Rugged Maniac South Carolina

The South Carolina Rugged Maniac 5K Obstacle Course event has been held annually in South Carolina since 2011. The event currently takes place at the Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States, on March 12th, 2016.

History

2016

Rugged Maniac South Carolina 2016 was held in Mt Pleasant, South Carolina for the 6th annual time. Three-time runner up, Stephen Wilson, set the fastest time of the day, at 25 minutes 41.3 seconds. Matt Bare, the winner of the Elite Heat wave of runners, was also a former overall runner up in 2012. Bare posted a time of 28:51.8.

For the female portion of the race, Melanie Jones finally captured her first win, after coming in second place for the 2013 and 2014 Rugged Maniac events in South Carolina.

The course featured 25 obstacles over a length of 5 kilometers. The newest obstacle for Rugged Maniac 2016, called "Bang the Gong", was featured for the first time ever in South Carolina, in which participants jump on a trampoline to hit a gong, before falling into a water pit. A record-breaking number of participants were registered for the 2016 event in Boone Hall Plantation, approximately 5,500 in total.

Activities included live music, mechanical bull-riding, full-sized bounce houses, beer, and food in a large festival area at Boone Hall. Some of the spectator activities during the festival included pie-eating contests, beer stein hoisting, arm-wresting, speed oyster-shucking, and dance offs. Harpoon Brewery, the official sponsor for Rugged Maniac South Carolina, provided a beer garden with brews on tap.

Exhibition booths were onsite by local sponsors, such as Palmetto Warrior Connection, Sneakers 4 Funds, TQL, Khouri Chiropractice, Title Boxing Club, Mix 96 FM, State Farm Insurance, WarriorPak, MAD-Abolic Inc, O2 Fitness, Iron Tribe, Dude Wipes, Healthsource Chiropractic, and Mud Run Videos. The US Marines, from North Charleston, South Carolina were also volunteering at the event.

Winners

Men

Women

All race times are taken from Rugged Maniac's timing page.

See also

• Rugged Maniac
• Obstacle racing, Obstacle Course Racing (OCR)
• Obstacle course
• American Ninja Warrior
• Tough Mudder
• Spartan Race
• Warrior Dash

External links

• Official Website of Rugged Maniac
• Obstacles