Students compete for prizes, race on campus

The CSC Residence Life Association hosted The Amazing Race last weekend with a number of students participating in the 2.5 mile challenge race. Students competed in teams of two and could do so as an all-male, all-female, or male/female team.

The winners for the men’s team consisted of Taylor Osmotherly, junior of Crawford; and David Jones, sophomore of Eaton, Colorado, finishing the race in 25 minutes, 0.55 seconds. The male/female team winners were Brandon Schwenk, senior of Omaha; and Cassie Johnson, sophomore of Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 34:0.28. The all-female team winners were Shayla Dockweiler, freshman of Oconto, and Sierra Martinez, freshman of Aztec, New Mexico, in 37:32.

The 2.5 mile course consisted of six challenge areas that the competitors had to successfully complete before running to the next challenge. Judges at each area decided whether or not the teams completed the challenge correctly. Teams that failed had to start the challenge over again.

The race started in front of the Lindeken Clock Tower. Students took off from there and turned left onto 10th Street toward Memorial Hall where the teams had to do a coloring/drawing of an item for their first challenge.

From there, teams ran behind Edna Hall and onto the snake path to the football practice fields near the Chicoine Center for the next two challenges. On the west practice fields competitors did boot camp style challenge where teams did jumping jacks, ran up and down C-Hill and finished with push-ups. From there, teams went to the east end of the practice fields where competitors tested their leg strength and accuracy by attempting a field goal for the third challenge.

After finishing up on the fields, teams cut across the softball field parking lot to the Eagle Ridge housing units for the fourth challenge, consisting of yard games. Teams had to play a quick game of corn hole, where they had to make one corn hole each before advancing.

The fifth challenge waited at Chadron Middle School. To get there, teams ran down Chapin Street by the Burkhiser Complex and Andrews Hall, went right in East 10th Street, hooked left onto Cedar Street, then another left onto Sixth Street.

Challenge No. 5 tested team’s arithmetic and math skills. Teams had to do as many multiplication problems in under a minute, without having a wrong answer in order to move on to the final challenge.

The sixth challenge took place at War Memorial Park where competitors had to do a disc golf throw at hole No. 1. Teams had to hit a par 3 on the hole in order to make their way to the finish line back at the Clock Tower.

“I’m glad we had a good turnout for event, especially since it wasn’t the warmest and raining pretty much the whole time,” Jazz Bozner, Kent Hall residence director, said.

Along with the race, competitors were also entered into a prize raffle at the end of the race. Prizes consisted of items such as Wal-Mart gift cards, Frisbee discs, volleyballs, and footballs.