Oct. 14, 2014
Vanderbilt opened up the team’s annual Omaha Challenge last week with three events – the 300-yard shuttle, 2-minute drill and PVC pipe relay.
The 300-yard shuttle is exactly what it sounds like, 300 yards of running back and forth. The 2-minute drill started out with tossing a 14-pound med ball over a 10-foot mark on the Green Monster in left field, followed by bench jumps, trap bar deadlifts of 225 pounds and finishing with push ups. All four exercises were done for 30 seconds with competitors completing as many reps as possible. For the the PVC pipe relay the players broke into their teams competing on the 300-yard shuttle course.
This year’s teams are led by team captains Rhett Wiseman (Union City Apple Pies), Zander Wiel (Zanderbilt Bombodores), Team Velo (Walker Buehler) and Ben Bowden (Cadillacs).
Zanderbilt Bombodores
Zander Wiel
Tyler Ferguson
Kyle Smith
Liam Sabino
Jeren Kendall
Matt Ruppenthal
Ryan Johnson
Tristan Chari
Union City Apple Pies
Rhett Wiseman
Jordan Sheffield
Bryan Reynolds
Drake Parker
Ro Coleman
Tyler Campbell
Joey Abraham
Colin Snider
Team Velo
Walker Buehler
Dansby Swanson
Kyle Wright
Carson Fulmer
Hayden Stone
Penn Murfee
Jason Delay
Nolan Rogers
Cadillacs
Ben Bowden
Philip Pfeifer
Karl Ellison
Will Toffey
Tyler Green
Brendan Spagnuolo
John Kilichowski
Joey Mundy
Aubrey McCarty
