Rugged Maniac New England
| Rugged Maniac New England | |
|---|---|
 The Warped Wall at Southwick 2016 | |
| Venue | Motocross Southwick MX338 |
| Location | Southwick, Massachusetts |
| Date | September 24 & 25, 2016 |
| Champions | |
| Men |
 Bronson Venable / John Hirsch |
| Women |
Angela Peterson / Nicole Aleles |
The New England Rugged Maniac 5K Obstacle Course event has been held annually in Southwick, Massachusetts since 2010. The event currently takes place at the Motocross Southwick MX339 (a dirt biking course) with a two-day event in September.
History
2016
The 7th annual Rugged Maniac at Southwick drew in 8,000 participants on Saturday alone, not including several thousand spectators. New obstacles, such as Bang the Gong and Blobstacle were introduced. [1]
2010
The first ever Rugged Maniac was held at this venue in Southwick, Massachusetts, hosting over 2000 racers.[2] Former lawyer, Brad Scudder, used all of his savings to promote and create Rugged Maniac. Obstacles back then included a now discontinued obstacle which involved dodging swinging tires.[3]
Winners
Men
| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 2016 - Day 1 | Bronson Venable | !!!!!!!26:12 26:12 | John Hirsch | !!!!!!!27:56 27:56 | Ben Whitbeck | !!!!!!!28:55 28:55 |
| 2016 - Day 2 | John Hirsch | !!!!!!!26:41 26:41 | Ryan Todesco † | !!!!!!!28:11 28:11 | Mark Knibbs | !!!!!!!28:54 28:54 |
| 2015 - Day 1 | Eric Nacsin(1/2) | !!!!!!!28:38 28:38 | Ben Whitbeck | !!!!!!!29:27 29:27 | Bob Goodrow | !!!!!!!30:33 30:33 |
| 2015 - Day 2 | Ryan Tedesco | !!!!!!!30:01 30:01 | Chand Valliancourt | !!!!!!!30:28 30:28 | Kirill Zenchenco | !!!!!!!30:38 30:38 |
| 2014 - Day 1 | Eric Nacsin(2/2) | !!!!!!!27:04 27:04 | Patrick Gravelding | !!!!!!!27:06 27:06 | Ben Whitbeck | !!!!!!!28:01 28:01 |
| 2014 - Day 2 | Mario Dasilva | !!!!!!!30:03 30:03 | Kirill Zenchenko | !!!!!!!30:27 30:27 | Chris Maynard | !!!!!!!30:53 30:53 |
| 2013 | Frank May(1/2) | !!!!!!!30:47 30:47 | Eric Nacsin / William Ferullo | !!!!!!!25:22 25:22 | ||
| 2012 | Frank May(2/2) | !!!!!!!24:30 24:30 | Dylan Lucas | !!!!!!!25:44 25:44 | Corey Bachand | !!!!!!!26:41 26:41 |
| 2011 | Rick Copley | !!!!!!!24:51 24:51 | Dan Cane | !!!!!!!25:13 25:13 | Neil Ruggiero | !!!!!!!25:25 25:25 |
| 2010 | Jack Bailey | !!!!!!!18:44 18:44 | Matthew Jaquish | !!!!!!!18:54 18:54 | Jason Anderson | !!!!!!!18:59 18:59 |
† Also the Under-21 age bracket winner.
Women
| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 2016 - Day 1 | Angela Peterson | !!!!!!!32:47 32:47 | Nicole Aleles | !!!!!!!38:28 38:28 | Joy Whitbeck | !!!!!!!39:20 39:20 |
| 2016 - Day 2 | Nicole Aleles | !!!!!!!34:54 34:54 | Christine Lynch | !!!!!!!36:36 36:36 | Megan Reddinger | !!!!!!!37:11 37:11 |
| 2015 - Day 1 | Mackenzie Collins | !!!!!!!34:32 34:32 | Alison Hough | !!!!!!!39:19 39:19 | Diana Sadjadi-Fard | !!!!!!!40:50 40:50 |
| 2015 - Day 2 | Lauren Casavant (1/3) | !!!!!!!30:45 30:45 | Kristin Leontie | !!!!!!!31:53 31:53 | Sarah Simonelli | !!!!!!!32:48 32:48 |
| 2014 - Day 1 | Jenny Celeste Ruland | !!!!!!!33:43 33:43 | Heather Kotel | !!!!!!!35:16 35:16 | Nicole Aleles | !!!!!!!36:57 36:57 |
| 2014 - Day 2 | Lauren Casavant (2/3) | !!!!!!!30:45 30:45 | Kristin Leontie | !!!!!!!31:53 31:53 | Sarah Simonelli | !!!!!!!32:48 32:48 |
| 2013 | Sarah Simonelli / Lauren Casavant (3/3) | !!!!!!!27:37 27:37 / 30:16 | Maggie Doben | !!!!!!!32:26 32:26 | Serra Langone | !!!!!!!32:49 32:49 |
| 2012 | Marlena Pettit | !!!!!!!27:21 27:21 | Lauren Casavant | !!!!!!!29:43 29:43 | Tiffany Demers | !!!!!!!31:27 31:27 |
| 2011 | Jodi Theriault | !!!!!!!28:02 28:02 | Christine Locascio | !!!!!!!28:07 28:07 | Sonya Jampel | !!!!!!!29:17 29:17 |
| 2010 | Andrea Bruzelrus | !!!!!!!20:43 20:43 | Nicholas Normandin | !!!!!!!20:48 20:48 | Jimi Stanton | !!!!!!!22:09 22:09 |
All race times are taken from Rugged Maniac's timing page.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Jacob, Lyons (September 26, 2016). "Rugged Maniac New England Recap". Rugged Maniac Newsletter.
- ↑ "Rugged Maniac 5k Southwick MA October 2, 2010 Results". Cool Running. October 2, 2010.
- ↑ ""Rugged Maniac" race at Southwick Motocross track features extreme barriers". MassLive. September 28, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Timing & Results". Retrieved May 16, 2016.