The 2024 Shaw Classic took place on August 17-18 in Loveland, Colorado. It consisted of multiple divisions, including the Men’s and Women’s Open classes. These divisions featured 10 athletes each, all of whom proved their worth by qualifying for the competition months prior. So, following seven events across two days, Josh Spurgeon and Melissa Peacock won their respective divisions.
2024 Shaw Classic Results
Men’s Open
Josh Spurgeon won the 2024 Shaw Classic Men’s Open division with a total of 52.5 points. He had just one event victory over the course of two days, but his consistently high placements were what allowed him to beat the rest. He has now officially qualified for the 2025 Strongest Man On Earth.
- Josh Spurgeon — 52.5 points
- Nicholas Guardione — 50 points
- Tim Buck — 47 points
- Joey Lavallée — 45 points
- Andrew Burton — 43.5 points
- James Jeffers — 37.5 points
- Alexander Kopp — 36 points
- Nicholas Smith — 25 points
- Jon Furrh — 23 points
- Josh Gregory — 12.5 points
Women’s Open
Melissa Peacock ended up beating her closest rival by a huge margin of 10 points. She achieved this by winning four out of seven events at the 2024 Shaw Classic. She did have a last-place finish in the Farmer’s Walk, but luckily it did not cost her the title.
- Melissa Peacock — 57.5 points
- Nicole Genrich — 47.5 points
- Nadia Stowers — 45.5 points
- Erin Murray — 45.5 points
- Nancy Johnson — 38.5 points
- Jackie Osczevski — 37 points
- Ashley Crawford — 37 points
- Jennifer Lyle — 34.5 points
- Jackie Rhodes — 26.5 points
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 15.5 points
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Event Recap
Event One — Log Lift
The first event of the 2024 Shaw Classic forced athletes to perform as many reps as possible by overhead pressing a Log implement. The men had to lift 147 kilograms (324 pounds), while the women performed with 91 kilograms (200 pounds). The time cap for both divisions was 60 seconds.
Tim Buck won the Log Lift event in the men’s division after finding his limit to be eight repetitions. This was a highly impressive result, considering that he had a short time limit. So, he had to perform the reps without barely any rest in between.
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Interestingly, Melissa Peacock won the women’s open division with eight reps as well. However, she was pushed harder by her rivals, since three women ended up getting just one repetition less than her.
Men
- Tim Buck — 8 reps
- Nicholas Guardione — 7 reps
- Alexander Kopp — 6 reps
- Josh Gregory — 6 reps
- Joey Lavallée — 5 reps
- Andrew Burton — 5 reps
- Josh Spurgeon — 4 reps
- James Jeffers — 4 reps
- Jon Furrh — 3 reps
- Nicholas Smith — 2 reps
Women
- Melissa Peacock — 8 reps
- Nadia Stowers — 7 reps
- Erin Murray — 7 reps
- Nancy Johnson — 7 reps
- Jennifer Lyle — 5 reps
- Jackie Rhodes — 5 reps
- Nicole Genrich — 4 reps
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 4 reps
- Jackie Osczevski — 3 reps
- Ashley Crawford — 2 reps
Event Two — Farmer’s Walk
For the second event of the 2024 Shaw Classic, the athletes had to perform two Farmer’s Walks. The men had to carry 147-kg (324-lb) implements for 15 meters, followed by a 170-kg (374-lb) carry for another 15 meters. The format of the event was identical for the women, but their weights came out to 102-kg (225-lb) and 113-kg (249-lb).
Joey Lavallée made easy work of the Farmer’s Walk, basically running while holding the massive implements in his hands. He ended up finishing the event in just 17.83 seconds, thus winning the event ahead of some other very rapid athletes.
The only Australian representative, Nicole Genrich, managed to win the Farmer’s Walk event in the women’s division. She was involved in a tight race against Crawford and Osczevski, but her time of 21.27 seconds turned out to be enough for a first-place finish.
