Results After Day 1 Team Big Cat Challenge

Yesterday, the Tigers started the team portion of the Big Cat Challenge with the Plate Carry event.  Each member of each team carried two 45 lb. plates 90 yds and back in a relay style race.  The run required speed and also a great amount of grip strength as the players were not allowed to grip the weights by their handles.  Instead they were only allowed to carry them by the grooved edges which provided quite the challenge for many.

"The Gangstas of Love" led by team captain Kevin Jackson won the event in an impressive time of 3:45 with no penalties.  The team got off to a rough start but Jackson was able to put together a dominant run to put his team right back in the mix of things and each member of the team then followed up with solid runs to claim the win.

Although Jackson's team made the event look easy, several players struggled with the grip strength portion of the race costing their teams valuable seconds.  However, every team has the opportunity to gain ground on Jackson's "Gangstas of Love" in every event leading up to the Obstacle Course.

Here are the results after the first completed event:

Team Jackson "Gangstas of Love" - 3:45
Team Pappas "Team Sanchez" - 4:19
Team Klimesh "Green Death" - 4:20
Team Binder "Jaws" - 5:15
Team Lawson: 7:03
Team Keiser: 7:48

As you can see, the "Gangsta's of Love" have a commanding lead after Day 1, but every team is still in the hunt and will be scratching and clawing to close the gap in the following events.

Click here to see footage from yesterday's Plate Carry event.