Among the weekend challenges was a 10K road march. This is the fourth time in six years that the Johns Hopkins Ranger Challenge teams have won their division. Photo Courtesy of Mark S. Butera

The Johns Hopkins Military Science Department's ROTC Ranger Challenge team competed against teams from 17 colleges in this year's Brigade Ranger Challenge competition, held the weekend of Oct. 26 at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., and came home with a championship. The numerous events in which the team competed included a physical fitness test, team orienteering, M16 weapons qualification, one- rope bridge construction and a 10K road march.

"The cadets performed magnificently," said Master Sgt. Mark S. Butera of Johns Hopkins' Military Science Department. "Our cadets and ROTC program are ranked at the very top in terms of performance and overall standings throughout the nation."

The 10 members representing the Blue Jay Battalion were team captain Alex Johnson, Joseph Henderson, Andrew Garcia, Peter Kavanagh, Jill McDonald, John Garcia and Eli Peller, all of Johns Hopkins; and, from UMBC, Sean Ashby, Andy Kwon and Sean Sniegowski.

In the past six years, Johns Hopkins' Ranger Challenge teams have won their division four times, in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007.

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