Men
- Joey Lavallée — 17.83 seconds
- Nicholas Guardione — 19.47 seconds
- Andrew Burton — 19.98 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon — 20.54 seconds
- James Jeffers — 24.52 seconds
- Jon Furrh — 27.36 seconds
- Nicholas Smith — 38.75 seconds
- Josh Gregory — 46.00 seconds
- Alexander Kopp — 49.78 seconds
- Tim Buck — 21.59 meters
Women
- Nicole Genrich — 21.27 seconds
- Ashley Crawford — 22.56 seconds
- Jackie Osczevski — 22.67 seconds
- Jackie Rhodes — 28.77 seconds
- Erin Murray — 29.05 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 29.15 seconds
- Nancy Johnson — 32.90 seconds
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 38.54 seconds
- Jennifer Lyle — 29.41 meters
- Melissa Peacock — 28.19 meters
Event Three — Sack & Sled Medley
The Sack and Sled Medley was divided into three parts. For the first two, the athletes had to carry two massive sandbag sacks, with the second one being heavier than the first one. Following that, the athletes had to push a sled across the finish line. Each of the three parts had to be performed over a distance of 12 meters.
Agility, speed, and versatility of movement proved to be Andrew Burton’s strengths, allowing him to finish the event in 33.22 seconds. With this time, he managed to beat Tim Buck by 0.65 seconds and ultimately take the event win.
The women’s division was a bit less tight since Melissa Peacock won the event by a margin of two seconds. This made up for her last-place finish in the second event, adding some valuable points to her tally and pushing her back up the rankings.
Men
- Andrew Burton — 33.22 seconds
- Tim Buck — 33.87 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon — 34.12 seconds
- Nicholas Smith — 34.29 seconds
- Alexander Kopp — 34.31 seconds
- Jon Furrh — 34.72 seconds
- Nicholas Guardione — 35.03 seconds
- James Jeffers — 37.40 seconds
- Josh Gregory — 37.41 seconds
- Joey Lavallée — 39.69 seconds
Women
- Melissa Peacock — 34.66 seconds
- Erin Murray — 36.38 seconds
- Nancy Johnson — 40.21 seconds
- Nicole Genrich — 40.85 seconds
- Jackie Osczevski — 42.50 seconds
- Ashley Crawford — 43.65 seconds
- Jennifer Lyle — 43.81 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 35.51 meters
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 24.38 meters
- Jackie Rhodes — 14.25 meters
Event Four — Dumbbell Press
The fourth event marked the midway point of the competition, and it turned out to be a true test of upper body strength. In this event, the athletes had to overhead press a huge dumbbell for as many reps as possible in the 75-second time limit. The men pressed 102 kilograms (225 pounds), while the women lifted 57 kilograms (125 pounds).
Joey Lavallée topped the leaderboards for the second time in the 2024 Shaw Classic, winning the event with five repetitions. Three athletes were close to him, but the fifth rep was what sealed his victory.
Nadia Stowers is known for her static strength, regardless of whether it is in the lower or upper body. She proved that once again, locking out eight dumbbell overhead press reps with just one arm. So, she deservedly took the maximum points.
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Men
- Joey Lavallée — 5 reps
- Tim Buck — 4 reps
- Josh Spurgeon — 4 reps
- Alexander Kopp — 4 reps
- Andrew Burton — 3 reps
- Nicholas Guardione — 3 reps
- Nicholas Smith — No Lift
- Jon Furrh — No Lift
- James Jeffers — No Lift
- Josh Gregory — No Lift
Women
- Nadia Stowers — 8 reps
- Melissa Peacock — 7 reps
- Nicole Genrich — 7 reps
- Jennifer Lyle — 6 Reps
- Jackie Rhodes — 6 reps
- Erin Murray — 4 reps
- Jackie Osczevski — 3 reps
- Nancy Johnson — 2 reps
- Ashley Crawford — 2 reps
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 1 rep
Event Five — Power Stairs
Moving on to the fifth event of the 2024 Shaw Classic, the athletes took on the Power Stairs. So, they had to carry three progressively heavier implements up a flight of five steps each. The time limit for the event was 75 seconds.
The USA’s Nicholas Guardione ended up taking the win in the Power Stairs event among the men, finishing all three implements in just 33.81 seconds. The next fastest man finished three seconds later, which is a large margin in a shorter-style event.
Melissa Peacock claimed her third event victory of the 2024 Shaw Classic. She wasted no time at all, sprinting with all of the implements and finishing in 26.97 seconds.
