Canadian obstacle course racers dominate Spartan U.S. Series

Couldn't be more excited to take the win for the Spartan US Championship Series, and bring Canada a little love! ?? Tune in tonight at 10PM EST on NBC Sports to watch the 3rd race of the series go down (probably the hardest course of the series, and one of my personal best races to date??). You'll get to see more of this finish line pain face ?? @beetelite @icebugofficial @athletics8gear

A photo posted by Lindsay Webster (@lindsaydawnwebster) on Aug 30, 2016 at 8:44am PDT

Despite the name, Canadians dominated the 2016 Spartan U.S. Championship Series.

Ontario’s Lindsay Webster and Ryan Atkins won the overall series, which featured five events held across the United States from May to the end of August. Both obstacle course racers won $7,500 for the overall win and the series was designed to seek out the best obstacle course racers in the world.

“Couldn’t be more excited to take the win for the Spartan U.S. Championship Series and bring Canada a little love,” says Webster.

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The second-place finisher in the women’s race, Faye Stenning, is also Canadian and finished second in four of the five races. Calgary’s Stenning, 26, won the series’ final event (besides the upcoming world championships), The Summit, in Breckenridge, Colo. The series winner, Webster, decided to sit out the final event as she had already clinched the title thanks to sweeping the first four events.

Super happy to have taken home the win at yesterday's #breckenridgebeast the final race of the #championshipseries. It's been a lot of hard work reaching this fitness level and I couldn't have done it without all my training partners back in #yyc. Love you guys! Also pivotal to my performance today was @sandrayaworski as she designed me some keys workouts leading up to this race and gave me the world's best taper! HUGE thanks to @elitesportstherapy for keeping my body in tip top shape and @bokusuperfood for loading this body full of nutrients.

A photo posted by Faye Stenning (@fayestenning_ocr) on Aug 28, 2016 at 7:56am PDT

In the men’s competition, Atkins, from Pickering, Ont., won the first three events before being disqualified in the fourth race. According to OCR Media, “Atkins was disqualified for failing the rope climb and not completing the required penalty of 30 burpees” at the Asheville, N.C. stop on tour.

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By virtue of placing in the top-five in the final race, the 29-year-old was able to narrowly take the series victory.

“Overall, this was the furthest I’ve ever pushed myself in a two-hour long race; I was completely shattered at the end and I couldn’t be more proud of my performance,” Atkins said after his fifth and final Spartan Series race.

Big congrats to @cody.moat for winning today. I'm also pretty happy to have won the @spartanrace Championship series! @beetelite @icebugofficial

A photo posted by Ryan Atkins (@ryanatkinsdiet) on Aug 27, 2016 at 12:57pm PDT

Runners earned points based on their position from each race that contributed to an overall cumulative score. Webster’s 1,200 points was a perfect score.

Women’s final standings

1st – Lindsay Webster | 1,200 points | $7,500
2nd – Faye Stenning | 1,197 points | $4,000
3rd – Rose Wetzel | 1,191 points | $2,700

Men’s final standings

1st – Ryan Atkins | 1,196 points | $7,500
2nd – Robert Killian | 1,194 points | $4,000
3rd – Hunter McIntyre | 1,194 points | $2,700

The races are being televised on NBCSN though the races are tape delayed. The last of the five events will be aired on Sept 27 and Oct. 11, respectively. Sportsnet is expected to air the races in Canada this fall.

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The Spartan Race World Championships are being held in Tahoe, Calif. in early October where the world champion will be decided.