by admin | Apr 21, 2013 | Events, Obstacle Course News and Articles, Press Releases
2013 STREETSBORO, OHIO ULTIMATE TOWNER FAST CLASS
4 mile fast class **Official results by ITz ABOUT TIME** 4 mile fast class
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 STREETSBORO, OHIO
Place Div No. Name Ag Div Town Club Time
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1 1 829 NICK SCHUSTER 29 M2529 Ravenna 28:49
2 1 903 JEFF LUCAS 31 M3034 STREETSB GIONINOS 28:51
3 755 JAMES HUMANSKY canal fu 29:12
4 2 828 JOSEPH SCHUSTER 25 M2529 Ravenna 30:15
5 2 721 JOE CHARLTON 33 M3034 Twinsbur 30:58
6 1 744 JAKE GOULD 17 M0117 Streetsb 32:24
7 1 779 BEN MCKINNEY 36 M3539 Kent 33:41
8 2 901 DAN KIMMEL 14 M0117 34:04
9 3 905 JEFF HODGE 34 M3034 STREETSB 35:42
10 4 845 RICK THOMPSON 34 M3034 Streetsb 35:51
11 1 729 MOHAMMAD DAMAVANDI 41 M4044 Reminder 36:02
12 3 769 RAFE LEWIS 12 M0117 Streetsb 37:18
13 1 770 SAM LEWIS 46 M4549 Streetsb 37:19
14 1 765 CHRISTY LEIMKUEHLER 31 F3034 Avon Lak DOUBLE T 37:33
15 766 GREG LEIMKUEHLER westlake 37:33
16 5 767 JAMES LEIMKUEHLER 31 M3034 Avon Lak DOUBLE T 37:33
17 6 718 DUSTIN BULESKI 32 M3034 Mantua 37:49
18 1 751 DEBORAH HOLBERT 37 F3539 Streetsb 39:01
19 1 757 HILARY KENT 21 F1824 Kent 39:40
20 2 777 MEGAN MCCAFFREY 31 F3034 Streetsb 41:01
21 1 724 JOHN COOPER 24 M1824 Streetsb 41:01
22 2 833 BILL SEVER 42 M4044 seven hi 42:47
23 3 840 ALEXANDREA STANIC 31 F3034 Willough 43:59
24 3 733 MARK DICK 43 M4044 Streetsb 44:05
25 2 830 TIMOTHY SCOFIELD 22 M1824 Mantua SHAFFBOR 44:16
26 2 771 ROBERT LYTLE 37 M3539 Streetsb SHAFFBOR 44:16
27 4 834 JEFF SHAFFER 42 M4044 streetsb SHAFFBOR 44:16
28 2 831 ERIC SEACHRIST 46 M4549 Kent TEAM SCH 44:17
29 7 768 JOSEPH LENZI 33 M3034 Streetsb SHAFFBOR 44:23
30 1 847 EVE VANREETH 42 F4044 Streetsb 44:37
31 5000 BANDIT 44:58
32 1 848 TODD VANREETH 50 M5054 Streetsb 45:51
33 1 703 JACKIE ANGELO 29 F2529 EUCLID 46:23
34 2 835 AUDREY SMITH 20 F1824 Kent 46:33
35 8 786 JEFF MILLER
30 M3034 streetsb 50:38
36 3 800 BRIAN NOVOTNY 39 M3539 Streetsb 50:39
37 2 799 ANGELA NOVOTNY 39 F3539 Streetsb 50:39
38 3 713 JOHN BROSKA 49 M4549 Streetsb 50:40
39 2 712 GLENN BROSKA 54 M5054 Streetsb 50:51
2013 STREETSBORO, OHIO ULTIMATE TOWNER FUN CLASS
4 mile fun class **Official results by ITz ABOUT TIME** 4 mile fun class
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 STREETSBORO, OHIO
Place Div No. Name Ag Div Town Club Time
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1 1 1001 KYLE WOODS 17 M0117 KENT TOWNER G 32:22
2 702 BRIAN ALLEN clevelan 34:16
3 1 791 WAYNE MILLIKEN 39 M3539 Streetsb 36:09
4 1 730 DAVID DEMATTEIS 45 M4549 Aurora 36:12
5 2 731 NIKOLAS DEMATTEIS 15 M0117 Aurora 36:19
6 717 TRISTAN BRYCE Kent 36:20
