Solon Beef Days Hay Bale Toss won by a Hawkeye

[ichawk24]

Solon Beef Days tells us Fall Camp is getting really close....

50 days before season starts, Hawkeyes embrace hay bale competition

Iowa offensive lineman Gennings Dunker won the 2022 Solon Beef Days Hay Bale Toss after being the only competitor to clear the 12-foot, 6-inch bar. Some Hawkeyes weren’t far behind, including Riley Moss.

www.thegazette.com

Iowa offensive lineman Gennings Dunker was the winner of Solon Beef Days’ 2022 hay bale toss after successfully clearing a 12-foot, 6-inch bar with a hay bale.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

As long as nobody tore any abdominal muscles..........

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Okay...Moss throwing over 11 ft was kind of impressive.

 

[JupiterHawk]

As long as nobody tore any abdominal muscles..........

KF that night

 

[obfuscating]

Usually leads to being the best lineman...

 

[EagleHawk]

Is the winner ever not a Hawkeye?

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

Is the winner ever not a Hawkeye?

Actually I think a non-U of I athlete won it within the last maybe 10 years, maybe a D2 football guy? I can't find anything on the interwebs about it though.

 

[desihawk]

i may be the only one but not a big fan of hay oriented activities in summer. too many iowa player off season injuries involve hay bales

 

[HawkMachine]

If anyone has bailed hay, these throws are IMPRESSIVE.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Actually I think a non-U of I athlete won it within the last maybe 10 years, maybe a D2 football guy? I can't find anything on the interwebs about it though.

Did either Brinkman ever do it from Regina?

 

[kceasthawk]

i may be the only one but not a big fan of hay oriented activities in summer. too many iowa player off season injuries involve hay bales

Or jumping off the hay wagon...

 

[BigOHawk]

As long as nobody tore any abdominal muscles..........

Drew Tate? Was that confirmed or just a myth?

 

[CookyMonster]

Matt Kroul listed as a non football player. No, just a former NFL player.

 

[Iron Doc]

Who was the Mammoth Tree toward the back?
Must not have outthrown Dunker.

 

[cidhawkeye]

Who was the Mammoth Tree toward the back?
Must not have outthrown Dunker.

Big Jay, announcer said he was from North Cedar.

 

[pistachio1999]

If anyone has bailed hay, these throws are IMPRESSIVE.

Depends on the bales. As someone who has, there can be a very wide variation in weight. Did they say how heavy these were? Assume they weighed one or two. Had to have multiples as I am sure some break apart.

 

[twindman]

Depends on the bales. As someone who has, there can be a very wide variation in weight. Did they say how heavy these were? Assume they weighed one or two. Had to have multiples as I am sure some break apart.

Just what I was thinking. Unfair if someone tosses a 60# bale and the next guy a 80# bale.

 

[obfuscating]

Depends on the bales. As someone who has, there can be a very wide variation in weight. Did they say how heavy these were? Assume they weighed one or two. Had to have multiples as I am sure some break apart.

70lb bales.

 

[BurgHawk87]

i may be the only one but not a big fan of hay oriented activities in summer.

Having baled a few times in my life I can agree with this. Only activity that must be performed when it's the hottest recorded day of the year.

 

[bumpstock]

Just what I was thinking. Unfair if someone tosses a 60# bale and the next guy a 80# bale.

I thought somebody said you get to "pick your own bale," and noted the art of selecting the "correct" bale. Wouldn't want a damp one, would we?

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

Did either Brinkman ever do it from Regina?

I don't know if either have ever participated, but I'm fairly confident neither has won the event.

 

[NevadaHawk]

Drew Tate? Was that confirmed or just a myth?

I think Tate did injure his abdominal muscles in that event. Sticks in mind he kept the injury to himself until people began to notice something was wrong. I also recall he hurt himself trying to dive over an ISU player during the game that year.