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title: "WEAU-Eau Claire, Wisconsin: Toppers Pizza Maker Qualifies for Skin Sprints Challenge"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/75093bc7-2509-4057-9908-1678b4c25694
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/weau-eau-claire-wisconsin-toppers-pizza-maker-qualifies-for-skin-sprints-challenge-4767
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2016-05-27T13:08:33.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:04:45.061Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4fe4f727a75887084b406a2554ab6ec05260160527085933.jpeg
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# WEAU-Eau Claire, Wisconsin: Toppers Pizza Maker Qualifies for Skin Sprints Challenge

**TL;DR:** Toppers Pizza team member Nick Kotecki qualifies for the Skin Sprints Challenge with a time of 1 minute and 45 seconds. Kotecki will be heading to the Toppers Pizza Skin Sprints Finals.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-05-27. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/weau-eau-claire-wisconsin-toppers-pizza-maker-qualifies-for-skin-sprints-challenge-4767).*

## Story

Toppers Pizza Team Member Nick Kotecki will be heading to the Toppers Pizza Skin Sprints Finals. Kotecki stopped by WEAU to discuss the competitive event and demonstrate his speediness preparing six pizzas.

Kotecki also shared the ways his 11-years of experience with Toppers Pizza has prepared him for the big event. He also shared that his qualifying time was 1 minute and 45 seconds and that he hopes to beat the world record of 1 minute and 35 seconds.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Toppers Pizza (company)
- skin sprints challenge (topic)
- toppers pizza team (topic)
- competitive event (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/weau-eau-claire-wisconsin-toppers-pizza-maker-qualifies-for-skin-sprints-challenge-4767). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/75093bc7-2509-4057-9908-1678b4c25694).