 Poundstone also competed in two Team Strongman contests and a Highland Games/Strongman hybrid contest.First was the USA vs. World team contest put on by Al Thompson  in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Poundstone and his team (Travis Ortmayer, Van Hatfield, Nick Best, Walt Gogola) pulled out an unprecedented victory against three of the top five European strongmen in the World, (Zydrunas Savickas, Vasyl Virastyuk, and Andrus Murumets).