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Gary Beemer encourages Florida redshirt senior cornerback Moses Jenkins during the Gator Charity Challenge event on Friday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. / Gator Country photo by Tim Casey

The Florida football team wrapped up a summer of strength and conditioning workouts by competing in the fourth-annual Gator Charity Challenge event at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Friday.

The team was be split into six squads, drafted by the players. The squads competed against each other in a sled push, torpedo hold and tug-of-war competition. The event concluded with a full-team push-up competition.

The team captained by Trey Burton, Frankie Hammond, Jon Harrison, Jaye Howard and Jelani Jenkins, won the event by winning the sled push competition and finishing second in the torpedo hold.

Walk-on fullback Jesse Schmitt won the push-up competition by outlasting Chris Rainey and Jeremy Brown in the final.

More than 650 pounds of canned food was donated by fans as a food drive for the Salvation Army of Alachua County and volunteers collected numerous personal hygiene products for the Salvation Army to donate to the homeless and families in need.

Photo Gallery: Gator Charity Challenge 7/29/11 (click here to view gallery)

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Tim Casey covered the 2007 BCS Championship Game, 2007 Final Four, 2005 College World Series and 2008 Women's College World Series. He’s had photos published in Sporting News magazine, GQ magazine, SI.com, ESPN.com and nearly every newspaper in the state of Florida. Now he's home as Gator Country's Photography Editor.

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