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Condom Olympics has a wrap on safety

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Kyra Gross, 19, freshman of Pueblo, Colo., rolls a condom onto a cucumber in the second stage of the Condom Olympics Thursday in the Student Center lounge. — Photo by Julian Lykins
Kyra Gross, 19, freshman of Pueblo, Colo., rolls a condom onto a cucumber in the second stage of the Condom Olympics Thursday in the Student Center lounge. — Photo by Julian Lykins

Condom Olympics, an event to educate students about sexual health in a safe fun environment, attracted 54 participants Thursday.

Nichole Pourier, director of Family Reproductive Health Services, said, “The program was developed to educate young adults about the importance of safe relationships, safe sexual practices, tips on how to prevent assault, and sexually transmitted diseases.”

Family Reproductive Health Services, a department of Western Community Health Resources, created and sponsored the program for the students. Lacey Praetor, 23, senior of Greybull Wyo., and a resident adviser in Andrews Hall, also helped produce the event.

The Olympics consisted of five individual team games. One on proper condom application, one on the durability of condoms, and one developed like a jeopardy game with many facts on health, dating, contraception options, history, and facts from around the world. The other games focused on other aspects of sexual health.

“The importance was to educate, educate, educate, because information is power. If a student has the correct information it helps them with decisions they will be making at some time in their life,” Pourier said.

Pourier also said some examples of questions young people should ask themselves are: “Am I ready for a serious relationship? Is this relationship ready to consider intimacy? What are my thoughts and perceptions about sex and what are my partner’s?”

According to Pourier, these are questions all young adults face at some point in their lives and many do not like being lectured about condom use, but the reality is that “condoms are cheaper than diapers.”

The top-winning team took home prizes along with a ten-dollar gift cards donated from Big Bat’s Fuel Station. Runners-up took home prizes provided by Family Reproductive Health Services.

Pourier said she and her team “would like to give a big thanks to Resident Life, Lacey Praetor, Laure Sinn and everyone who participated and watched and that maybe we’ll do it again soon.”