Northeast
Qualifier 1
June 3
The Jumping Bars have taken out athlete
after athlete. So far, favorites Chris Wilczewski, Masked Mainer Jesse
Villareal, and Travis Graves are all on the board. But will they be
after the second batch of competitors take their aim?
So far, the leaderboard looks like
this...
1) CHRIS WILCZEWSKI (1:20)
2) JESSE VILLAREAL (1:36)
3) DANNY JOHNSON (1:38)
4) YOSUEL GARCIA (1:41)
5) TRAVIS GRAVES (1:42)
6) JOHN STRZEPEK (2:06)
7) CHRISTOPHER DiGANGI (2:41)
8) ADAM KOSAK (2:56)
NORTHEAST REGION
Florida International University, Miami
Today's Qualifier Course consists of...
- QUAD STEPS: Four steps, seven feet
between each one.
- LOG GRIP: Hold on past two jolting drops.
- BUNGEE BRIDGE: A few cords of rubber separate you from failure.
- JUMP HANG: A cargo net and tramp that could be the difference between
getting the win and getting wet.
- JUMPING BARS: Five feet of monkey bars.
- WALL LIFT: Three progressively-heavier walls will test your brute
strength.
- WARPED WALL: Fourteen feet, three tries.
And we're playing it all UNDER THE
LIGHTS. We start here...
- David Gladish (31, Washington, DC,
federal agent) - FAIL Jumping Bars
- Melanie Hunt (24, Falls Church, VA, teacher) - FAIL Log Grip
- John Sapinoso (23, Arlington, VA, parkour instructor/student) - FAIL
Warped Wall
Brad Martin, Shaun Antonio, Bryant
Edwards, and Matt Mings all fail at the Warped Wall. We may not get 30
to finish the course.
- Khalil Uqdah (24, Manchester, CT,
college recruiter) - FAIL Warped Wall
- Jeremy Padilla (24, Bridgeport, CT, parkour instructor) - Earlier this
year, his nephew Justin was shot in the head and killed. FAIL Jumping
Bars
- Elet Hall (21, Cavetown, MD, outdoor warrior) - COMPLETE (1:33.08)
Gabe Arnold and Phillip Pirollo join the
leaderboard with nine more to go.
- Jamie "Captain G4" Rahn (23,
Barrington, NJ, artist/physical therapy aide) - COMPLETE (1:52.62)
- Luis Moco (32, New Bedford, MA, stuntman) - COMPLETE (1:47.38)
Joining Jamie and Luis are Andrew Wood,
Travis Weinand, Mike Bernardo, and Ryan Stevens. That puts us at 17. If
we don't get 30, it'll be the fastest and furthest.
- Myan Coletat (29, Rochester, NY, ROTC instructor) - FAIL Quad Steps
- Michael Needham (27, Flemington, NJ, golf course landscaper) - Running
for his Marine brother in Afghanistan. COMPLETE (1:20.52).
Finally... a former world freerunning
champion. Born in Connecticut, raised in London.
- Tim "Livewire" Shieff (24, Hartford, CT, pro freerunner) - COMPLETE
(1:07.37)
And your final 30 are...
LEADERBOARD
1) TIM "LIVEWIRE" SHIEFF (1:07)
2) MICHAEL NEEDHAM (1:20
3) CHRIS WILCZEWSKI (1:20)
4) ELET HALL (1:33)
5) PHILLIP PIROLLO (1:35)
6) JESSE VILLAREAL (1:36)
7) DANNY JOHNSON (1:38)
8) YOSUEL GARCIA (1:41)
9) TRAVIS GRAVES (1:42)
10) LUIS MOCO (1:47)
11) JAMIE "CAPTAIN G4" RAHN (1:52)
12) GABE ARNOLD (2:01)
13) RYAN STEVENS (2:01)
14) MIKE BERNARDO (2:04)
15) JOHN STRZEPEK (2:06)
16) CHRISTOPHER DiGANGI (2:41)
17) TRAVIS WEINAND (2:53)
18) ANDREW WOOD (2:54)
19) ADAM KOSAK (2:56)
20) KHALIL UQDAH (Wall Lift)
21) DAN GALICZYNSKI (Wall Lift)
22) JOHN SAPINOSO (Wall Lift)
23) JEREMY ALLEN (Wall Lift)
24) BRYANT EDWARDS (Wall Lift)
25) MICHAEL PERICOLOSO (Wall Lift)
26) SHAUN ANTONIO (WAll Lift)
27) CHRIS SWARTZ (Wall Lift)
28) MATT MINGS (Wall Lift)
29) BRADLEY SMITH JR. (Wall Lift)
30) BRAD MARTIN (WAll Lift)
All 30 will have one last shot to get to
Vegas, but first, they must pass through the finals course.
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