3rd Annual Autism Combine Results

The final results are in! First of all - let me thank everyone who showed up and participated / volunteered or helped out in anyway. Although we had just over half the number of partcipants that we had the previous year, we still managed to raise over $700 towards Autism Speaks. Thanks to everyone who donated. Your generosity is very much appreciated.

It was a very cold and windy day, especially at Anderson field for the field events. It was weird.....during the 40 everyone had the wind at their backs until it was my turn and the wind was right in my face for both runs (hence the 6 flat). In the first time, we had a repeat winner.....Brian Stocker (age 39) won the combine for the 2nd consecutive year, posting in the top 3 in every event. Congratulations to Brian!

We had a couple event records set.

• Bryan "Grandpa" Davis (age 49), the oldest participant in the history of the event tied the record in the 3 cone drill with a time of 7.53 seconds
• Tyler Pensyl (age 31) set a new record for the bench press, doing 50 reps!

Tom Duncan (age 39) received the honor of Mr. Irrelevant this year, given to the last place finisher. There were a couple of miscalculations when we presented the results. It was determined later that Natalie Stocker (the wife of the champion) was actually last place, but since she was the only female to participate, we feel that Tom is the deserving Mr. Irrelevant.

To see complete results in each event - please see the link on the right side of the blog.

We will be posting pictures from the event soon.

Special thanks to Steve Hall and Kevin Richards for seving as monitors at Anderson field and to Chris "I'm slow on the trigger when Derrick runs his 40" Jagers for serving as the official time keeper. And thanks to Brian Byrne / Byrne's Pub for donating a keg of Labatt for the cause.....and anyone else I might have forgot.

Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you at the next Cornhole tournament in August.

Derrick Long

2012 Date Set for Saturday, April 21

The date for the 3rd Annual Autism Combine has been set for Saturday, April 21 starting at 4pm. Please arrive 30 minutes early at 3:30pm to begin registration at Anderson Field (Grandview Heights football field). We will start the events at 4pm sharp. Please RSVP via email at derrickslong@gmail.com or via phone or text at 614-537-6248 so I know about how many partcipants to expect.

Results and Pictures have been posted!

Please see the links on the right of this blog to see the overall results, individual event results, and 2011 photos. Thanks again for all of your support and we hope to see you in August at the 7th Annual Cornhole Tournament.

Thanks to Everyone for a Successful Event!

Although I've been struggling to pull myself from the couch today, I figured I would post a quick update to thank everyone for their participation / help in the 2nd Annual Combine for Autism. We had a total of 30 participants and raised $940. There was also an additional $80 donated directly online to our team......making a total of $1,020 towards Autism Speaks (compared to $720 last year), which will make our team total almost $4,000 for 2011 thus far, with the c@rnhole tournament still to go. There are several people I want to thank:

- Steve Hall for volunteering his time as the site supervisor at the football field
- John and Amy Pelzer for all their help sith setup / registration, officating
- John Pelzer and Dave Schwartz for compiling event results
- Dustin Gardner & Chris Jagers for timing the events
- Joe Hecker for donating cigars to sell - with all sales going toward autism
- Brian Byrne / Byrne's Pub for donating the beer for the event
- John Evans for providing cones to use for the events
- Kasey Friesner for making appetizers and taking pictures
- Kasey Friesner and Cassie Donovan for administering the Wonderlic Test
- Krista Sparks for donating Muscle milk product for the event
- Chris Donovan for use of his bench / weights for the bench press
- Nick Osbourne / Go Fitness for use of the vertical jump device

I apologize if there is anyone I missed. The event went very smoothly and it's because of all of the help you all provided. Thanks again.

After the smoke cleared, we have a new champion.

1st place - Brian Stocker (38), who placed 3rd in last year's event took home the championship this year.
2nd place - Jason Dray (31) - who was last year's champion
3rd place - Drew Stemen (28), who was last year's runner up.

Joe Hecker (46) took home the Mr. Irrelevant trophy, placing last......although in Joe's defense, he was certainly not going all out for a lot of the speed events. But either way, thanks for being a good sport Hecker.

Thanks again to everyone. I will post detailed results and pictures to the blog later this week.

2nd Annual Combine for Autism coming up!

To this point, over 25 people have RSVP'd for this year's combine. The combine will begin at 4:30pm at the Grandview Heights high school football field. All running and jumpin events will take place at the football field. We will then come back to my house (1495 Wyandote Rd. Columbus, OH 43212) to do the bench press, wonderlic, and drink beer. Hope to see you all there!

Tentative Date Set for 2nd Annual Combine!

The tentative date for the 2nd Annual Combine for Autism is Saturday, May 14. Please put this on your calendars!

Pictures have been posted!

I have posted pictures from the combine to the right on this blog. Please take a look. I have included a few pictures in this blog including:

1. The presentation of the trophy to Mr. Irrelevant, Joe Milligan
2. Me keeping the Autism fundraising keg stand tradition alive
3. Our 2nd place finisher (Drew Stemen) with his award.....a growler at Barley's
4. A group picture of all of the participants.
5. The presentation of the trophy to the champion, Jason Dray

We look forward to seeing you at the 6th Annual Cornhole Tournament this fall.