Last weekend, we took advantage of our weekend off of competition by competing in the annual Cupcake Challenge, a series of feats of strength, skill, and strategy. The man and woman who wins each challenge earns him or herself a cupcake which Jenn provided--consumed after practice, of course.
Events contested this year included the classics: most push-ups in one minute, most sit-ups in one minute, most pull-ups, and wall-sits. As usual, we set a cap on the wall-sit at 8 minutes. Two men and two women made it all the way. We also added in a two minute burpee challenge this year. Taking place after the push-up challenge, it was a very, very long two minutes.
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| Wall-sits in the upstairs hallway at the fitness center |
After the dryland portion of the workout concluded, one cupcake each was awarded to the first man and woman in the pool. As usual, there was a lot of wrestling, jockeying for position, and generally overly-competitive behavior that made all the coaches nervous. Once in the pool, we did the dive and glide for distance off the blocks. No kicking or propulsion of any kind is allowed: just dive and glide in a streamline. Kevin Dyer ('13) was well-known as the ruler of the event. He was routinely the only person to complete the entire 25 yards. Without Kevin in the water, the competition was a little more balanced and Teylor Greff took home the cupcake after gliding just short of a whole 25. After the dive and glide, the team grabbed their boards and put things in gear for king of the mountain: everyone leaves the wall at the same time for a 25 kick, with the last person (or two people) to the wall each 25 getting eliminated until only one remains. It came down to a battle of the butterfliers and in the end it was Melanie Notari who took down Karl Mering in the final 25 yards of kick.
The weekend of fun in the weight room and pool was welcomed after an exhausting training trip, two swim meets, and the end of the first week of second semester. This week, we're back on the grind.
We head north to Spokane to face Whitworth University for our final NWC dual meet of the season this Saturday, February 1st, at 1pm. Going into the meet, our Men are tied with Whitworth for 1st place with an untarnished 6-0 record. If they win, it will be the second year in a row that the Whitman Men finish an NWC dual meet season without a loss. Our Women will arrive in Spokane with a 5-1 record, tied for 2nd with Pacific Lutheran. If our Women win, it will be their best NWC dual meet record ever and a sure tie or outright takeover of 2nd place in the NWC standings. It is going to be a very exciting weekend up in Spokane! We would love to see you up there wearing your blue and yellow!