7 3 837 JAKE SMOLIK 9 M0117 Streetsb 36:23
8 1 820 SAMANTHA RYDZINSKI 19 F1824 streetsb 36:26
9 1 706 JENNY ARTHUR 43 F4044 Kent 38:06
10 2 843 PAUL SZABO 47 M4549 stow MUDLEY C 38:13
11 3 780 KEVIN MCMAHAN 47 M4549 Streetsb MUDLEY C 38:44
12 1 753 ZAC HOYT 31 M3034 Stow 38:58
13 2 707 STEPHANIE BERRY 24 F1824 Streetsb 39:06
14 4 708 ALEC BINDUS 14 M0117 streetsb 39:06
15 2 710 JENNIFER BINDUS 42 F4044 streetsb BINDUS B 39:07
16 5 709 JACK BINDUS 11 M0117 streetsb 39:07
17 1 908 T VARNEIL 44 M4044 39:42
18 1 793 RANDI MORRIS 35 F3539 Streetsb 42:50
19 2 855 JEN YONALLY 36 F3539 Streetsb 42:54
20 3 906 PAULA LECOUNT 35 F3539 42:55
21 2 722 BILL COLLINS 34 M3034 Ravenna TAKIN YO 43:09
22 4 752 MONICA HOLZAPFEL 35 F3539 Mogadore TAKIN YO 43:10
23 2 920 JOE KRSAK 37 M3539 STREETSB 43:18
24 1 821 SEAN SANDVICK 27 M2529 Kent 43:30
25 3 761 KAYLA KONEN 20 F1824 Kent 43:55
26 6 1005 JOSH CUMMINGS 15 M0117 KENT TOWNER G 43:56
27 7 1004 RUSSELL WOMBOLD 15 M0117 KENT TOWNER G 44:02
28 1 802 KAITLYN NUBER 16 F0117 Streetsb 44:03
29 2
801 ERIC NUBER 43 M4044 Streetsb NUBS & N 45:30
30 1 852 JANICE WENIG 47 F4549 Streetsb 45:33
31 8 839 JONATHAN SOLTIS 14 M0117 streetsb 45:44
32 3 740 KEVIN FOX 34 M3034 Parma He 46:09
33 9 736 NATE FLETCHER 9 M0117 Kent 46:15
34 10 827 LUKE SCHUMM 9 M0117 Kent THE SCHU 47:20
35 4 815 KENT ROBBINS 33 M3034 Kent JAMES WO 47:21
36 1 814 DARAH ROBBINS 31 F3034 Kent 47:24
37 3 785 ADAM MILLER 35 M3539 streetsb JAMES WO 47:28
38 916 MATTHEW BURKS 47:29
39 4 909 LEAH MORGAN 23 F1824 KENT 47:30
40 911 MATTHEW PARKER 48:33
41 1 772 KIM MACKEOWN 56 F5559 Streetsb 49:09
42 3 819 LINDA RYDZINSKI 42 F4044 streetsb 49:09
43 11 1002 DILLON REEDY 15 M0117 TOWNER G 49:09
44 12 1003 JERAMY DEBOLT 15 M0117 TOWNER G 49:10
45 2 836 HANNAH SMOLIK 11 F0117 Streetsb CRAZY TR 49:24
46 4 838 KAREN SMOLIK 43 F4044 Streetsb CRAZY TR 49:41
47 3 917 MOLLY SNELLENBERGER 10 F0117 KENT 49:42
48 13 918 NICK SNEELLENBERGER 11 M0117 KENT 49:43
49 4 915 EMMETT SNELLENBERGE 37 M3539 KENT 50:15
50 5 826 JOHN SCHUMM 38 M3539 Kent THE SCHU 50:22
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2013 STREETSBORO, OHIO ULTIMATE TOWNER FUN CLASS
4 mile fun class **Official results by ITz ABOUT TIME** 4 mile fun class
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013 STREETSBORO, OHIO
Place Div No. Name Ag Div Town Club Time
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51 5 825 JENNIFER SCHUMM 35 F3539 Kent THE SCHU 50:23
52 4 844 HANNAH THOMAS 13 F0117 kent 50:32
53 5 782 SYNDEE MERCURIO 11 F0117 Steertsb 50:33
54 6 726 DAN CURRAN 35 F3539 streetsb 50:39
55 7 727 KATHY CURRAN 38 F3539 Streetsb 50:46
56 715 BRYAN BRYCE Kent 50:46
57 714 NEED FIRST BRYCE Kent 50:52
58 14 716 CAMERON BRYCE 13 M0117 Kent 50:53
