BigCat Individual Challenge Concludes After Two Weeks of Strong Competition



Over the past 2 weeks the Trinity baseball program has concluded the Individual Big Cat Challenge. A total of 6 events determined the winner of this year’s contest. The events began with an agility course testing the athlete’s quick-twitch muscle movements as well as endurance. The second event tested both strength and speed as competitors had to carry up to five separate weighted objects up to 120 pounds 30 yards and back. The third competition was one of pure speed in which the athletes carried an 80 pound sandbag, 100 yards, up the hill cutting between the Bell Center and the football field. The towel hold, and fourth competition, favored the smaller athletes who were able to hold their body weight up the longest on the pull-up bar. The fifth competition consisted of 20 pound squat throws over a line posted 10 feet on the wall. This event was believed to favor the taller competitors but the quicker and more explosive athletes walked away with the highest scores. The final competition gave the players a chance to determine their own fate in the final standings.

Players competed based on their position on the leaderboard. The top five athletes were all within striking distance at the start of the sixth and final competition. The final competition was a workout WOD, similar but more demanding than many of the offseason baseball workouts. The WOD consisted of three rounds of 5 hang-cleans at 135 lbs, 7 burpees, and 9 kettlebell swings at 60 lbs. At the conclusion of the event, junior infielder Dom Robusto claimed the 2010 Big Cat Challenge Individual Championship with a dominating performance in the final round.

The effort exhibited by every competitor throughout this competition was awesome and hopefully helped build momentum heading into the start of the spring season. The top 6 finishers were awarded the opportunity to be captains for the Team Big Cat Challenge which will consist of six team events. Our following posts will cover these events and the makings of the 2010 Trinity Baseball Season.