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"I'm going to be the Endurance Champion. That's right. You're looking at him right here."
— Isaac in a confessional after Fireball

Isaac Hainley
Isaac fireball
Information
Full name

Isaac David Hainley

Endurance: Tehachapi, 3rd place
Hometown

Portland, OR

Age

15

Team

Green Team

Partner

Jeszie Geronimo

Arrived

Hang Glide

Left

Circle of Trust

Isaac David Hainley is a former contestant on Endurance: Tehachapi. He competed alongside his partner, Jeszie Geronimo, as the Green Team.

About[]

Isaac is the youngest of three children of Matt and June Hainley.

Endurance[]

Big-time jock Isaac plays soccer, baseball, football and basketball (he was named most valuable player). He also made the varsity tennis team after playing the sport for only one week! Being such a quick study will surely be a strength on Endurance. When not on the sports field, Isaac plays drums and the piano.

—DiscoveryKids.com bio

Isaac was one of the contestants that made it through the Right to Stay. In the partner selection, he made it clear to the group that he wanted Jeszie as a partner, much to her delight. He placed second in the challenge to select the partners, doing well until he lost focus, allowing Chris to win and get to pick all of the teams minus Blue as Shea and Amelia were already paired. Chris decided to put him with Jeszie and they were the last team formed, as the Green Team. Soon afterwards, he and Jonathan started the Purple-Green Alliance, and had the Yellow Team join them on the side.

In Blocked, the Green Team battled with Gray throughout the second half of the challenge, but ended up winning, due to their teamwork. Isaac did not want to give the samadhi to Gray because he promised John he wouldn't give it to them. Jeszie convinced him to give it to them though. In Raft Pull, he, like most of the others, put sandbags on Blue and Gray’s spaces, thus ensuring they would use. Purple won the challenge and keep Green safe by sending Blue and Gray,

In Drop Out, Isaac was one of four people to last twelve minutes in the mission but shortly after reaching that mark, he accidently fell in the water while resting one of his arms. As Jeszie had already fell, Green ranked 4th amongst the teams. After the challenge, he was trying to cheer up Chris, the runner up in mission, who was feeling upset about almost winning the mission. Green, due to their strength and for not giving Red the samadhi in Blocked, was chosen by Red to be on their superteam along with Yellow. The consensus was that the Red-Green-Yellow superteam were the powerhouse team while the others were the underdogs. It was also noted by JD around this point that Green was clearly in an alliance with Purple and Yellow though the superteam breakdown meant they had to be opposed to each other in the following mission. Just before taking part in Super Stumped, Isaac and Chris were having a discussion over who should take the leadership role for the superteam since both wanted that position. Isaac may have won as Green was the team in front during the challenge. It was a tight race between between the superteams for the first little while of the challenge. However, Isaac placed one of the planks on top of the other which meant that Erika (who was in the back) was unable to move until the rest of her superteam jumped off. This hurdle costed them the win as it allowed the underdog superteam to get a huge lead. Isaac said he was bummed out about the loss. While there was a consensus to send Red to temple (Shea didn't want to send both Green and Yellow while Jonathan said that as long as Red was sent, he would have no preference over the second team sent), the winning superteam seemed to debate whether the second team sent should be Green or Yellow. They ultimately agreed to send Yellow with Red and thus Green was safe. Isaac though would lose a good friend as Yellow was eliminated at temple.

Isaac was shocked when Yellow decided to give their piece to Red since he thought they would give it to either Green or Purple. In the Waterworks mission, Green won another mission, tying them for first place in the piece count with Red and giving them the power of samadhi. This victory though was bittersweet for Isaac as there was a twist in which the team that came in last would automatically go to temple the next day unless they won the temple mission. That team turned out to be Purple. Isaac thus wanted to help them out. He was seen talking to Shea who suggested that Green should give it to Red, who came in second in the mission. Jeszie though suggested that they give to Blue as Erika promised to lose the temple mission to save Purple. They ultimately gave it to the Red team which made them form an alliance with Orange to target Green and Purple. In Fireball, Green caught the ball in the first round as did Orange. As Isaac didn't want to eliminate purple and Jeszie didn't want to eliminate Red, Blue was out. Unfortunately for Green, Orange eliminated Purple and thus ensured Purple would have to go to temple. Green caught the subsequent balls and won the mission. Isaac and Jeszie were shown to be disagreeing on who to send against Purple: Isaac wanted to send Orange while Jeszie wanted to send Blue. It came to the point that the two said they wouldn't leave the confessional until they agreed on who to send. Ultimately, they went with Orange. Isaac said he would be bummed if Purple was eliminated as they were his best friends. Fortunately for him, Purple won at temple and thus remained in the game.

