Florida Competition Update 

On 5 May 2018 our Marauders Raider team competed in the National JROTC Fitness Challenge Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida. The All-Service Fitness Nationals are comprised of five total team events.

• 3K Team Run 
  
• Pull-ups/Flex Arm Hang
  
• Standing Broad Jump
  
• Weighted Ball 
  
• Seated Power throw
  
• Physical Team Test
  

These events are designed to test the Cadets physically, as well as their ability to work together as a team. Teams must enter and obtain a score in all five events in their division to be eligible for the overall title. All JROTC units in good standing are eligible to enter and compete.There were 22 Schools that participated with a total of 28 Teams from across the nation 19 Coed/Mixed & 9 Men’s Teams.

Our Team Placed 9th 

• Cadet Caden Prestwich Took 1 st Place in the individual pull-up competition coming in with 31 pull-ups.
  
• Cadet Allison Gardner placed 1st in the individual obstacle course with a time of 00:54.54 Seconds.
  

Our team took 2nd Place overall in Pull-ups/Flex arm hang competition, and 5th overall in seated/weighted ball throw.

This was UMA-Marauders Raider teams first year at this event and the Cadets performed extraordinary! More importantly, they worked together as a team, helped each other, represented our academy well and had a lot of fun!