Savannah Standard

From October 31, 2022 post

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 conditioningLTC Steve SuhrSFC Leona BrooksAustin 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

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