It was noted around at this time that Isaac was becoming really close to Amelia. Both denied being in a romantic relationship but felt close enough to each other that they could tell each other anything. Jeszie was felt it was affecting his focus and wanted Amelia gone. In the Hang 5 mission, Green maintained the lead for the entire game, putting nearly a lap a ahead of Blue and Purple while Red greatly struggled. Green emerged as the clear winner, giving them the Strength piece (tying them for first place with Red). Isaac was initially boastful as this was the fourth mission his team won and was confident he would become the Endurance Champion. He did however acknowledge that the samadhi choice would be hard as he ideally wouldn't want to give it to anyone. However, since they had to give to someone, Isaac was set on giving it to Red. Isaac felt they were one of the strongest teams, particularly Erika who he described as a beast. Jonathan agreed that Red was the strongest team and Shea also claimed he wouldn't send Green if Blue won the temple mission. Jeszie though didn't want to give it to Red as Erika was her closest friend and countered that Red's poor performance in Hang 5 suggest they weren't that strong. He also maintained that he only wanted Gray gone in the beginning rather than wanting both Gray and Blue gone. The discussion led to a shouting match between Isaac and Jeszie with everyone else hearing them and Isaac refused to do what Jeszie wants while she wasn't going to let Isaac get his way. As they were heading to meet JD to announce their decision, they were still arguing and they had not made a decision. While mostly everyone was sort of laughing at this point, Amelia was getting sad and she offered to take the samadhi to stop the conflict. Erika though Jeszie she could give the samadhi to Red. Jeszie gives up and let Isaac decide. Thus Red was once again given the samadhi. In Cubed, Jeszie maintained they wouldn't fight if they won. Purple though ended up completing the mission in under a minute, thus giving them the decision on who would go to temple. Isaac said he would be upset if Purple sent him since he had Jonathan's back for the entire game. Daniela wanted to send Green along with Red because the former were strong but Jonathan wanted to remain loyal to Green and thus send Blue instead. When it came time to announce their decision, Jonathan informs the teams that Green is not going to temple, Blue and Red are. Red ultimately came back.

In Blue's elimination note, they announced that they would give their two pieces to Green, giving them the lead with 6 pieces. For their final endurance mission, they would get to create their own game . The teams agreed to do an obstacle course while team would be attached to their partner while completing it. In contrast to past missions, Green was trailing the other teams with Purple ultimately winning. Isaac noted they weren't communicating well and that this was likely why they didn't do well. Jonathan was much more conflicted with what to do this time because only one team could be safe in the final temple mission. Isaac said it did not matter who Purple gave the samadhi to and that he would be ok if they gave it to Green. Isaac said he would have given it to Purple as he found them stronger than Red. JD noted the close friendship between Isaac and Jonathan though Daniela said that their decision was based on strategy. Isaac also said that if he would give the samadhi to the strongest team if it was his choice and he would be ok with getting it. Purple gave it to Green, which prompted Isaac and Jeszie to race to get the samadhi, which gave them 10 pound weights in the next mission.

Prior to the mission, Daniela told Isaac that she hoped it would be Purple and Green in the final 2 to which Isaac said she should have given it to Red then, which she agreed. The teams then went to compete in Circle of Trust. While Frankie was the first to let go, Isaac was struggling and was the second person to let go. Jeszie was the the third, thus guaranteeing that Green was going to temple. Erika was able to outlast Purple and thus Red won, ruining Green and Purple's plan to be in the final 2. At temple, Green won the first round but lost the second. They tied in the third, thus prompting another round. In the final round, Purple picked the dominant element, and thus eliminating the Green Team as the last team out on e4.

Portrayal & Relationships[]

Isaac was considered one of the strongest contestants on the show. As a result, Green won the majority of the missions that season. Isaac is also loyal contestant who would protect his friends.

He was good friends with the Purple Team, especially Jonathan, and was very close friends with Amelia. These came to light in Hang 5, where he argued with Jeszie about who to give the Samadhi to. He was also close to the Yellow Team and was surprised that, following their elimination, they choose to give their piece to Red instead of Green or Purple.

Quotes[]

  • "I'm going to be the Endurance Champion. That's right. You're looking at him right here." (confessional) (Hang 5)
  • "Let's play guess who I am." (screams) "Yeah, Jeszie, that's you." (Hang 5)
  • "I'm not going to allow Jeszie to have her way today." (Hang 5)
  • "The Green Team is the only team that hasn't been sent up to Temple yet." (to Franke) Cubed

Post Endurance[]

Isaac graduated from Central Catholic High in 2008, and attended the University of Southern California.

Trivia[]

  • Isaac's fight with Jeszie was one of the top 10 Endurance moments from the first 4 seasons on the Discovery Kids website.
  • Isaac's friendship with Amelia became one of the most high-profile Endurance relationships.
  • Isaac shares some similarities with E6 contestant Will Cuddy:
    • Both of them were on the Green Team.
    • Both of them were from the same region in Oregon (Isaac is from Portland, while Will is from Beaverton, which is seven miles west of Portland)
    • Both were part of the strongest team of their respective seasons, though neither of them won.
    • Both made it to the final three.
  • Isaac was the first contestant from the state of Oregon.

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