GATOR

8 Rounds for time

5 Front Squats 185/135

26 Ring Push Ups

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher “Gator” Gathercole, 21, of Santa Rosa, California, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based in Fort Lewis, Washington, was killed by enemy fire on May 26, 2008, in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

He is survived by his brother, Edward; sisters, Jennifer Daly and Sarah Ferrell; father, Edward; and mother, Catherine Haines.

First posted Aug. 12, 2011