Columbia and Georgetown Football Alum Top Wall Street Decathlon

[UNH Fanboi]

Justin Nunez, a former Columbia University football player in his second year at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), earned the unofficial title of Wall Street’s best athlete by winning a charity decathlon held at his alma mater.

Nunez, 27, finished atop a field of almost 100 traders, bankers and financial advisers in the 10-event competition, which benefits the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Kyle VanFleet, a former Georgetown University fullback who also works at Goldman Sachs, was runner-up in the competition that took place over the weekend.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-24/goldman-sachs-s-nunez-wins-wall-street-s-decathlon.html

[danefan]

I thought about doing this. But then I realized I hadn't been in a weight room since 2004. xlolx

[UNH Fanboi]

I thought about doing this. But then I realized I hadn't been in a weight room since 2004. xlolx

Those Wall St. type A guys are scary. The champ said he wakes up every day at 5:30 to work out.

[danefan]

Those Wall St. type A guys are scary. The champ said he wakes up every day at 5:30 to work out.

I wish there was some results in the article. I'd like to see the times and distances.

[UNH Fanboi]

I wish there was some results in the article. I'd like to see the times and distances.

https://www.thedecathlon.org/leaderboard/

[danefan]

Nunez's stats:

400m run: 55.73
Football throw: 57 yards (someone threw 73 yards)
40 yd dash: 4.53
Dips: 49
5-cone (NFL shuttle?): 8.7 (winner at 8.1)
Pull ups: 37 (respect)
Vertical: 34"
500M Row: 90 seconds
Bench: 22 reps (no indication of how much on the bar)- Prob. 135 but that's just a guess
800m Run: 2:22

[DFW HOYA]

Kyle Van Fleet was one of those players who never gave up. Played three sports in high school, recruited to Georgetown as a linebacker, then was moved to wide receiver, ended up as a fullback. He was named Georgetown's oustanding scholar-athlete in 2008, one of only six football players seelcted since the award was created in 1955.

One iof his teammates, Darren Craft, finished 6th in the rankings.

[UNH Fanboi]

Nunez's stats:

400m run: 55.73
Football throw: 57 yards (someone threw 73 yards)
40 yd dash: 4.53
Dips: 49 (last place in this event)
5-cone (NFL shuttle?): 8.7 (winner at 8.1)
Pull ups: 37 (respect)
Vertical: 34"
500M Row: 90 seconds
Bench: 22 reps (no indication of how much on the bar)- Prob. 135 but that's just a guess
800m Run: 2:22

Dane, he was not last place in the dips. He was 20th out of ~100 competitors.

[danefan]

Dane, he was not last place in the dips. He was 20th out of ~100 competitors.

Ahh got it - didn't realize the screen I was looking at only had the top 20 for each event. Corrected above.

[Doc QB]

Nunez's stats:

400m run: 55.73
Football throw: 57 yards (someone threw 73 yards)
40 yd dash: 4.53
Dips: 49
5-cone (NFL shuttle?): 8.7 (winner at 8.1)
Pull ups: 37 (respect)
Vertical: 34"
500M Row: 90 seconds
Bench: 22 reps (no indication of how much on the bar)- Prob. 135 but that's just a guess
800m Run: 2:22

Holy [email protected] am not too sure I could do much of that when I was in playing shape. Maybe we can do a modified type decathlon for AGS posters, as I could see being competitive with running 800m in under two hours, 22 push ups over benchpressing, continuous rowing for 90 seconds without vomitting. And maybe bag all the rest except vertical and football toss: my vert at LU was tops among qbs for awhile at 31, but an ACL recon should keep me to about 12 inches. Even with a shoulder recon, though, I would put his 57 yrd throw to the test and challenge the leader.