All-American Strongman Challenge
Introduction The '''All-American Strongman Challenge''' is a leading competition in strength athletics that takes place within the annual Californian FitExpo. Although North America has a number of prestigious strongman events determining the "Strongest Man in America", the "Strongest Man in Canada" and the "Strongest Man in North America", the All-American Strongman Challenge has added kudos because it is open to entrants from overseas with the potential to bring in leading international competitors as well. It is notable for the calibre of entrants it has attracted, with many World's Strongest Man finalists being represented.
FitExpo 2005 '''Dates:''' 19, 20 February 2005'''Location:''' Pasadena (California) '''Contest Report:'''PositionNamePoints 1.Brian Schoonveld  36 2.Travis Ortmayer  35,5 3.Jesse Marunde  32 4.Odd Haugen  29 5.Jim Glassman  28 6.Dave Ostlund  24,5 7.Corey St. Clair  20,5 8.Grant Higa  10,5
FitExpo Strongman 2006 '''Dates:''' 17, 18, 19 February 2006'''Location:''' Pasadena (California) '''Report''' :PositionNamePoints 1.Travis Ortmayer  106 2.Jesse Marunde  104 3.Dave Ostlund  74 4.Mark Philippi  72,5 5.Odd Haugen  66,5 6.Josh Thigpen  65,5 7.Kevin Nee  56 8.Steve MacDonald  54 9.Jason Bergmann  50,5
All-American Strongman Challenge 2007 '''Dates:''' 20, 21, 22 February 2007'''Location:''' Pasadena (California) '''Report''' :PositionNamePoints 1.Karl Gillingham  129 2.Kevin Nee  124 3.Jason Bergmann  108,5 4.Dave Ostlund  107 5.Odd Haugen  96 6.Sam McMahon  94 7.Josh Thigpen  83 8.Pete Konradt  79 9.Marshall White  77 10.Corey St. Clair  77
All-American Strongman Challenge 2008 '''Dates:''' 15, 16, 17 February 2008'''Location:''' Pasadena (California) '''Report''' :PositionNamePoints 1.Travis Ortmayer  87,5 2.Brian Shaw  76,5 3.Dave Ostlund  72 4.Jason Bergmann  62,5 5.Pete Konradt  60 6.Marshall White  57,5 7.Jason Kristal  57 8.Josh Thigpen  56 9.Nick Best  52 10.Jim Glassman  36
All-American Strongman Challenge 2009 '''Dates:''' 24, 25 January 2009'''Location:''' Los Angeles '''Report''' :PositionNamePoints 1.Brian Shaw 43.5 2.Nick Best 38 3.Travis Ortmayer 35 4.Marshall White 31.5 5.Kevin Nee  (withdrew)28 6.Pete Konradt 26.5
All-American Strongman Challenge 2010 '''Dates:''' 23, 24 January 2010'''Location:''' Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles (California) '''Sponsor:'''Gaspari Nutrition'''Report''' :The All-American Strongman Challenge, once again at the bodybuilding.com/Los Angeles FitExpo, was in 2010 a truly international field. Organised by Odd Haugen, the event drew its largest crowd ever. In addition to the title and prize money, the winner was guaranteed an invitation to the Arnold Strongman Classic contest, as well as one to the Mohegan Sun Grand Prix.===Results===PositionNamePoints 1.Nick Best  70 2.Mark Felix  64 3.Louis-Philippe Jean  59 4.Josh Thigpen  56.0 5.Terry Hollands  53.5 6.Robert Szczepanski  50.0 7.Marshall White  49.5 8.David Ostlund  42.0 9.Karl Gillingham  41.5 10.Andy Vincent  39.5 11.Jerry Pritchett  36 12.Corey St. Clair  26 13.David Hansen  22 14.Odd Haugen  15
All-American Strongman Challenge 2011 '''Dates:''' 29, 30 January 2011'''Location:''' Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles (California) '''Sponsor:'''Gaspari NutritionThe All-American Strongman Challenge was once again hosted by Odd Haugen at the bodybuilding.com/Los Angeles FitExpo. The event included a separate grip contest titled "Vice Grip Viking Challenge" which was won by Mark Felix along with $2,500 in prize money. The top 2 finishers of the strongman contest were guaranteed invitations to the Arnold Strongman Classic contest.===Results===PositionNamePoints 1.Terry Hollands  125.5 2.Nick Best  115.5 3.Mark Felix  102 4.Louis-Philippe Jean  101.5 5.Marshall White  100 6.Jerry Pritchett  99 7.Dan Harrison  88 8.Jean-Francois Caron  84.5 9.Josh Thigpen  75.5 10.Warrick Brant  74===Vice Grip Viking Challenge Results===PositionNamePoints 1.Mark Felix  43 $2,500 prize money 2.Andrew Durniat  40 $1,500 prize money 3.Chad Woodall  36 $1,000 prize money 4.Odd Haugen  35 5.Louis-Philippe Jean  20.5 6.Jerry Pritchett  8.5 7.Josh Thigpen  4
All-American Strongman Challenge 2012 '''Dates:''' 28, 29 January 2012'''Location:''' Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles (California)'''Sponsor:'''Met-RxThe 2012 All-American Strongman Challenge was hosted by Odd Haugen at the Bodybuilding.com/Los Angeles FitExpo. The separate grip contest titled "Vice Grip Viking Challenge" returned for its second year, with Mark Felix retaining his title, along with $1,000 in prize money.===Results===PositionNamePoints 1.Mike Burke  47 2.Stefan Solvi Petursson  44.5 3.Nick Best  35.5 4.Josh Thigpen  34.5 5.Vincent Urbank  32 6.Jerry Pritchett  28.5 7.Jamie Rude  19.5 8.Mark Felix  18.5 9.Joel Dircks  7===Vice Grip Viking Challenge Results===PositionNamePoints 1.Mark Felix  52.5 $1,000 prize money 2.Mike Burke  49 $600 prize money 3.Andrew Durniat  48 $400 prize money 4.Odd Haugen  40 5.Jerry Pritchett  33.5 6.Josh Thigpen  29.5 7.Vincent Urbank  28 8.Joel Dircks  26.5 8.Daniel Reinhardt  26.5 10.Jon Eklund  26 11.Steve Schmidt  25
See also * America's Strongest Man* Arnold Strongman Classic* North America's Strongest Man
References
External links *  Official Portal 2010