Farmington High School seniors Tyler Grubb (pictured), C.J. Record and Sebren Baer led a field of 80 Tiger football players in the 10th annual Iron Man competition held Monday afternoon, Aug. 16.The seven-event competition tests speed (40-yard dash), jumping ability (vertical jump), agility (L-drill), and strength (clean, squat, bench press and tire flip).
Grubb finished atop the final standings with a point total of 4,535. Record came in second at 4,362 and Baer finished third with 4,339.
John Schimmel(4,125), Tommy Korbein(4,001), Jake Schaeppi(3,949), Alex Chadwick (3,709),
Darren Beenken(3,680), Elliott Carroll(3,617) and Drew Hegseth (3,607) rounded out the top ten.
Jordan Hauschild, a 2008 FHS graduate, holds the all-time Iron Man record, amassing 5329 points as a junior in the 2006 competition.
This year's event winners included Grubb in the 40-yard dash(4.6) and tire flip(33); Schimmel in clean (272 lbs) and bench press(276 lbs); Korbein in squat(476 lbs); Chadwick in vertical jump(32.5 ") and Dayne Eich in L-drill(7.42 seconds).
FHS strength and conditioning coach Scott Meier said this year's Iron Man produced mixed results.
"Overall, the results show that we don't have the number of horses we have had other years," he said. Team averages were down in almost everything.
"The top performances in each event were competitive (with other years), but the number of athletes in the top tier of scores was lower."
On the positive side, Meier noted that the vertical jump results, the event with the highest correlation to athletic success were high as were those of the tire flip, an event added to the mix just last year.
"The difference between top and bottom in pretty much everything was much smaller than in the past," he said, "and that's a good sign. Based on how training went this summer, I think this team will find out it is actually 'football' stronger than what the scores reflect. We'll find out soon."
The Tigers hold their annual scrimmage Saturday, August 28 and kick off their 2010 season with a home game with Hudson, Wisconsin on Friday, Sept. 3.
