Thanks to many TEEN participants and generous sponsors, the Kurt Angle Ultimate Teen Machine Challenge on May 26, 2007 was a huge success. More than eighty teens divided into twenty teams competed for $5000 dollars in cash and prizes for their high school athletic programs or organizations.

The Teen’s competed in three exciting events:

1)  The Powertec leverage chin-up: Each teen had one minute to complete as many chin-ups as possible using approximately seventy percent of their body weight. The Powertec equipment is designed for any individual to take a percentage of weight off their pull weight. The competitors used 70% of their bodyweight for this event. Each teens count was totaled for an overall team score.

2)  Water Jug Carry & Sled Pull Relay: Each team member carried one or two 5 gallon water jugs down a 30 foot course placing them in a sled while another team member pulled the sled back to finish line. Each team ran the course twice.  Winners had the quickest times.

3)  The Tire Flip competition: Each team member had to properly flip a 120 or 150 pound truck tire down a 30 foot course to a finish line. The fastest times placed. 

Our winning teams:

Teen Men’s

1st place ($1000) – North Hills Football coached by Mr. Curran

Team Teens

Ø       Daniel Grachen – 17 yrs

Ø       Dan Lowerie – 16 yrs

Ø       Nick Hitchan – 17 yrs

Ø       Brendon Basiljeuac - 15 yrs

2nd place ($750) – Washington High School Football coached by Mr. Mark Caffrey

Team Teens

Ø       Chris Marasco – 18 yrs

Ø       Ben Simon – 18 yrs

Ø       Sam Miller – 17 yrs

Ø       Jared Nicholson – 16 yrs

3^rd Place ($500) – Shrader’s MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Club coached by Mark Shrader

Team Teens

Ø       Samuel Vargo – 17yrs

Ø       Clint Podish – 18 yrs

Ø       Nathon Miller – 14 yrs

Ø       Nick Garber – 18yrs

4th Place ($300) – North Hills Football coached by Daniel Zangaro

Team Teens

Ø       Devin Zangaro – 17 yrs

Ø       Ryan Welsh – 17 yrs

Ø       Ian Dougherty – 17yrs

Ø       Michael Barkovich – 17 yrs

5 Place ($200) - South Fayette Barbell Club coached by Matt Donovan

Teen Teams

Ø       Adam Gregory – 16 yrs

Ø       Steven Torre – 15 yrs

Ø       Chaz Sioden – 16 yrs

Ø       Paul Pfaff – 16 yrs

Teen Women’s

1 Place – ($1000) – Pittsburgh Poison Dance Troop coached by Gary Cornelius

Team Teens

Ø       Leah Cornelius – 14 yrs

Ø       April Ledonne – 14 yrs

Ø       Alexa Kinsiow – 14 yrs

Ø       Kelly Knight – 14 yrs

All Teen’s enjoyed a personal introduction to Mr. Kurt Angle, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist and Wrestling Super Star. His motivational speech was aimed at living a healthy athletic lifestyle. Angle answered sports and training questions while covering all the benefits to a healthy diet, proper exercise and sports nutrition.

Also, the Teen Challenge had a special guest Ms. Socal Val from TNA Wrestling on Spike TV.

All the young athletes seemed to have enjoyed the events and left with a Kurt Angle Ultimate Challenge t-shirts, water bottles, sponsored products and samples and hopefully greater respect for health, fitness and wellness.

Kurt Angle and Dave Hawk wish to thank all Teams of Teen's, coaches, friends, family and especially our great sponsors for supporting and making the 2007 Kurt Angle Ultimate Teen Challenge an enormous success.

Please visit the following sponsor websites for great fitness and training information along with many wonderful products and offers.
 

MHP

Vitamin Shoppe

Triarco's Aminogen 

Prolab

Weider

EST

Solae

Powertec Equipment

Bodytech Supplements

Muscle & Body magazine

Real Fighter magazine

TNA Wrestling

Sign Up for the 2008 Ultimate Teen Challenge to be held on May 23-24 2008 (Friday/Sat of Memorial Day Weekend), at the Monroeville Expo Mart, Pittsburgh. If you’re a Fit Teen 13-19 or coach teen sports and are interested in participating or would like to be a sponsor please contact -

Dave Hawk, Event Coordinator

(412)-364-9446 Tel

or davehawk1@comcast.net