Benedictine Military School's Junior ROTC team won a third state Georgia Raider state championship last week, now they’ll prepare to head to nationals in Molena, Georgia on November 5-6 for even more hardware. The Benedictine Raider Challenge team is a JROTC military competition team made up of two varsity teams (white and maroon) of 12 Raiders each and 10 Raiders compete in each event. Here are the team members and the results.
Teams
White Team (12)
Seniors:
Andrew Landis-White team Commander/Overall Raider Team Commander
Calvin Brown-White team First Sergeant/Overall Raider Team Command Sergeant Major
Haddon Watson-Overall Raider Team Executive Officer
Liam McClimans
Sean McCarthy
Aidan Ritzert
Matthew Winders
Juniors:
Daniel Winters
Ian Jacobsen
Tanner Lanier
Sophomores:
Jack Deen
Michael Sweeney
Maroon (12)
Seniors:
Chris Szymanski-Maroon team Commander
Jack Yoh
Juniors:
Luke Lambros
Patrick Lyng
Jackson Farris
Julian Watson-Maroon team First Sergeant
Maddox Clark
Sophomores:
Aidan Sasser
Tyler Redmond
Landyn Lair
Freshmen:
Meyer Hagin
Andrew Rodriguez
Head Coach: Kevin Knight.
Asst Coaches:
Katie Knight-strength and conditioning
LTC Steve Suhr
SFC Leona Brooks
Austin Knight
Raider Competitions are held at JROTC programs around the world and events take place outdoors, usually consisting of individual strength tests (i.e. push-ups, tire-drag, obstacle course, etc), distance team running events, first aid events and some form of rope bridge construction/crossing.
BC’s Raider Program began going to the state competitions in 2017 and it has quickly become one of the better programs in the state. In 2019, the Cadets won the state championship. In 2020, they were the favorites to win before COVID-19 forced an unofficial event rather than the official championships (BC won the unofficial event). Last year, the Cadets placed second, missing out on the championship by just one point. This year, they are state champions once again.
They have been the Area 1 Region Champions in each of the last five years.
There are three categories at each Raider event: male, female and mixed (at least four females). There are three tiers at State, based on the size of the school's JROTC program. BC is in Tier 3, the largest JROTC tier for Georgia programs.
The 2022 BC Raider team consists of 72 student-athletes, the largest team the school has ever fielded. Nationals will be a four-day event broken down as follows:
Day 1 – All Service Championships
Day 2 – All Army Challenge Championships (BC Maroon team will compete)
Day 3 – All Army Masters Championships (BC White Team)
Day 4 – Ultimate Raider Championships (Calvin Brown is BC’s Ultimate Raider)
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Photo Credit: Benedictine Raider Team
Optim Orthopedics supports Benedictine Military School, Calvary Day School, Richmond Hill High School, Savannah Country Day, South Effingham High School, and St. Vincent's athletics. Benedictine Military School's team doctor is Dr. David Sedory. The team doctor for Calvary Day School, South Effingham, and Richmond Hill is Dr. David Palmer. Savannah Country Day and St. Vincent's team doctor is Dr. Thomas Alexander. Remember, Optim Orthopedics gets you back into the game
