Mason Auge competes in the tire flip
Senior defensive back/wide receiver Alex Chadwick piled up 4188 points to win the seven-event Ironman competition held on the first day of Tiger football practice. Senior running back/defensive back Athen Aston finished second with 4143 points.
Rounding out the top ten were Nathan Graham 3916,, Drew Hegseth 3883, Blake Weinand 3859, Andrew Peterson 3782, Mason Auge 3774, Bret Hoffman 3635, Jack Erickson 3624 and Kevon Olund 3515.
The seven events in the competition included three involving lifting, including the clean, back squat and bench press, as well as the 40-yard dash, L-drill, vertical jump and tire flip.
Chadwick won two of the seven contests, finishing first in the vertical jump (31.5 inches) and L-drill (7.3 seconds). Aston also claimed first in two events, winning the clean (223 lbs.) and finishing in a tie with Olund in the tire flip (31).
Auge won the 40-meter dash competition in 4.68 seconds. Hoffman claimed top honors in the back squat (445 lbs.) while Jake Nohner claimed the top spot in the bench press (306 lbs.).
FHS strength and conditioning coach Scott Meier said the results represented a mixed bag as compared to the past 10 Ironman competitions.
"Overall I'm happy with how it went," he said, "although the overall number of kids we had competing was down.
"The bad news was that the number of the strong kids were down. The good news was that the team averages in five of the seven events were way up. With a team with fewer players that's very important because we will be counting on those kids more than when we had the the big teams."
Team averages in all three lifting events, the 40-yard dash and L-drill were all significantly higher than last year, prompting some optimistic words from Meier.
"As a team, we were better than last year in six of the seven events," he said, "and considering how young were are, I'm even happier...obviously, team speed is going to be a strong area this season."
