Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge to be held April 23
The Blue and Gold Team at the University of Maine will host the 2016 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge on April 23.
Four-person teams, which can register in one of three categories — hard core, motivated or family — will participate from noon to 5 p.m. in a variety of physical activities including pack runs, pull-ups and a crawl through a mud pit.
The course will start at the Steam Plant Lot and continue throughout campus, as well as surrounding fields and trails.
The challenge was established in 2011 to honor and remember Zimmerman, a 2008 UMaine Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) graduate from Houlton, who was killed in action in November 2010 while in combat during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Registration, which may be completed online, is $60 per team for UMaine students, faculty and staff; $80 per team for others. T-shirts are included with registration and can also be purchased for a suggested $20 donation. Proceeds from the event go toward the 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman Memorial NROTC Award to aid future graduates of the UMaine NROTC program.
A free barbecue for all participants will he held after the challenge.
More information about Zimmerman and the event is available on the event’s website and Facebook page or by emailing zimmermanfc@gmail.com.