The event began with the seeding round for the relay teams. Our first opponents were the City Red Devils from Michigan City,IN. Everyone on the team knew how important it was to post a good time in the seeding round to insure a good spot in the bracket. Because this was our first run on the real course in almost 8 months we were all worried about mistakes and penalties, but when the heat started the nervousness went away and all of the training took over. We completed the event without any mistakes or penalties with a time of 1:51.43 which is a 31 second improvement from last years time of 2:22.43. Our opponents finished in 2:20.50. This also meant that we had qualified for World Challenge XIV because our time was below 2:00.

After the seeding round was complete the individual competition began. This meant that the three team members (Dave Reddick, Mike Ward, and Adam Brock) who were competing in these events would have to run the entire course by themselves and then return to finish the relay events. Dave Reddick was the first to compete in the individual event and finished with a time of 2:33.39 which was a 56 second improvement from last year. WAY TO GO DAVE! Next up was Mike Ward and Adam Brock in a head to head match. Mike finished in 2:17.10 and Adam finished in 2:41.04.

After the individuals were over we prepared for our next relay event. Our next opponent was Topeka Fire Department whose time in the seeding round was 1:47.03. We knew it was going to be an interesting heat before it started because of how close our times were. We finished with a time of 1:44.36 and Topeka finished in 1:42.67. Although we lost by 1.69 seconds we were still excited to have qualified for worlds twice in the same day.

We are now getting ready for the Michigan City Challenge on July 16th. Keep watching our website for updates on the team as well as more videos and pictures from our events and training. Thank all of you for your support.