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Job description: Ranger Challenge Team.
By KRISTI LORSON
This weekend, nine members of
the Ranger Challenge Team will run
and sweat to prove their mettle as
they travel to Ft. Hood to compete
against 16 teams in their first compe
tition of the year.
The purpose of the team is to give
Army ROTC cadets extra training
through intense 5 a.m. workouts and
afternoon military skills training.
Many of the cadets are preparing
for Army training schools like
Ranger School, Airborne School or
summer camps.
Fall work outs begin with about 30
people doing short distance runs for
physical training. As runs are
lengthened and weight is added to
the ruck sacks on their back, only the
strong remain, senior Jonathan
Towles said.
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through,” he said.
“Often, I’m up until 1 a.m. with
Corps activities and studying, then
wake up at 4:30 to train. A lot of
times I’d rather sleep, but I do it for
the team. We train to win, and if you
fall out, you let everyone down.”
Team captain Johnny Hester will
lead team members Brian Payne,
Jimmy Hester, Tim West, Richard
Feenstra, Towles, Roy Tisdale, Rick
Taylor and Sam Curtis in this week
end’s 24-hour competition. The
team will use skills they have trained
for and will use in their Army ca
reers.
The competition begins with the
Army Physical Fitness Test which
consists of timed push-up and sit-up
intervals and a two mile run.
Then, the team will compete all
day in events like rope bridge-build
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(Above)Sophomore Tim West makes his way across the rope bridge
while junior Brian Payne looks on. This is one of the many activities
the Ranger Challenge Team will have to accomplish if they are to
win this weekend’s competition in Ft. Hood. (Top) Senior Sam Curtis
prepares to run through his paces as he also gets ready for the
competition.
and marksmanship.
The final challenge is a 10 kilos
ter (6.2 miles) race at 6 a.m. is]
gear — Army fatigues, cof
boots, an M-16 rifle and a 30-po-
ruck sack.
If the team places first or sefi
they will enter a regional pool of
teams in Ft. Riley, Kansas
they hope to better last year’s set
place against TCU.
“This is our fifth year of comj
tion, and we’ve gone to the
competition each year,” said spoS
Cpt. Sam Harves. “This year, t*!
going to make a big effort to gel
trophy back where it belongs.”
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began this summer when the
sent senior Physical Training
structor Sam Curtis to the
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nutrition and anatomy classes
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the team’s training program.
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rest day into our schedule ton
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is on preventing knee and shins]
injuries.” _
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also be added to the training)
gram. The diet calls for high cat
hydrates, low fat and few dessert
“This is a muscle-loading diet ;
many swim teams, cross cout
teams and marathoners use,” ^
said. “It increases endurance
loads energy for the muscles.”
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required to win this weekends
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