Eastern Mountain Sports has their sights set on winning this Series. They've been sitting in first place after an early season win at the Checkpoint Zero Adventure Race. That win along with another first place at the Planet Adventure Race and two second place finishes puts them at a commanding 380 points...enough to keep them out front...for now.

DART-nuun in particular is looking for a perfect 400 points by attending events like Wicked Gorge and Kit Carson Adventure Race. They've had to sit on the sidelines so far as most early season events were on the east coast. As the Series moves west look for them to make their presence known.

With this in mind EMS has actually decided to back out of the upcoming Untamed NE to refocus their efforts (and budget) on Series events. The goal is to reel in two more wins for a shot at their own perfect season. They narrowly missed first place two weeks ago at the Odyssey Wild Wonderful, dropping to second place behind Checkpoint Zero/Inov-8. Look for them to show up next at the Cradle of Liberty in PA later this month.