Canada Wins North American Strongman Championships

With Christian Savoie forging the path, Team Canada carved out a victory in North America’s Strongest Man contest today, as Chad Coy once again gave IronMind an update.

“Hercules was won by Karl Gillingham,” Chad Coy reported.  “Second went to Corey St. Clair and third Christian Savoie.  The tire flip was won by Josh Thigpen, second went to Jean-Francois Caroon, and third was Christian Savoie.  The Train Wheel Load was won by by Jean-Francois Caroon, second went to Christian Savoie and third was Scott Cumnie.”

Here are the final scores:

1. Christian Savoie - 94
2. Jean-Francois Caron - 80
3. Josh Thigpen - 74.5
4. Karl Gillingham - 73
5. Scott Cumnie - 65.5
6. Jonathan Connor - 62
7. Corey St. Clair - 55
8. Mike Saunders - 47
9. Grant Connor - 44.5
10. Chad Coy - 43.5
11. Grant Higa - 35
12. Luke Skaarup-28
 
In the team scoring, Canada won 359 to 343 over the US.
 
IronMind’s intrepid reporter, Chad Coy, said, “I had a great hold and placed fifth.  I dislocated my middle finger on the second flip of the tire and placed 11th.  The finger hurt on the wheels and I loaded four, but in the slowest time.  I dropped from 8th to 10th.  I accomplished my goals of walking out on my own two feet, I was not last and, well, a finger is no big deal . . . 21 years of football and a dislocated finger is nothing . . . it only hurts my typing!”