Layton woman to compete in Eco-Challenge 2008By
ROBERT JOHNSON Standard-Examiner staff

Layton -- Aly Fronk, 29, of Layton, has been selected to compete
in the Eco-Challenge 2008. She was chosen as one of eight
competitors out of an estimated 3,500 applicants worldwide.
The Eco-Challenge 2008 is a 204 mile bicycle and kayak race from
Government Camp on Mount Hood to the shoreline of Astoria, Ore. The
six-day event will take place April 14-19 and will be filmed for
television. Director Mo Martinez said the show will likely air this
fall on the National Geographic Channel. Applicants for the race
submitted a resume and photos to be considered for the race.
This new, spinoff event with a slight name change will focus more
on "eco awareness," according to Martinez. The group of fitness
model competitors will wear wireless microphones to talk about
environmental issues as they bike and kayak. The actual racing will
not take six days to complete, but more time was needed to set up
for filming the event according to Martinez. The women will be split
into two teams of four to compete against each other.
Fronk grew up in North Ogden and graduated from Weber State
University with a communications degree. She currently works as a
fitness model, spokesmodel and stock trader.
In September, Fronk was the winner of the 2007 Freestyle Fitness
competition, a mix between fitness events and swimsuit modeling. In
2004 she was named Ujena Model of the Year and took first place in
the Ujena Fitness Challenge and Talent Challenge. Fronk was the
first model ever to win all three events. Photographs of Fronk have
been on the covers and pages of several fitness and bodybuilding
magazines nationally as well as advertisements for Nordic Track and
Reebok.
Fronk said she's never been in a kayak before but is an
experienced bike rider.
"My background is I've always done anything athletic," Fronk
said. "As far as doing strenuous activity, I'm fine."
Fronk is excited to let people know there are simple and small
things they can do to help the ecosystem. She decided to compete in
the challenge for the opportunity to give back to the environment
and to get television exposure for her modeling career.
"I think the fact that there are really pretty models will bring
in a lot of male viewers," Fronk said. |