JERSEY CITY, N.J., JAN. 16, 2012 — U.S. Marines conducted a leadership seminar and a physical fitness challenge for St. Peter’s Prep football players. Here, Capt. Christopher Simpson, left, and Staff Sgt. Richard Jones motivate St. Peter’s Prep football players as they run back and forth while executing a fireman’s carry. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Lance Cpl. Davian Rima motivates St. Peter’s Prep football players as they execute medicine ball squats. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Lance Cpl. Davian Rima keep St. Peter’s Prep football players moving as they execture tire flips. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Gunnery Sgt. Nelson Roman yells motivations at a St. Peter’s Prep football player as he strains to complete a set of pull-ups. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
A St. Peter’s Prep football player, right, screams at his teammate to keep going as they execute push ups. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
St. Peter’s Prep football players shout motivations at another as he executes a push press. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
St. Peter’s Prep football players endure wall squats. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
A St. Peter’s Prep football player grimaces as he performs a leg lift hold. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Capt. Christopher Simpson puts his fists under St. Peter’s Prep football players to keep their bodies from touching the ground as they do push ups. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
A St. Peter’s Prep football player grimaces as he performs ab ball throws while two others do wall squats. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
St. Peter’s Prep football players perform ab ball throws. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
St. Peter’s Prep football players execute push presses as others do leg lift holds, at right. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
Exhausted St. Peter’s Prep football players rest after the fitness challenge. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)
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