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Bravest compete at Firefighter Combat Challenge

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Contributed by: John Eisel/YourHub.com on 7/28/2007

The Firefighter Combat Challenge lived up to its reputation as "the toughest two minutes in sports," as competitor after competitor were exhausted as workers from St. Anthony's North Hospital helped them shed their gear.

Some nearly collapsed at the end, others had to be treated for oxygen.

At least it wasn't sunny and in the 100s, as the clouds made for a humid day in the 70s at the Westminster Promenade parking lot on July 28.

Crews from Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska competed in the multi-task event.

First, the firefighter has to climb up five flights of stairs with hose on the shoulder. Then a weight has to be pulled by a rope from the ground up to the top flight. After going back down to the ground, the fighter has to knock a weight using a sledgehammer - simulating having to chop through a wall with an axe. After that comes aiming a hose at a target, before having to drag a dummy across the finish line.

Team Results

Rank	Team/Dept	M	Seconds
1	Rapid City Fire Department	5	14.36
2	Team TOYO TIRES	5	15.59
3	Casper Fire-EMS	5	17.72
4	Westminster Fire	6	23.12
5	Team Paul Davis of Idaho Falls	6	35.02
6	Frederick Firestone Fire District	7	37.94
7	Montrose Fire Protection District	8	58.45

Tandems

Rank	Team/Dept	Members	M	Seconds
1	Washed Up College Athletes	Kurt Wallace, Shane Erosky	1	29.34
2	USAFA Tandem Red	Patrick Kraft, Hans barkley	1	30.74
3	Team Norman Sonic	Robert Carrick, Jack Ingram	1	31.50
4	Whiteman Tandem	Cory McGee, Josh Miller	1	35.48
5	omaha fire	al ertzner, nate rohda	1	36.47
6	MN - CO tandem	Eric Anderson, Kurt Wallace	1	36.50
7	USAFA Tandem Blue	Lance Gore, Daniel Arens	1	38.95
8	Westminster Fire Tandem	Matt Meyer, Matt Dawson	1	39.65
9	Thornton Fire Tandem 1	Forrest Oldham, AJ TOMICH	1	59.09
10	USAFA tandem #1	Brian Bell, Stephen hardman	2	04.66
11	USAFA Tandem #2	Eric Nielsen, Eric Janes	2	07.61
12	USAFA Tandem White	Roy Dalton, Jason Rice	2	08.90
13	USAFA tandem #3	Robert Williams, Wes Harrison	2	18.37
14	Rice Fire Dept.	Eldon Schiller, Brad Vaillancourt	2	20.87
15	Mt. View Fire Dept.	Randy Nelson, Luke Gearhard	2	21.46

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