Results from Asheville

Hello

Here are the results from the Asheville competition. As a team we placed 9th out of 11 teams with a team time of 7:43:26.

Individual Competition
Adam Freimuth placed 21st with a time of 2:04:44. David Auricchio placed 46st with a time of 2:29:83. Marc Hankins placed 63rd with a time of 3:08:99. Chad Pate placed 64th with a time of 3:17:99. Holly Nourigat Placed 3rd in the women's division with a time of 4:47:76.

Our relay qualified for the championships with the new team roster with a time of 1:50:16. We had a time of 1:45:16 but we received a 5 second penalty for hammer placement. We lowered our time by 14 seconds from Gainesville. Our coed tandem placed 4th out of 7 teams with a time of 2:30:83.

For the full results and times of the competition go to the link at the bottom of the page. Go to the Firefighter Combat Challenge website click on the events tab then click on the results tab. This page will list all the events and results.

Thanks again for all your support.
Chad

Getting ready for Asheville

Hello 

we are getting ready for the competition in Asheville. We have changed the relay team around and have been working on improving our time. The relay this time will be David running up the tower carrying the hose pack and handing off to Brad. Brad will be doing the hose pack hoist to the top of the tower and handing back off to David. David will then run down the tower and hand off to me (Chad). I will be hitting the Keiser Sled and then hand off to Scott who will be running the obstacle course and pulling the charged hand line. Scott will hand off to Marc who will do the dummy drag to the finish. In practice we have been able to get our time in the 1:45:00 range. We have to qualify again for the world finals as we have changed the team. We feel that this should not be a problem. 

Everyone is excited and looking forward to the competition. We all hope to improve our individual times and set new personal records. Holly and Adam have changed around the Coed Tandem. Adam will be running the tower and hitting the Keiser Sled and Holly will be running the obstacle course and the dummy drag. We hope this change will improve the time. Thank you once again for your support.

Chad 

Welcome to Team St. Johns Blog

Welcome;

This is Team St. Johns Blog. We are a Firefighter Combat Challenge team from St. Johns Fire Department on Johns Island South Carolina. We currently have seven members on the team but hope to expand over time. 

We started this team in 2007 with five members. We were able to compete in three events that year. Myrtle Beach at the State Firefighter Convention, Union South Carolina and the SCOTT event in Lexington Kentucky. 

This year we have competed in Gainesville Florida and were able to qualify our mens relay and our coed tandem for the Championship Finals in Las Vegas this year. This is something that we are very proud of. This was the first time we had ever ran the relay. Our mens relay just barely qualified with a time of 1:59:11 just under the 2:00:00 mark required to qualify. We are working hard to improve that time and be more competitive. Our coed tandem team qualified with a 2:25:00. They are a strong team and will improve. This not only was the first time the coed tandem team competed as a tandem it was also the first event that they had ever been to. 

Our next event is in Asheville North Carolina on May 23-24 2008. I will be posting pictures and results as soon as I can. Hope to hear from you and that you enjoy this Blog. 

To see more pictures and videos of the team goto the Team St. Johns Myspace page link at the bottom of the page. The SCOTT Firefighter Combat Challenge link will take you to the official site for the challenge and there you can find the official results and event schedules.