{"id":59605,"date":"2016-06-27T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T18:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=59605"},"modified":"2016-06-29T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T21:14:06","slug":"ole-miss-compete-battlefrog-college-championship-second-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/ole-miss-compete-battlefrog-college-championship-second-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Competing in BattleFrog College Championship for Second Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_50275\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/ole-miss-team-competes-at-battlefrog-college-championship\/battlefrog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50275\" class=\"wp-image-50275 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/battlefrog-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ole Miss will compete in the BattleFrog College Championship for the second straight year. \" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/battlefrog-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/battlefrog-1246x2048.jpg 1246w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/battlefrog.jpg 1521w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ole Miss will compete in the BattleFrog College Championship for the second straight year.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\">University of Mississippi<\/a> students have proven that they excel in competitions both academic and athletic, and that includes <a href=\"http:\/\/battlefrogseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BattleFrog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">No, I didn&#8217;t just misspell &#8220;football.&#8221; Ole Miss students recently competed in the second season of the BattleFrog College Championship in Atlanta, with the highlights airing\u00a0next week on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">The competition sends participants through an obstacle course race inspired by U.S. Navy Seals training. Teams must navigate a 400-meter relay and 20 other obstacles along the quarter-mile course, and the fastest advance through the tournament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Last year, four students represented the university in the single-elimination competition, facing off against 16 other teams. In the final round, a team from the United States Military Academy at West Point narrowly defeated the Ole Miss contingent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Now, the second-place Ole Miss team returns to compete for the Trident Cup and a grand prize scholarship award of $10,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">Don&#8217;t miss this competition, which airs\u00a0at 8:30\u00a0p.m. June 30 on ESPN.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Mississippi students have proven that they excel in competitions both academic and athletic, and that includes BattleFrog. 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