March 23, 2009 - Regular Meeting - UPDATED 3-20-09
Agenda Item #10


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Recognition of the Florida State Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) Raider Challenge Championship Winners - p.30

Executive Summary

The one hundred thirty-nine Army JROTC programs in the state are organized into eleven areas.  Based on the number of schools in an area, an allocation is made on the number of teams each area may enter.  There are three categories in the competition – All Male Teams with eight cadets, All Female Teams with eight cadets and Male/Female Mixed Teams with five male and three female cadets.

 

Each team competes in five military skill events which are physically and mentally demanding over the course of a day.  The events include an Army Physical Test (push-ups, sit-ups, and two mile run), construct a One-Rope Bridge and cross an obstacle, take a written First Aid Test and run a one mile Litter Carry with simulated casualty, take a written Land Navigation Test, and locate and identify four distant land obstacles (wall, low-crawl and rope bridge). 

 

Manatee County high schools earned five of the seven area allocations to attend the state competition held at the Boy Scouts of America Camp Tanha Keeta, Tequesta, Florida.

 

State Champion Mixed Team – Palmetto High School

Coach: 1st SG(R) Willie Dixon

Jorge Henriquez – Team Commander

Andrew Mullins                                            

Elizabeth Ivey

Richard Reyna                                              

Victoria Nieves

Josh Brown                                                  

America Flores

Kasey Jago

 

State Runner-Up Female & Male Teams – Manatee High School

Coach: CSM(R) Thomas Zoch

Stephanie Thacker – Team Commander           Mark Logan – Team Commander

Jessica Savageau                                           Allen Paquin

Shannon Stephens                                         Jordan Washer

Nicole Shaul                                                  James Murry

Kaci Fullerton                                                          Herbie Denning

Leann Wilson                                                Matthew Younger

Johanna Nunez                                              Mike Mooreside

 

State 3rd Place Mixed Team – Braden River High School

Coach: CSM(R) Matthew Collins

Tyler Conwell – Team Commander

Allena Lawson Dubois

Sara Jurgovan

Kari Bowman

Carlos Solis

Emilio Pareja

Hyung Cho

Robert Pomfret

 

Angela Essig, Director of Secondary Education will introduce the winners.



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03/23/09