First Place Staff: Lavern McClendon, above, was one half of The Bold and The Beautiful. Not shown is her partner, Becky Reagan.

MOULTRIE, Ga. — The Moultrie YMCA’s annual Team Lean weight-loss challenge concluded Thursday as final results were announced at the YMCA. The community wide weight-loss competition awards the person with the highest percentage of weight loss in individual and team categories throughout a 8-week span.

Team Lean began Jan. 5 with 100 total participants. Moultrie YMCA Wellness Director Trey Duncan and Senior Program Director Robin McCord led Team Lean through the eight-week competition acting as accountability partners and motivators to lose weight. A total of 1,460 pounds were lost between individual, team and staff participants.

The top individual winner is Ricky Griffin, who lost 17.26 percent body weight! Coming in a very close second for the individual category is Jerome Burgess losing 17.09 percent body weight. Rounding out the leader board and finishing in third place in the individual category was Barry Knox with 13.41 percent body weight lost.

Heavy Weights lost 12.48 percent body weight as a team and took home the top cash prize of $1,000. Team members were Ashley Adams, Chad Adams, Brandon Whittaker and Scotty Green.

Second place winner in the team category is Waist Removal. They lost a total of 8.94 percent body weight. Team members include Bobby Cutts, Andy Harden, Angie Kling, and Lara Littleton.

Coming in a close third place is Suga Lumps. These team members lost a combined 8.12 percent body weight. Suga Lumps members include Priscilla Fillyaw, Morgan Deloach, Meg Goodman, and Leann Littleton.

YMCA Staff also had the opportunity to join the competition in a separate staff category. The Bold and the Beautiful took home the cash prize for first place losing 12.12 percent body weight. Team members include Lavern McClendon and Becky Reagan.

“I am so proud of the life changes that started because of Team Lean,” said Duncan. “We saw a great amount of encouragement and motivation between competitors this year. The competition was fun, which kept ‘Team Leaners’ motivated throughout the whole competition.”

The Moultrie YMCA continuously offers exercise classes and programs to achieve overall health. In the months to come, the Y will be promoting ways to stay active with your family over the summer. Healthy Kids Day, a Y-USA National movement, will be held on April 15 in downtown Moultrie at the annual Spring Fling. Those who are up for the next physical challenge, we will begin registering for our 30 day Iron Man in April. To find out more about the happenings at the Moultrie YMCA, please stop by or visit us www.moultrieymca.org.