59 6 745 CELCIA GREENE 15 F0117 AKRON WTH…WE 53:12
60 5 746 MARY GREENE 42 F4044 Akron WTH … 53:13
61 1 817 COURTNEY GREENE 18 M1824 AKRON 53:16
62 15 809 MADDOX PLECKO 9 M0117 Streetsb 53:19
63 16 807 GRIFFIN PLECKO 9 M0117 Streetsb 53:20
64 8 842
35 F3539 Streetsb 53:21
65 3 808 KENNETH PLECKO 44 M4044 Streetsb 53:33
66 7 851 KAYLA WELLS 14 F0117 Streetsb 53:34
67 4 759 DON KNIGHT 45 M4549 Streetsb 53:35
68 4 824 STEPHEN SCHRAUFL 43 M4044 Akron 53:53
69 1 773 AMANDA MARTIN 26 F2529 Aurora 54:07
70 5 704 BRIAN ANKENMAN 32 M3034 Streetsb 54:09
71 2 907 BARRY SPARKS 24 M1824 54:10
72 5 754 JAMES HUMANSKY 40 M4044 canal fu WTH…WE 55:09
73 876 WHO ARE YOU 55:11
74 783 CHRISTINA MICHNIAK Cuyahoga 55:28
75 2 798 ANDREW NELISSE 28 M2529 Cuyahoga 55:31
76 5 781 KATY MCMAHON 22 F1824 Stow 58:03
77 6 762 ANGIE KRUMLAUF 24 F1824 Ravenna 58:09
78 6 747 ERIC GREGROW 32 M3034 Cuyahoga JAMES WO 58:10
79 7
741 BEN GERHARDT 32 M3034 s 58:13
80 2 742 SABINE GERHARDT 32 F3034 Streetsb JAMES WO 58:14
81 1 725 MICHAEL COSS 56 M5559 ravenna 58:20
82 17 811 ALEXANDER RALL 12 M0117 Mantua KIRGIS 58:22
83 6 812 REGIS RALL 42 M4044 Mantua KIRGIS 58:23
84 8 910 MADISON DEFINBAUGH 13 F0117 STREETSB 58:24
85 CANDICE MCDONALD 36 F3539 salem 58:25
86 822 LAURA SANDY alliance 58:26
87 8 794 MATT MOTZ 30 M3034 rootstow 58:27
88 10 728 MARY CYMANSKI 39 F3539 Kent TAKIN YO 59:26
89 6 701 STACEY ACKLEY 41 F4044 Streetsb 59:27
90 11 735 CORTNEY FARGO 37 F3539 Streetsb BEAST MO 1:02:35
91 3 705 ADAM APINIS 29 M2529 Copley 1:02:44
92 6 796 GREG MYTINGER 35 M3539 Streetsb PLAYIN’ 1:02:44
93 2 789 RACHEL MILLER 27 F2529 Aurora PLAY’N P 1:02:46
94 4 788 NICK MILLER 26 M2529 Aurora 1:02:53
95 3 774 KATIE MATHIES 27 F2529 Stow PLAYIN’ 1:02:54
96 4 803 ANDREA PARMA 29 F2529 Akron PLAY’N P 1:03:18
97 7 913 JOHN ZELENAR 37 M3539 1:04:24
98 18 914 RYAN DOWDALL 13 M0117 CITYHOWK 1:04:27
by admin | Mar 12, 2013 | All Blog Posts, Events, Obstacle Course News and Articles, Uncategorized
Obstacle courses and mud runs seem to be all the rage these days. With so many different event companies offering one kind of race or another, how do you know which one is right for you? Our Ultimate Towner race is more than just a race, it’s about overcoming your own personal obstacles in life. It’s about community. It’s about inspiration. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” -Bernice Reagon This year, thousands of inspirational people will be participating in one of our 5 nationwide Ultimate Towner events. People from all walks of life will be participating in the community driven obstacle course race. Why? To challenge themselves. To be an inspiration to themselves. To grow; physically, emotionally and mentally. To be part of a movement, a change in the world.
