Rapids players Jeff Larentowicz (USA) and Steward Ceus (Haiti) have been called up to their respective national teams for upcoming international matches. The players will participate in games from Oct. 7-11 and will return to the Rapids before the team’s Oct. 14 home matchup against MLS rival Real Salt Lake.
Shaw wins World’s Strongest Man.
In a dramatic ending, Fort Lupton’s Brian Shaw rallied to win the World’s Strongest Man championship last week at Wingate University in North Carolina, beating two-time defending champ Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania in the final event.
The 6-foot-9, 420-pound Shaw lifted five stones, the final one weighing 352 pounds, in 20 seconds to break a tie. The two-day competition took strongmen through the frame carry, tire carry, truck pull, log lift and dead lift. Shaw is a former all-state basketball player at Fort Lupton High who went on to play at Black Hills (S.D.) State.
Mammoth re-signs Allen.
The Colorado Mammoth announced Thursday it has re-signed defenseman Mac Allen to a two-year deal, pending league approval. The 26-year-old Toronto native led a Mammoth defense that allowed the fewest goals in the West Division in 2011.
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