America's Strongest Man 2011

[Tom Mutaffis]

ASM is this weekend in Hot Springs, AK.

Here are the results from Day 1:

Max Axle:

Athlete / Max / PTS
Scott Weech 423 13.0
Dave Ostlund 398 12.0
Brad Dunn 393 11.0
Travis Ortmayer 393 10.0
Josh Thigpen 388 8.5
Justin Warren 388 8.5
Carl Foemmel 383 6.0
Ryan Bakke 383 6.0
Michael Burke 383 6.0
Johnathon Connor 373 3.5
Andrew Palmer 373 3.5
Vincent Urbank 363 2.0
Ryan Bracewell 363 1.0

**Ties were broken by who got the weight first.

... and a new World Record!!! Congrats to Scott Weech. He didn't take his 3rd attempt as he had already won!

Next up, the Landers Harley Davidson Yoke and Sled Drag. Yoke is 950. Sled is ass heavy. There's a Fat Boy (Harley, not Strongman) sittin on the 300 pound sled. Athletes wll have 75 seconds to go 60' with each implement.

After 2 Events:

Athlete / Axle Max pts / Yoke-Sled pts / Total Points
Travis Ortmayer 393 10.0 33.60 13 23
Dave Ostlund 398 12.0 39.72 10 22
Michael Burke 383 6.0 38.44 11 17
Josh Thigpen 388 8.5 42.60 8 16.5
Scott Weech 423 13.0 63.63 3 16
Brad Dunn 394 11.0 50.25 5 16
Andrew Palmer 373 3.5 38.25 12 15.5
Ryan Bakke 383 6.0 42.25 9 15
Carl Foemmel 383 6.0 43.46 7 13
Justin Warren 388 8.5 63.35 4 12.5
Vincent Urbank 364 2.0 46.41 6 8
Johnathon Connor 373 3.5 18' 1 4.5
Ryan Bracewell 363 1.0 51' 11" 2 3

Next event is the Huss Stone Carry for Max Distance..

H Stone Results

Burke 215' 11"
Ort 198'
Urbank 168'
Thigpen 143' 10"
Ostlund 143' 4"
Warren 141' 8"
Foemmel 130' 10"
Weech 111' 6"
Bracewell 108' 3"
Palmer 94' 2"
Bakke 89'
Dunn 71' 9"
Connor 43' 4"

Overall Standings going into the 3rd event:

1st Ort 35
2nd (tied) Ostlund & Burke 30
4th Thigpen 26.5
5th Weech 22
6th Warren 20.5
7th Foemmel 20
8th Palmer 19.5
9th Urbank 19
10th Dunn 18
11th Bakke 18
12th Bracewell 8
13th Connor 5.5

The Allen Tillery Chevy Colorado Wheelbarrow Carry was brutal. Only a handful of athletes finished!

Wheelbarrow Results:

Ortmayer 29.22 seconds (winner)
Foemmel 36.16 seconds
Bracewell 39.37 seconds
Josh Thigpen 54' 1"
Dunn 44'
Justin Warren 35' 10"
Dave Ostlund 33' 1"
Urbank 21'
Weech 18' 11"
Burke 17' 9"
Bakke 15'
Connor 10' 7"
Palmer 7'

I do not have a subtotal for the day but it looks like Ortmayer has a fairly significant lead right now in 1st.

[Tom Mutaffis]

I will post updates for day two.

The overall winner could earn a spot at WSM, so there is a lot on the line (Travis has already qualified based on his placing last year).

[Bee_Brian]

It looks like Ortmayer is avenging his recent ankle disaster.

[Off Road]

Nice update. Thanks Tom.
Is that our forum member Scott Weech?

[ScottYard]

Thanks for the update. I can't imagine all that out side in the heat. Strongman is crazy.

[Brian Hopper]

Nice update. Thanks Tom.
Is that our forum member Scott Weech?

Yes, and an At Large Nutrition sponsored athlete.

Congrats Scott on the new record, I knew you can do it. Especially when I saw you axle press 400x3 like it was nothing.

[MikeWilliams]

thanks for the updates!

[Off Road]

Conrats Scott. Way to kick ass.

[StLRPh]

Last update I saw was that Travis was in 1st by 9 pts.

[StLRPh]

Final standings:
Overall Travis wins, ostlund 2nd, mike Burke 3rd, vincent Urbank 4th, Thigpen 5th, carl Foemmel 6th, Scott Weech 7th brad dunn 8th Justin warren 9th ryan Bakke 10th ryan Bracewell 11th Andrew Palmer 12th John Conner 13th

[Mark!]

Congrats to all the guys, huge congrats to Scott, great job man.

[BoAnderson71]

what happend to poundstone, is he competing at wsm this year?

[Mark!]

Is he still nursing an injury?

[chris mason]

Huge props to Scott for setting the record!

[Scott Weech]

Thank you everyone and especially Chris and AtLarge for all of the great products. It was a great comp with a lot of great fans. I hope some vids of the keg toss make it online. I know the axle vid is on youtube.

[mike mcgee]

Tom, thanks for the update. I am hoping to make it to be a spectator in North Carolina next month. It would be great for an American to win it on home soil.

Good Luck Guys