{"id":171925,"date":"2024-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=171925"},"modified":"2024-05-09T07:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T07:41:50","slug":"wisconsin-guard-soldier-wins-regional-best-warrior-tiebreaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=171925","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Guard Soldier Wins Regional Best Warrior Tiebreaker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Spc. Colton Andrews, a motor transport operator with the 1463rd Transportation Company, Michigan Army National Guard, completes a 12-mile ruck march during the 2024 Region IV Best Warrior Competition in Johnston, Iowa, on May 5, 2024. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sam Hircock)
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CAMP DODGE, Iowa – A Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldier from Wausau will compete against the top National Guard Soldiers in the country at the national Best Warrior Competition in Vermont this August.<\/p>\n

Spc. Tevin Kenton, a member of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry, emerged from a three-way tie for first place at the regional Best Warrior Competition held May 1-5 at Camp Dodge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey used whoever took first in the most events,\u201d Kenton said of the tiebreaker method. \u201cI\u2019m pretty happy about the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Alexander Kilbane of Sparta, Wisconsin, will not advance to the national competition. But the Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 426th Regional Training Institute member said he had a blast.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysically, I\u2019m regretting going to the Best Warrior,\u201d Kilbane said, \u201cbut mentally I\u2019m glad I went.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kenton and Kilbane competed against Army National Guard representatives from Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I won a single event,\u201d Kilbane said, \u201cbut I did hit a personal record on my Army Combat Fitness Test score and my 12-mile ruck march time \u2014 personal bests for both. There were some absolute physical specimens out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kenton said the ruck march was his best event, completed in one hour 46 minutes, while the weapons lane was the most difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to step back and refocus,\u201d Kenton said. But that adversity is what he said he will take away from the regional competition, because he learned how to overcome it.<\/p>\n

Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Patrouille, Wisconsin\u2019s senior enlisted leader, said the five-day competition brings the highest of highs and lowest of lows to competitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey may not perform as well as they had expected in one event, but with the mentorship and motivation from their sponsors, they surprise themselves with how they exceeded their expectations in another event,\u201d Patrouille said.<\/p>\n

Kilbane said the swim event was the most difficult for him \u2014 100 meters in uniform and boots, with an air temperature of 56 degrees and an estimated water temperature of 54 degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a bit brisk,\u201d Kilbane said. But the entire competition was designed to be challenging.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing was asked of us that couldn\u2019t be asked of any Soldier at any time,\u201d Kilbane said. \u201cDoing everything to standard, back-to-back, rapid-fire, is very demanding. Training is important all the way around.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth competitors amazed me throughout the competition with their level of resiliency,\u201d Patrouille said.<\/p>\n

Kenton and Kilbane praised their sponsors and others for preparing them for the regional Best Warrior Competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy success is not just me, but others around me pushing me and helping me to succeed,\u201d Kenton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a team effort,\u201d Kilbane agreed.<\/p>\n

Both Soldiers also spoke highly of how the Regional Best Warrior Competition was organized and conducted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very well run,\u201d Kilbane said. \u201cA lot of hard work and effort went into it. Everything went smooth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very good event,\u201d Kenton added. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to meet like-minded people willing to go the extra mile and see how they can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kilbane said his competitors were some of the best people he\u2019s met in the Army.<\/p>\n

Patrouille was impressed with the camaraderie among competitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese Soldiers and noncommissioned officers only met each other just a few days prior, but by the end of the competition, you could witness them encouraging each other to perform their very best,\u201d Patrouille said. \u201cIt was quite inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the three months leading up to the national competition, Kenton said he plans to build off the foundation of the past two competitions. Kilbane plans to maintain the level of fitness he attained to reach this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still have ambitions of going Airborne or Air Assault,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Patrouille said he is looking forward to how Kenton and his sponsor, Sgt. 1st Class Wade Blaylock, prepare for the national competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of the outcome, they will be great representatives for the Wisconsin Army National Guard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Spc. Colton Andrews, a motor transport operator with the 1463rd Transportation Company, Michigan Army National Guard, completes a 12-mile ruck march during the 2024 Region IV Best Warrior Competition in Johnston, Iowa, on May 5, 2024. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sam Hircock) (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Samantha Hircock) VIEW ORIGINAL CAMP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171927,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171928,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171925\/revisions\/171928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/171927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}