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05/03/2026

Fayetteville Spartan Super 10K Elite results. Check out IG stories for some highlights courtesy of

Women
🥇 Imogen Cross 59:52
🥈 Jessica Sheppard 1:06:00
🥉 Luiza Barteldes 1:06:13
4 Catherine Mitchell 1:14:12
5 Petra Costa 1:22:08

Men
🥇 Kevin Thompson 51:19
🥈 Grayson West 51:44
🥉 Mike Strobel 53:51
4 Brandt Boggs 53:54
5 Cole Derosa 54:49

05/02/2026

Adam Beach and Cassandra Gill have won the Spartan United States South National Series.

Both athletes also won the United States National Series last year, making them the defending national champions entering the new format.

This is the first year Spartan has split the United States into multiple regional series. Due to the size of the country, the U.S. now runs three separate series: South, Northeast, and West.

United States South National Series

Men
🥇 Adam Beach — 600 pts | $3,000
🥈 Brent Trail — 564 pts | $1,500
🥉 Paul Massey — 472 pts | $500

Women
🥇 Cassandra Gill — 600 pts | $3,000
🥈 Petra Costa — 500 pts | $1,500
🥉 Luiza Barteldes — 480 pts | $500

The Northeast and West series are currently underway.

05/02/2026

and took wins in Fayetteville NC today to capture the USNS South Series.

Full series wrap up post later today.

Men’s Top 5

🥇 Adam Beach — 1:43:08
🥈 Chapman Bowers — 1:45:02
🥉 Mike Strobel — 1:52:19
4️⃣ Kevin Thompson — 1:53:40
5️⃣ Brent Trail — 1:54:12

Women’s Top 5

🥇 Cassandra Gill — 2:04:24
🥈 Imogen Cross — 2:04:50
🥉 Jessica Sheppard — 2:18:53
4️⃣ Luiza Barteldes — 2:23:54

04/26/2026

Spartan has 3 USNS series this year and the Northeast kicked off yesterday with a Beast in Mount Vernon. The New Jersey course is one of the legendary venues for Spartan going back over a decade.

04/25/2026

Spartan Race New Jersey National Series Beast Results

Men’s Top 5
🥇 Jordan McDougal – 2:40:27
🥈 Brent Trail – 2:42:35
🥉 Michael Suazo – 2:45:43
4️⃣ Romain Guichemerre – 2:50:07
5️⃣ Tyler McCredie – 2:59:23

Women’s Top 5
🥇 Miranda Kielpinski – 3:04:45
🥈 Taylor Rae – 3:24:00
🥉 Cassandra Gill – 3:33:52
4️⃣ Amanda Lavasseur – 3:51:41
5️⃣ Karolynne Johnson – 4:00:07

The Spartan South National Series concludes in North Carolina next weekend.
This is the first of 3 for the Northeast. Cincinnati and Palmerton are the final two.

04/25/2026

Spartan Race New Jersey National Series Beast Results

🥇 Jordan McDougal – 2:40:27
🥈 Brent Trail – 2:42:35
🥉 Michael Suazo – 2:45:43
4️⃣ Romain Guichemerre – 2:50:07
5️⃣ Tyler McCredie – 2:59:23

04/18/2026

Men’s Elite
🥇 Jeff Shady – 0:55:07
🥈 Gregory Snarr – 0:55:52
🥉 Grant Jolly – 0:56:24
4️⃣ Danny Battle – 0:58:53
5️⃣ Brendan King – 1:04:25

Women’s Elite
🥇 Faye Morgan – 1:06:40
🥈 Rachel Munoz – 1:06:41
🥉 Aurora Lella – 1:11:47
4️⃣ Dresden Whitehead – 1:33:11
5️⃣ Lilyana Gross

04/14/2026

OCR is officially heading to the Olympics in Los Angeles.

The obstacle discipline will debut as part of Modern Pentathlon at LA28, with competition set for July 15–18 at Sepulveda Basin, 7 miles north of LAX.

Semifinals run July 15–16, with finals on July 17–18. There is a 48 hour ticket drop this week for all Olympic events. Check the LA28 website for details.

04/11/2026

is closing up shop. Here’s my appreciation post for . Anyone who sticks around in our little niche for as long as Matt did has to because they believe in the product and they believe in the community. was a sponsor for ORM over the years, and I’m so glad Ive gotten to know him personally and call him a friend. We shared some car rides and a hotel or two. I was happy to introduce him to every race and elite athlete because he was such a good dude. I was so stoked for him when I looked at start lines and saw so many VJs. It’s really hard to start something and make it profitable and make it last. Thanks Matt for everything you did inside our community.

04/02/2026

We recently lost to cancer. He began documenting his journey in the fall of 2024 . I can’t say I knew him well, but i met him at a Spartan Race back in 2019 and had him on the podcast. We stayed in touch now and again on social media as you do. When he posted in December he was feeling so much better, I invited him to come back on the show but we never got to do it. He posted back in January that he had more tumors in his brain and was told he would die sooner than later. A very sad fact for the living is the longer you stay around, the more people you will lose. Rest In Peace Jack. Every day above ground is a good day.

03/28/2026