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2006 All-American Strongman Challenge

The 2006 All-American Strongman Challenge was held on 2006-02-18 in Pasadena, California. 14 athletes competed across 8 events were contested.

Date: February 18, 2006
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Type: All-American Strongman Challenge
Division: Men
Travis Ortmayer
1st Place

Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸

Total Points: 106.0

Events (8 total)

  1. 1. Truck Pull
  2. 2. Super Yoke
  3. 3. Farmer's Walk
  4. 4. Dumbbell Press
  5. 5. Atlas Stones
  6. 6. Deadlift Medley
  7. 7. Viking Press
  8. 8. Carry & Drag

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 USA 106.0
2 Jesse Marunde 🇺🇸 USA 104.0
3 Dave Ostlund 🇺🇸 USA 74.0
4 Mark Philippi 🇺🇸 USA 72.5
5 Odd Haugen 🇳🇴 NOR 66.5
6 Josh Thigpen 🇺🇸 USA 65.5
7 Kevin Nee 🇺🇸 USA 56.0
8 Steve MacDonald 🇺🇸 USA 54.0
9 Jason Bergmann 🇺🇸 USA 50.5
10 Reggie Barton 🇺🇸 USA 49.0
11 Grant Higa 🇺🇸 USA 44.0
12 Brian Hocker 🇺🇸 USA 37.0
13 Matt Metheney 🇺🇸 USA 30.0
14 Ryan Brown 🇺🇸 USA 26.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 6 in 23.71 s 14.0
2 Jesse Marunde 6 in 24.63 s 13.0
3 Dave Ostlund 6 in 25.16 s 12.0
4 Josh Thigpen 6 in 35.87 s 11.0
5 Odd Haugen 6 in 43.35 s 10.0
6 Mark Philippi 6 in 44.85 s 9.0
7 Steve MacDonald 6 in 47.12 s 8.0
8 Brian Hocker 6 in 47.78 s 7.0
9 Jason Bergmann 6 in 49.53 s 6.0
10 Kevin Nee 5 in 22.77 s 5.0
11 Reggie Barton 4 in 20.58 s 4.0
12 Grant Higa 4 in 23.74 s 3.0
13 Ryan Brown 3 in 15.96 s 2.0
14 Matt Metheney 3 in 17.21 s 1.0

Carry & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 26.00 s 3 steps 14.0
2 Jesse Marunde 31.97 s 3 steps 13.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 40.10 s 3 steps 12.0
4 Steve MacDonald 55.22 s 3 steps 11.0
5 Odd Haugen 55.61 s 3 steps 10.0
6 Josh Thigpen 37.83 s 2 steps 9.0
7 Jason Bergmann 37.96 s 2 steps 8.0
8 Kevin Nee 44.14 s 2 steps 7.0
9 Brian Hocker 31.46 s 1 step 6.0
10 Grant Higa 37.52 s 1 step 5.0
11 Mark Philippi 54.11 s 1 step 4.0
12 Reggie Barton 3 in 25.67 s 3.0
13 Matt Metheney 3 in 30.18 s 2.0
14 Ryan Brown 3 in 44.50 s 1.0

Deadlift Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 4 in 17.78 s 14.0
2 Jesse Marunde 4 in 18.10 s 13.0
3 Mark Philippi 4 in 18.40 s 12.0
4 Kevin Nee 4 in 21.72 s 11.0
5 Dave Ostlund 4 in 26.50 s 10.0
6 Jason Bergmann 4 in 30.35 s 9.0
7 Steve MacDonald 4 in 33.00 s 8.0
8 Josh Thigpen 4 in 33.75 s 7.0
9 Odd Haugen 4 in 34.28 s 6.0
10 Matt Metheney 4 in 44.62 s 5.0
11 Brian Hocker 4 in 49.20 s 4.0
12 Ryan Brown 3 in 26.99 s 3.0
13 Reggie Barton 1 in 3.71 s 2.0
- Grant Higa - 0.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jesse Marunde 8 reps 14.0
2 Travis Ortmayer 6 reps 13.0
3 Odd Haugen 5 reps 12.0
4 Grant Higa 4 reps 11.0
5 Mark Philippi 3 reps 9.0
5 Jason Bergmann 3 reps 9.0
5 Reggie Barton 3 reps 9.0
8 Kevin Nee 2 reps 7.0
9 Dave Ostlund 1 rep 4.5
9 Josh Thigpen 1 rep 4.5
9 Steve MacDonald 1 rep 4.5
9 Matt Metheney 1 rep 4.5
- Brian Hocker - 0.0
- Ryan Brown - 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 21.46 s 14.0
2 Jesse Marunde 22.41 s 13.0
3 Mark Philippi 25.87 s 12.0
4 Kevin Nee 29.90 s 11.0
5 Ryan Brown 31.50 s 10.0
6 Josh Thigpen 32.15 s 9.0
7 Odd Haugen 33.59 s 8.0
8 Jason Bergmann 38.50 s 7.0
9 Brian Hocker 43.12 s 6.0
10 Steve MacDonald 7.04 m 5.0
11 Matt Metheney 6.7 m 4.0
12 Dave Ostlund 3.18 m 3.0
13 Reggie Barton 2.44 m 2.0
14 Grant Higa 1 in 60.00 s 1.0

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Philippi 15.53 s 14.0
2 Jesse Marunde 15.90 s 13.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 17.47 s 12.0
4 Dave Ostlund 17.94 s 11.0
5 Reggie Barton 18.56 s 10.0
6 Ryan Brown 22.84 s 9.0
7 Kevin Nee 23.16 s 8.0
8 Odd Haugen 23.44 s 7.0
9 Grant Higa 24.88 s 6.0
10 Josh Thigpen 25.63 s 5.0
11 Jason Bergmann 30.78 s 4.0
12 Steve MacDonald 33.75 s 3.0
13 Matt Metheney 18.9 m 2.0
14 Brian Hocker 5.74 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 36.44 s 14.0
2 Travis Ortmayer 36.78 s 13.0
3 Jesse Marunde 37.09 s 12.0
4 Brian Hocker 38.19 s 11.0
5 Grant Higa 40.63 s 10.0
6 Josh Thigpen 41.09 s 9.0
7 Odd Haugen 41.43 s 8.0
8 Reggie Barton 41.75 s 7.0
9 Matt Metheney 42.75 s 6.0
10 Steve MacDonald 44.62 s 5.0
11 Kevin Nee 44.69 s 4.0
12 Mark Philippi 45.32 s 3.0
13 Jason Bergmann 45.37 s 2.0
14 Ryan Brown 45.62 s 1.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 11 reps 14.0
2 Jesse Marunde 10 reps 13.0
3 Reggie Barton 9 reps 12.0
4 Josh Thigpen 8 reps 11.0
5 Mark Philippi 7 reps 9.5
5 Steve MacDonald 7 reps 9.5
7 Grant Higa 5 reps 8.0
8 Dave Ostlund 4 reps 5.5
8 Odd Haugen 4 reps 5.5
8 Jason Bergmann 4 reps 5.5
8 Matt Metheney 4 reps 5.5
12 Kevin Nee 3 reps 3.0
13 Brian Hocker 1 rep 2.0
- Ryan Brown - 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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