Austin Peay Ranger Challenge team at front of Sandhurst competition
At 6:30 this morning, Austin Peay鈥檚 ROTC Ranger Challenge team was one of the first four teams to start the Sandhurst military skills competition at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
APSU鈥檚 cadets earned that right by finishing first among ROTC teams in a relay race earlier this week. They crossed the starting line this morning with two British teams (the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst red and blue teams) and another ROTC team (Central State University).
The competition will continue into the night tonight and through Saturday evening. Anyone can follow the competition via the internet and social media at .
Austin Peay qualified for the Sandhurst for the first time in school history.
Austin Peay鈥檚 cadets arrived at the West Point, New York, competition on Sunday ready to go.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e pretty motivated, and they think they鈥檙e going to do really well, and I do too,鈥 Keith Colman, the team鈥檚 coach, said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e real strong. They鈥檝e been training hard for three months now.鈥
From Tuesday-Friday this week, we have posted video interviews of members of the team, including the 11 who traveled to the U.S. Military Academy to compete and the alternates who are still at Austin Peay but rooting their teammates on.
We hope you enjoy getting to know our cadets. Here are the last three cadets to meet:
Keith Donnell
'The Army is a way that I get to serve the people of the United States'
Alden Marvin
'This means a lot for this school and the program'
Tony Soto
'Show that Austin Peay is one of the best schools in the nation'
TO LEARN MORE
- For more information about Sandhurst 2019, go to .
- For more about Austin Peay鈥檚 ROTC program, visit /rotc/.
- To see the videos we posted on the first day, go to /news/april-2019-austin-peay-ranger-challenge-sandhurst-meet-cadets-1.php.
- To see the videos we posted on the second day, go to /news/april-2019-austin-peay-ranger-challenge-meet-cadets-2.php.
- To see the videos we posted on the third day, go to /news/april-2019-austin-peay-sandhurst-ranger-challenge-meet-cadets-3.php.
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