Gandhi says “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him.” Ultimate Towner gives you a platform to overcome those metaphorical obstacles in life and create lasting memories. We give you the opportunity to GET OUT, GET PHYSICAL and GET DOWN AND DIRTY! with what has been holding you back. Working together, supporting each other and motivating other athletes to overcome their own obstacles. Does this sound like the adventure race that you’ve been looking for? OF COURSE IT DOES! What are your next steps for joining us for the next Ultimate Towner in your area? *Check out our locations: Kent, Ohio. Jackson Hole, WY. Lake Placid, NY. Syracuse, NY and the San Francisco! *Find a partner or team to hold you accountable to your goal *Start training for the big event (find training info on www.ultimatetowner.com) *Choose a great costume *Register and get ready to have some FUN!!
by admin | Jan 1, 2013 | Events, Obstacle Course News and Articles
This event took place April 26 and we want to thank all of our towners, sponsors, and volunteers for supporting the event! Congratulations to our top Towners, Jim Leimkuehler (29:03) and Gabby Odek (41:30) and a big thank you to Frederic Vigne Photography and Megann Galehouse for volunteering their talents and providing us with such amazing photos. Browse the gallery below or view them on Facebook.
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by admin | Oct 24, 2012 | All Blog Posts, Obstacle Course News and Articles, Uncategorized
Ultimate Towner’s a test
Another way to prove you’re a bad mamba jamba in Jackson.
By Miller N. Resor, Jackson Hole, Wyo.
October 24, 2012
It was just a matter of time. After all, what do you expect from a hyper-competitive town of adrenaline junkies with nothing to do in the offseason? Of course, Jacksonites are going to seize on the obstacle course craze sweeping the country to satisfy their masochistic urges, and of course they’re going to dress in costume while they do it. Saturday morning, 150 racers tested their mettle at the first Ultimate Towner, a 4-mile race that dashed up Snow King, through puddles, over hurdles and through a multitude of exhausting obstacles. The race is modeled after the Tough Mudder and Spartan Race style of adventure races, where contestants complete an obstacle-strewn running course individually or with a team. Over a million people raced in obstacle races last year, and the entire industry is now estimated to haul in over $250 million a year. Grand Dynamics International, a training and development organization in Jackson that specializes in corporate team building and leadership development, is cashing in on this race mania.
The Ultimate Towner started at Phil Baux Park, where contestants were led in a comical aerobic warm- up led by extreme snowboarder and mountaineer Stephen Koch. Koch, dressed in a white athletic suit, danced on top of the boulder park, paying special attention to loosening participants’ hips. The race began with a climb straight up Snow King beneath Cougar. The race class climbed to the third tower, while the fun class huffed and puffed to the second tower. Many racers agreed at the end of the race that Snow King, appropriately, was the most difficult obstacle in the Ultimate Towner. Upon reaching their tower, runners turned downhill and made their way through a cloud created by a snowmaking machine to the rodeo grounds. After attempting to swing across a mud pit, Towners dropped to their bellies to slip beneath ropes and through culverts. Leaving the rodeo grounds with bloody knees and elbows, the first casualties began dropping on the way to Miller Park. After high-stepping through tires, crossing the race’s first set of monkey bars and hurdling some more plywood barricades, many contestants slowed to a walk on their way to Davey Jackson Elementary. Another lethal set of obstacles awaited them there and again when they reached Mike Yokel Park. Tire pushes, pumpkin carries, burpees and an extended military crawl were among the most grueling obstacles in the final phase. Sam Fairleigh, who was racing for the Inversion Yoga team, finished the course first, completing the challenge in 33 minutes and 33 seconds. Dale Hoyt and Christ Betsinger finished just over four minutes later in second and third respectively. Katie Steinberg led the women’s race crossing the finish line fourth overall with a time of 39:59. Marieke Fitz was just 20 seconds behind Steinberg in fifth overall and second among the women. Hannah Meier was the third women’s finisher, coming in 18th overall. Inversion Yoga won the team competition followed by Jackson Hole Fire Rescue and Bruisers. In the fun class, Zombie Bees, Zombie Nurses and a chicken made for an especially wild event. Jackson Hole News and Guide Ultimate Towner 2012 Article
