Olympics A Success

Posted by Nick Martinez in Campus

On Sept. 21, SFUAD Student Life hosted the first-ever student Olympics. Students participated in a variety of events, including: water balloon toss, volleyball, inflatable obstacle course, basketball, dodge ball, team three-legged race, Sumo wrestling and, of course, a costume contest. Though certainly not a clinic on athletic ability, SFUAD students were up for a fun, sun-soaked day of competition.

“I would say that the events were a good mix of fun, and competitive,” said Jakob Anderson, team leader of the 1^st place Team Jakob. “It depended on the event, I guess. The Sumo thing got kind of rough.”

Student life member Ramiro Leal agreed with Anderson on the event’s success.

“This year’s event was most definitely a success,” said Leal. “We always have successful events. That’s not to be taken in a cocky way, but what I meant to say is that even though we might not reach our goal for the specific event, we strive for success within the group, success for learning.”

At the end of the day the final count left Team Jakob in first, Super RAs in second, and the Ki-Ki Maow Maows in third.

“After a good team effort, it was nice to take home the gold,” said Anderson. “And beating the RAs was of course a big bonus.”

Leal was so happy with how the Olympics came together and he hopes that they can bring the event back for the spring semester. Anderson agrees.

“[The Olympics] should be a annual thing.”