Campus Recreation in collaboration with the Resident Hall Association hosted the first Residence Hall Olympics, Sunday, March 3.
All were invited to come out to enjoy a day of outdoor games as a competition between residents of The Hill, The Quad and The Village.
"We were trying to think of ways to increase physical activity on campus and have all of our residents who live on campus to come out and have it be like a field day," said Joseph Gray, an intern with Campus Recreation. "We ended up talking with the Residents Hall Association and putting together our olympics event," said Gray.
The Hall Olympics featured larger events such as kickball, ultimate frisbee and tug-of-war, as well as smaller "minute to win it games" such a jump roping.
Whichever residence hall scores the cumulative high in these events will be the winner of a pizza party, in addition to smaller individual prizes for the quicker games.
"It's really just for fun and for the residents to come out and be able to have a good time, and to also learn about all that the Residence Hall Association has to offer," said Stephanie Daniels, a hall director for The Village.
All students who live on campus are members of the Residence Hall Association, and are invited to attend programs and events put on by the RHA.
Upcoming for the Residence Hall Assocation will be a "study breaks" event during finals.
"We'll have food and games when finals come up so everyone can take a study break," Daniels said.
Audrey Ross, a sophomore in math and Spanish as well as resident of Sasnett passed the time playing two square with friends.
"I'm a fitness instructor, so I was going to work the kick ball game and the parachute event," Ross said. "There's not that many people out right now though, so I'm kind of just messing around."
Gray says that the Residence Hall Olympics will become a yearly event for students.
"We (Campus Recreation) are trying to really push for big campus physical activities, maybe something like outdoor Zumba," Gray said. "We've got a lot of visions for what we want to do."
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