Thirteen Caissons Conquer Mad Anthony

Fishburne Military School is proud to have 13 runners who conquered the Mad Anthony Mud Run (Waynesboro, VA) on Saturday: Doug Marsh (7th overall), Sebastian Hussein, Jason Bruinius, Justin Payne, Jumpin’ Jack Poulsen, Garrett Rose, Tommy Jones, Bryson Overton, and Jayden Walker. Not pictured: Ben Weaver, Xiaoyu Chen, Jiayou Pan, and Min Zhou

Waynesboro, VA — Fishburne Military School’s Winter Running Club completed their season this weekend by competing in Waynesboro’s 6th-annual Mad Anthony Mud Run.  Each year the 4.5-mile course challenges around 400 runners with obstacles such as tire pits, suspended balance beams, mountains of hay bales, a six-foot wall and, of course, MUD.

This year thirteen Caissons took on Mad Anthony and emerged victorious. Senior Doug Marsh (Middlebrook, VA) led the charge and finished the race 7th overall.

Given Waynesboro’s penchant for history, the varying obstacles throughout the course are named in recognition of different campaigns of battles during the career of General “Mad Anthony” Wayne such as “The Battle of Stony Point” and “The Battle of Fallen Timbers”. The race, however, isn’t just a friendly little hike through history. Temperatures for the race average 45 degrees and, at points throughout the course, mud is more than ankle-deep.

Fishburne Military School is the oldest and smallest of all military schools for boys in Virginia. Its college-prep curriculum is built upon the structure of an Army JROTC program. FMS is designated as a JROTC Honor Unit with Distinction and may nominate qualified candidates to the United States Service Academies. Fishburne hosts one of only four Summer JROTC programs in the nation, accredited by US Army Cadet Command. For more information visit www.fishburne.org.