Gym Affiliate or Non-Affiliated
    • Team members names
    • Team member emails
  • Team CrossFit registration closes on September 18th at Noon PST.
  • To make a general donation or donate to a current team click HERE *
    • *You will have the option to select a team to donate to on the second page after selecting donation amount.

CrossFit Competition– -Details

1.  Registration will be open until September 18th. For 13 years in row this event has sold out so don’t wait and get a head start on fundraising!

2.  Competition will be teams of 4 (2 male/2 female).

3. Competition will start in the afternoon on Friday September 25th and end on Saturday September 26th in the afternoon.

4. Your team fundraising page will be created by Paige/NNCCF on September 1st or after you register if registering after September 1st. You can “FUND”raise before but everyone’s online page will be created on September 1st in order to maximize the “match”.

5. FUNdraising will still be a scored event.  Raising a minimum of $500 will be required to advance to the finale.  Any team raising $1,000 or above will automatically earn a first-place finish in the FUNdraising “WOD.”

Team Weightlifting Event

  • To register a team (MF) for the Weightlifting event on September 12th, email carlos@calaverabarbell.com with:
    • Athlete names
    • Entry Total (estimate)
    • Athlete date of births
  • Team Weightlifting registration closes on Friday September 4th at Noon PST.

Weightlifting Competition– Details on how the team weightlifting comp runs HERE

1. Registration close on September 4th at Noon PST.

2. Competition will be teams of 2, any combination of male/female, youth/senior/master (3 Ranked coed divisions include: Open/Open, Youth/Youth, Master/Youth)

3. Competition will start on Saturday September 12th.

3. Scheduling of this event will be dependent on the number of teams. Stay tuned for more details!

4. You can see how the team weightlifting comp runs and how the scoring works HERE