OWT Combine Report: August Edition

OWT has had it’s second, and by far more successful, athletics and conditioning Combine. The August brought with it a special stipulation if it exceeded the surprising heights of the July combine. The August combine is meant to measure the current athletic and mental ability of the competitors heading into the fall, and to judge of The OWT roster is ready to have an event before the end of the year.

August tests and drills were the same as July’s, however with more roster members stepping up, the number of people taking part was raised to 10 Alphas and Goddesses alike.

OWT COMBINE FOR AUGUST 2018:

Males:

- Aengus O’Leary (6’4”, 267lbs)

- Chester Black (5’11”, 243lbs)

- Erufuji (5’9”, 200lbs)

- Nelson Tethers (5’8”, 202lbs)

- Noah Kaplan (6’2”, 216lbs)

- Gage Braddock (6’4”, 205lbs)

- Gavin Braddock (6’4”, 205lbs)

- Gunnar (6’3”, 275lbs)

- Thorsen (6’3”, 275lbs)

- Taj Navid (5’11”, 182lbs)

Females:

- Sydney St. Clair (5’8”, 112lbs)

- BIANCA (5’3”, 120lbs)

- Kat Ricci (5’1”, 104lbs)

- JC Felony (5’2”, 115lbs)

- Hayley Valentine (5’2”, 115lbs)

- Cassidy Vega (5’4”, 125lbs)

- Bethany Sharpe (5’6”, 136lbs)

- Vivina Wolfe (5’8”, 139lbs)

- Ruby Auriel (5’7”, 129lbs)

THE COMBINE: The top three from each gender will be listed, a variety of exercises and tests to grade each competitor.

- 40 Yard Dash

- Farmers Carry

- 3 Cone Drill

- Vertical Jump (Standing and proceeding to run at max Vert)

- Board Jump

- Bench Press (80lbs for Females, 225 for Males)

- medicine ball toss (10lb ball for females, 20lb ball for males)

- Vaults (A row of 10 Olympic Vaults). - Striking Matches - Sparr offs

40 YARD DASH:

Males:

Noah Kaplan 4.41

Aengus O’Leary 4.35

Erifuji 4.30

Gage Braddock 4.27

Females:

Sydney St. Clair 5.2

Vivina Wolfe 5.7

Cassidy Vega 5.15

Hayley Valentine 5.10

FARMERS CARRY: Males:

Aengus O’Leary 51 seconds

Gavin Braddock 52.2 seconds

Chester Black 53.3 seconds

Noah Kaplan 53.7 seconds

Females:

Cassidy Vega 59.2. seconds

Sydney St. Clair 61.8 seconds

Vivina Wolfe 62.3

Kat Ricci 62.4 seconds

3 CONE DRILL:

Males:

Nelson Tethers 6.16 seconds

Erifiju 6.17

Carter Stirling 6.36 seconds

Gavin Braddock 6.5 seconds

Females:

Bethany Sharpe 8.24 seconds

Sydney St. Clair 8.32 seconds

Ruby Auriel 8.4 seconds

Vivina Wolfe 8.5 seconds

VERTICAL JUMP: (Standing and proceeding to run at max Vert)

Males:

Taj Navid 41

Gage Braddock 39 inches

Aengus O’leary 37 inches

Gunnar 36 inches

Females:

Vivina Wolfe 29

Cassidy Vega 28 inches

Sydney St. Clair 27 inches

Hayley Valentine 25 inches

BOARD JUMP:

Males:

Carter Stirling 11ft 6inches

Chester Black 11ft 4inches

Gage Braddock 11ft 3inches

Gavin Braddock 11ft 3inches

Females:

Vivina Wolfe 8ft 11inches

Sydney St. Clair 8ft 10 inches

Cassidy Vega 8ft 7 inches

BIANCA 8ft 5 inches

BENCH PRESS: (80lbs for women, 225lbs for men) Males:

Aengus O’leary 50 reps

Thorsen 49 reps

Gunnar 48 reps

Chester Black 47 reps

Females:

Vivina Wolfe 57

Cassidy Vega 55reps

Ruby Auriel 48 reps

Bethany Sharp 47 reps

MEDICINE BALL TOSS: (10lbs for Women, 20lbs for men)

Males:

Erifuji 56ft

Gavin Braddock 55ft

Noah Kaplan 54ft

Gunnar 53ft

Females:

Bethany Sharpe 49ft

Cassidy Vega 48ft

Vivina Wolfe 48ft

Sydney St. Clair 47ft

VAULTS (A row of 10 Olympic Vaults).

Males:

Chester Black 11 seconds

Gavin Braddock 13 seconds

Erufuji 13.3 seconds

Noah Kaplan 14 seconds

Females:

Ruby Auriel 13 seconds

BIANCA 13.7

JC Felony 14.2 seconds

Hayley Valentine 15 seconds

STRIKING MATCHES: (Stand up 2 minute strike off between Competitors and punching bag. Successful strikes count as ones that move said bag, competitors are equipped with heavy bag gloves and wrapped hands. Tests Striking Accuracy under constant cardio attrition)

Males:

Noah Kaplan 81 successful strikes in two minutes

Gavin Braddock 79 successful strikes in two minutes

Aengus O’Leary 77 successful strikes in two minutes

Chester Black 76 successful strikes in two minutes

Females:

Bethany Sharpe 61

BIANCA 58 successful strikes in two minutes

Hayley Valentine 51 successful strikes in two minutes

Sydney St Clair 49 successful strikes in two minutes

SPARR OFFS: (Personally added by Bishop. Was a chance for competitors to engage in a fun exercise, and practice their ability in an MMA style setting. Competitors were given 8 ounce Grapplers Gloves , mouth guards, headgear, and shin pads. Sparring matches were set for 2x 2 minute rounds, with OWA Official Chet Kensington acting as a referee, and Head Coach Michael Bishop acted as a “judge”, along with Hellen Smith, and John Paylon incase of decisions/ draws. Competitors were allowed to sit out should they wish, leading to 4 bouts for each gender class).

Males:

Chester Black Def. Gavin Braddock VIA Split Decision (10 - 9 | 9 - 8 | 10 - 9)

Gunnar Vs Thorsen ended in a Majority Draw ( 10 - 10 | 9 - 9 | 9 - 10)

Taj Navid Def. Noah Kaplan VIA Submission (Triangle Choke)

Erifuji Def. Nelson Tethers VIA TKO

Females:

Bethany Sharpe Def. Sydney St. Clair VIA Majority Decision (10 - 9 | 9 - 9 | 10 - 8)

JC Felony Def. Hayley Valentine VIA TKO

Vivina Wolfe Def. Kat Ricci VIA Submission (Kimura Lock)

Ruby Auriel Def. BIANCA VIA Unanimous Decision (9 - 8 | 10 - 8 | 10 - 7)

COACHES NOTES: The inclusion of newer competitors who took part in the Combine saw the results shift dramatically across the board. For the males the Boston Air Raid duo of the Braddocks most notably took spots on the top 4 several times, as well as one half of them taking part in what was the spar match of the night for the combine. For the Females Wolfgang Symphony arguably lead the charge in many courses, and both members cleared house in sparring, with one half defeating the top Goddess competitor of the July Combine in Sydney St. Clair. The week was, as Hellen Smith put it “Extremely competitive and focused”

All around the results for the combine came back with positive reception from OWA officials, seeing the all around improved performance by the roster members who took part. No word yet has been given as to the status of any “OWT Event”, but all the coaches are confident that the roster will get it’s shot before the end of the year.