SAAA Gilbert Season Opener
Field of 7
- Braemar Stone27′ 0″
- Open StoneSB35′ 10½″
- Light Weight Distance48′ 3″
- Heavy Weight DistanceSB32′ 5½″
- Weight Over BarSB14′ 0″
- Sheaf Toss20′ 0″
- Caber12:30
Eric Pedersen
- Class
- Lightweight
- Games
- 2 · 2 wins
- Event wins
- 11 of 14
- Standing
- 1st of 33
Two wins in Men's Lightweight, first place in the class standings, and five of Eric's eight season bests on a single day at Arizona. Here is the whole year, measured.
Distance events
Every throw, on one tape
Gilbert · Apr 11Arizona · Jul 18
Each row is one event, each dot one game, all on the same feet scale. The labeled mark is the season best.
Height events
Over the bar
On the road
Two games, 128 miles apart
2Games
1States
128Miles between games
Miles are straight-line distances between consecutive games, in date order.
Event by event
11 of 14 events won in Men's Lightweight
Placing in each individual event against everyone in the class that day.
| Game | Braemar | Open | Lt Ham | Hv Ham | Lt Wt | Hv Wt | WOB | Sheaf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GilbertMen's Lightweight | 1stof 7 | 1stof 7 | – | – | 1stof 7 | 1stof 7 | 2ndof 7 | 1stof 6 |
| ArizonaMen's Lightweight | 1stof 8 | 1stof 8 | 2ndof 8 | 2ndof 7 | 1stof 8 | 1stof 8 | 1stof 9 | 1stof 9 |
The rivalry
Benjamin Gifford: met two times. Eric leads 2–0.
The thrower Eric faced most often this season, counting only games where they threw in the same class.
GameEricBenjamin
Gilbert Men's Lightweight1st2ndWIN
Arizona Men's Lightweight1st2ndWIN
The games1st 1st
Eric's 2 games at a glance
Arizona Highland Celtic Festival
Field of 9
- Braemar StoneSB27′ 5″
- Open Stone35′ 1″
- Light HammerSB74′ 0″
- Heavy HammerSB58′ 0″
- Light Weight DistanceSB48′ 11½″
- Heavy Weight Distance32′ 4″
- Weight Over Bar14′ 0″
- Sheaf TossSB24′ 0″
- Caber12:15
Who Eric beat
12 throwers finished behind Eric
Everyone who placed behind Eric in the same class at least once this season.
BGBenjamin GiffordDCDustin ClochertyNYNewton Yarbrough
DFDan Finan
DHDaryn Herzberg
DTDylan Tornquist
EGEvan Gordon
GBGreg Brown
JSJackson Schultz
JLJon Liu
KRKillian Ruiz
YAYoshio Adachi
Gold ring: current SAAA member (3 of 12).
Against the class
Where Eric's bests rank in Men's Lightweight
Eric's best Men's Lightweight mark in each event this season, ranked against the best Men's Lightweight mark from every thrower in the class. Only sanctioned games count, so independent games and marks from other classes are left out. Strongest: Sheaf Toss, 2nd of 27.
Sheaf Toss24′ 0″#2of 27
Open Stone35′ 10½″#3of 26
Light Weight Distance48′ 11½″#3of 26
Heavy Weight Distance32′ 5½″#3of 26
Weight Over Bar14′ 0″#3of 26
Braemar Stone27′ 5″#5of 26
Light Hammer74′ 0″#7of 22
Heavy Hammer58′ 0″#7of 21
Season totals
Add it all up
Distance thrown419′ 4½″
Every stone, hammer and weight for distance this season, end to end. About 1½ football fields.
0300 ft600 ft
Iron moved≈1,110 lb
14 scored events at standard SAAA implement weights come to 370lb. With three attempts per event, that's roughly 1,110 lb thrown. Heaviest implement: the 42 lb heavy weight distance.
Height cleared72 ft
Every weight over bar and sheaf clearance this season, stacked.
Biggest jump+4′ 0″
Sheaf Toss, from 20′ 0″ at Gilbert to 24′ 0″ at Arizona.
Medal count14
Top-three finishes in individual events this season.
Share of the season2 of 5
SAAA-sanctioned games thrown this year. 217 athletes threw at least one sanctioned game in 2026.