It took Kyle Myers only two minutes and 51 seconds to eat 30 wings at Gator's Dockside on Tuesday night.
The two-time Newberry watermelon-eating contest champion beat 23 other contestants in the "Wing of Fire" wing-eating competition, which included his roommate, Steven Langston.
Contestants, hands and faces covered in orange wing sauce, struggled to beat Myers as the Rocky theme song played in the background.
"I thought for sure that I had him," Langston, who won second place, said. "And then I looked over and he was done."
Contestants paid $25 to compete. The event raised $750 for the American Red Cross, including donations.
The winner won a $25 gift certificate to Satchel's and a trophy with a gold rooster on top.
A chicken wing trophy was too obnoxious, said Casey Schmelz, an emergency services specialist for Gainesville's American Red Cross.