by admin | Nov 25, 2011 | All Blog Posts, Obstacle Course News and Articles, Uncategorized
Here’ an article from November 2011, reporting on why there is so much interest in the obstacle course racing craze. One of human needs obstacle course racing meets is variety. People are seeking a different experience in their training and in the events. Our Ultimate Towner events offer variety, and also an opportunity for people with a greater variety of ability levels to experience that variety. Here’s the article. LAST AUGUST, nearly 5,000 people gathered in Killington, Vermont, to compete in the Spartan Beast race, a 12-mile cross-country run up, down, and across the ski hill’s muddy slopes. A guy in a red cloak and Spartan war helmet announced the rules—“no whining, no complaining”—prompting a loud “Ah-roo!” from the crowd. The course featured more than a dozen obstacles, including a mud bog strung over with barbed wire, a greased climbing wall, a hurdle of smoldering hay bales, and a final gauntlet of brawny, shirtless “warriors” waiting to thrash racers with padded cudgels. Yeah, it hurt, but that’s part of the allure. Obstacle races combine mud and trail runs with boot-camp obstructions and even mind games, all designed to result in mental and physical collapse. Last year in the U.S., roughly a million people signed up for events in the four most popular series:Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash, and Muddy Buddy. None are more than ten years old, but already there’s talk of world domination in the air. “By the end of 2012,” Tough Mudder’s website says, “we aim to replace Ironman as the preeminent brand in endurance sports.” Nobody’s quite sure what’s driving the sudden interest in hell-week-as-sport, but sheer novelty has to be part of it. “It’s a lot more fun to compete in, more fun to train for, and more spectator-friendly,” says Hobie Call, an air-conditioning technician from South Jordan, Utah, who has won 11 of these races. Joe Desena, Spartan Race’s founder and a former Wall Street trader, agrees. “People have grown bored with traditional linear races,” he says. Apparently, they’re also tired of made-for-TV adventure ordeals like Eco-Challenge, which ended in 2003, and Primal Quest, which is rumored to have seen sponsor cash dry up. Last year, Desena put on 29 Spartan events in 16 states, from three-mile sprints to the 48-hour Death Race (see Mark Jenkins’s firsthand account of the latter in “Bury My Pride at Wounded Knees,” November 2010). In 2012, Desena plans to hold up to 40 events. The rise of obstacle races comes just as high-intensity workout trends like CrossFit are mushrooming, giving Spartan, Tough Mudder, and other competitions massive social-media potential. In October, in advance of the Death Race, Desena announced that racers who failed to hype the event online would have an extra obstacle added to their race. Cultish tactics like these have helped Spartan galvanize a network of more than 630,000 Facebook fans, up from 50,000 a year earlier. Tough Mudder has over a million. And then there’s the quasi-military motif of many of the events. “Mention anything about the armed forces on our forum,” says Desena, “and you get a thousand replies.” Though race participants are mostly civilians, some, like Jeff Cain, 41, a University of Kentucky professor who’s completed two Warrior Dashes and two Spartan races, appreciate the soldier’s-fantasy-camp vibe. “I love the battle,” says Cain, “without the bullets.” Indeed, obstacle-course challenges take much of their DNA from boot-camp classics like the 18-year-old Camp Pendleton Mud Run, held near San Diego, and Staffordshire, England’s Tough Guy Challenge. Founded in 1986 by an eccentric ex-officer in the British Army, the Tough Guy originally included a 40-foot crawl through flooded tunnels and long mud slithers with machine-gun blanks fired overhead. In 2011, more than 5,000 people competed. Stateside, the impressive turnouts have made obstacle-course events a commercial windfall. Last June, Beaver Creek, Colorado, attracted more than 20,000 people to its first Tough Mudder. By comparison, the XTerra off-road triathlon championship, held there in July, drew just 2,000. “Tough Mudder was among the biggest summer weekends in the history of Beaver Creek,” says Tim Baker, the resort’s executive director. “Our lodging was sold out for two nights.” http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/first-look/American-Gladiators.html