Men
- Nicholas Guardione — 33.81 seconds
- James Jeffers — 36.83 seconds
- Josh Spurgeon — 36.95 seconds
- Joey Lavallée — 39.40 seconds
- Tim Buck — 41.78 seconds
- Nicholas Smith — 51.13 seconds
- Andrew Burton — 14 stairs
- Alexander Kopp — 12 stairs
- Jon Furrh — 12 stairs
- Josh Gregory — Withdrew
Women
- Melissa Peacock — 26.97 seconds
- Erin Murray — 28.75 seconds
- Ashley Crawford — 29.44 seconds
- Jackie Osczevski — 31.59 seconds
- Nancy Johnson — 33.41 seconds
- Jennifer Lyle — 34.30 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 35.11 seconds
- Nicole Genrich — 35.83 seconds
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 41.78 seconds
- Jackie Rhodes — 68.50 seconds
Event Six — Hummer Tire Deadlift
The penultimate event of the 2024 Shaw Classic was one of the most aesthetically pleasing ones — the Hummer Tire Deadlift. The goal was to establish a one-rep-max and determine who the strongest among the athletes was.
Josh Spurgeon got extremely close to the 1,000-pound milestone, locking out a 442-kilogram (975-pound) deadlift. This was by far the heaviest that any athlete managed to lift, meaning that Josh got his first event win of the competition.
Only two women managed to get a deadlift over 300 kilograms (661 pounds), and they ended up tying for first-place. The women in question were Jennifer Lyle and Nadia Stowers.
Men
- Josh Spurgeon — 442 kilograms
- Joey Lavallée — 431 kilograms
- Andrew Burton — 431 kilograms
- James Jeffers — 420 kilograms
- Nicholas Guardione — 408 kilograms
- Alexander Kopp — 408 kilograms
- Tim Buck — 374 kilograms
- Jon Furrh — 374 kilograms
- Nicholas Smith — 374 kilograms
Women
- Jennifer Lyle — 318 kilograms
- Nadia Stowers — 318 kilograms
- Melissa Peacock — 295 kilograms
- Ashley Crawford — 283 kilograms
- Nicole Genrich — 283 kilograms
- Erin Murray — 272 kilograms
- Jackie Rhodes — 272 kilograms
- Nancy Johnson — 249 kilograms
- Jackie Osczevski — 238 kilograms
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 227 kilograms
Event Seven — Atlas Stones
The final event of the 2024 Shaw Classic was the Atlas Stones. In this event, the athletes had 60 seconds to lift and load five progressively heavier stones onto their respective platforms. The weight for the men ranged from 159-kg (350-lb) to 204-kg (450-lb), while women lifted 102-kg (225-lb) and 147-kg (324-lb).
Just two men ended up lifting all five stones since the final one proved to be too heavy for the rest. However, Tim Buck was the faster of the two, winning the event with a time of 45.18 seconds.
Melissa Peacock wrapped up her performance in a perfect manner, winning the final event to also secure the overall victory. She managed to finish all five stones in 45.18 seconds, which was an unreachable mark for any other athlete.
Men
- Tim Buck — 5 in 45.18 s
- James Jeffers — 5 in 54.13 s
- Josh Spurgeon — 4 in 27.10 s
- Nicholas Guardione — 4 in 30.78 s
- Jon Furrh — 4 in 34.15 s
- Nicholas Smith — 3 in 17.20 s
- Alexander Kopp — 3 in 17.47 s
- Joey Lavallée — 3 in 19.38 s
- Andrew Burton — 3 in 23.54 s
Women
- Melissa Peacock — 5 in 43.42 s
- Nicole Genrich — 5 in 46.63 s
- Jackie Osczevski — 4 in 22.32 s
- Nancy Johnson — 4 in 23.96 s
- Nadia Stowers — 4 in 27.09 s
- Ashley Crawford — 4 in 44.25 s
- Erin Murray — 3 in 17.11 s
- Laura de Berdt Romilly — 3 in 19.79 s
- Jennifer Lyle — 2 in 11.72 s
- Jackie Rhodes — 2 in 14.98 s
The 2024 Shaw Classic was the best one yet, gathering athletes of similar strength levels, which resulted in some very exciting and unpredictable results. However, Josh Spurgeon and Melissa Peacock definitely deserved to take the win, displaying consistently great performances no matter what challenge they faced.
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