Skip To Main Content
Lenape High School

Raider Team

GSBX
 
RAID
 
OLD
 
 
 
 
 
 

Raider Competition or "Raider" as it is more commonly known is a very popular athletic competition held within Junior ROTC programs around the United States. It is the Junior ROTC equivalent of the Army ROTC "Ranger" competition in college, only far less dangerous but very challenging as well! Our events are held outside at FT Dix, New Jersey where a lot of Lenape HS Army JROTC events are held.

Our Raider team and season begins at the end of January (start of 2d semester) as our Drill team season comes winding to an end.  All JROTC students can become members of the Raider team.  We generally practice after school allowing time to catch the late bus Monday through Thursday.  It involves physical fitness and team building events with the ultimate goal of forming a "Top Ten" team that competes in April every year in the South Jersey League (13 local high schools). If you place 1st or 2d in the league competition you may advance to the 2d Brigade competition held in May.  This is where you compete regionally against schools from the northeast United States.  We have upwards of over 30 Raider team members all striving to do their best. 

The current 5 team events that constitue the Raiders are as follows:  Cross Country rescue (team carries a 75 lb simulated patient on a medical litter over a grueling 1 mile course while carrying 25 lb backpacks traversing oobstacles), The Gauntlet (a team run for one mile with 25 lb backpacks negotiating a few obstacles at the half-way mark), the One-Rope Bridge (the team constructs a rope bridge following detailed rules and are timed to compete), 3 KM run (a team run where members must start and finish together), and the Raider Physical Challenge (a sprint team obstacle course with mazes, lifts, jumps, carries, and crawls throughout). 

last season was an amazing year for our Raiders as we won 1st place in every event but the Gauntlet (2d place) and overall at the South Jersey League competition.  We moved on to Brigade earning 1st place and best time overall for the Raider Physical Challenge, 3rd place in the Gauntlet, and 3rd Place on the 3km run in some very challenging weather!  This earned us second place overall.  Well done Cadets! 

 Courtesy of:

 http://www.thenationals.net/raider-whatisraider.htm