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Berkeley Prep’s Nicholas Petit-Frere Shines as TEAM SPOTLIGHT WINS AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE SKILLS CHALLENGE TITLE

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Under Armour All-Americans Compete In Events to Test Skills, Speed, Agility and Strength

ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 2, 2018) – Team Spotlight earned the American Family Insurance Skills Challenge title over Team Highlight by winning five of six competitions and tying in another. The event at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex featured 22 of the nation’s top high school football players and will air tonight (Tuesday) at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Three of the events were obstacle related challenges that tested speed, agility and strength. The kickers had one minute to kick seven field goals from increasing distances to earn a point. The quarterbacks had six chances to hit moving targets and a seventh ball to test their arm on distance. The American Family Insurance Skills Challenge competition individual results are as follows:

AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE QB PASS ATTACK COMPETITION
1. Jack West (Spotlight QB), Saraland High School (Saraland, AL) – 258 points
2. Justin Fields (Spotlight QB), Harrison High School (Kennesaw, GA) – 250 points
3. Joey Gatewood (Spotlight QB), Bartram Trail High School (St. Augustine, FL) – 230 points
4. Dorian Thompson-Robinson (Highlight QB), Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas, NV) – 230 points
5. Adrian Martinez (Spotlight QB), Clovis West High School (Clovis, CA) – 220 points
6. Emory Jones (Highlight QB), Heard County High School (LaGrange, GA) – 184 points

SAMSUNG OBSTACLE COURSE COMPETITION (RBs, LBs)
1. Jaquavian “Quay” Walker (Spotlight LB), Crisp County High School (Cordele, GA) – 30.40 seconds

2. Jack Lamb (Highlight LB), Great Oak High School (Temecula, CA)

1. Ricky Slade Jr. (Spotlight RB), CD Hylton High School (Woodbridge, VA) – 29.84 seconds

2. Keaontay Ingram (Highlight RB), Carthage High School (Carthage, TX) – 30.62 seconds

AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE LINEMAN STRENGTH COMPETITION (OLs, DLs)
1. Nicholas Petit-Frere (Spotlight OL), Berkeley Prep (Riverview, FL) – 26.72 seconds
2. Cole Smith (Highlight OL), Pontotoc High School (Pontotoc, MS) – 27.44 seconds

1. KJ Henry (Spotlight DL), West Forsyth High School (Winston-Salem, NC) – 25.52 seconds
2. Eyabi Anoma (Highlight DE), St. Frances Academy (Elkridge, MD) – 26.39 seconds

AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE SPEED KICK COMPETITION (PKs) – Tied
1. Seth Small (Highlight K), Katy High (Katy, TX) – 7/7
2. Evan McPherson (Spotlight K), Fort Payne High School (Fort Payne, AL) – 7/7

UNDER ARMOUR iLLSPEED COMPETITION (DBs, WRs)
1. Maurice Washington (Highlight RB), Trinity Christian Academy (Cedar Hill, TX) – 14.00 seconds (won in tiebreaker matchup versus Schwartz with time of 14.49 seconds)
2. Anthony Schwartz (Spotlight WR), American Heritage Plantation High School (Pembroke Pines, FL) – 14.00 seconds
3. Olaijah Griffin (Highlight DB), Mission Viejo High School (Rancho Santamargarita, CA) – 14.53 seconds
4. Justin Shorter (Spotlight WR), South Brunswick High School (Monmouth Junction, NJ) – 14.71 seconds
5. Tommy Bush (Highlight WR), Samuel Clemens High School (Schertz, TX) – 14.82 seconds
6. Tyrese Johnson-Fisher (Spotlight RB), Oakham School (Surrey, England) – 15.24 seconds

The American Family Insurance Skills Challenge participants are all competing in the 2018 Under Armour All-America Game presented by American Family Insurance on Thursday, Jan. 4 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla., live on ESPN2 at 6 p.m. ET. For more information on the Under Armour All-America Game, please visit underarmourgame.com, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.