The 800lb frame carry is the "penultimate event" as Colin Bryce likes to say.  A giant 800lb block of timber is a huge test of grip. Furthermore, with the hot humid conditions, and fatigue setting in after four grueling events already, you saw athletes cramping up just trying to get into the frame itself. Torn callouses were the trend in this event as well.

Pritchett torched the course, making short work with a time of 15.02 seconds. Felix was off to a rough start, dropping the frame right away, but found his positioning on the handles and finished the course in about 22 seconds. Best tore callouses half way through the course, but finished in a time of about 43 seconds, while DeVaughn dug deep to finish the second league of the course with a time of about 41 seconds.

Results:
15.02 sec: Jerry Pritchett
23.09 sec: Mark Felix
42.43 sec Derek DeVaughn
43.63 sec: Nick Best
40': Robert Oberst
15' 9": Bryan Benzel
11": Stan Carradine
Dimitar Savatinov passed/lat cramp
Ben Thompson no lift

Standings:

1. Nick Best (32.5 pts.)
   
2. Derek Devaughn, Jerry Pritchett (31 pts.)
   
3. Mark Felix (29.5 pts.)
   
4. Dimitar Savatinov (21.5 pts.)
   
5. Bryan Benzel (24 pts.)
   
6. Robert Oberst (23.5 pts.)
   
7. Stan Carradine (22 pts.)
   
8. Dimitar Savatinov (21.5 pts.)
   
9. Ben Thompson (5 pts.)
   

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By Kalle Beck