Friendly competition
Some threw footballs.
Some ate pizza.
And some even walked blindfolded over water bottles to compete in the fourth-annual RSO Competition on Wednesday night at Finch Fieldhouse.
Nine registered student organizations participated in the event, which was part of Lead Week.
“Our mission is leadership awareness and bringing out leaders through competition and other events,” said Jeff Scott, leader of the RSO Competition and Kansas junior.
The teams battled for the grand prize, a maroon trophy, through three events, which included a tug of war, a pizza eating contest and a trivia challenge.
Scott said the winning team keeps the trophy and decorates it, before bringing it back to the next competition.
“Having our whole seven (member team) here made it easier to win,” said Marcellus junior Balie Maak, a member of CMU women’s club volleyball team, after her team won the pizza eating contest.
The trivia challenge featured 11 questions based on sports, movies, history and other categories.
“This was challenging because we didn’t know too much about American history,” said Jin Zhang, Mount Pleasant graduate student and member of Chinese Students and Scholars Association.
Kyle Wilson, captain of team ROTC and Troy junior said the tug of war competition was his favorite because it allowed his team to work as a group.
After the first series of events, teams had the opportunity to win or lose additional points. Each team wagered some, or all, their points and challenged another team to rock climbing, tug of war or a football-throwing competition.
“It’s a good idea to wager more points because life is about taking chances,” said Alicia Liken, member of team Habitat for Humanities and Bay City freshman.
The final event was an obstacle challenge, in which team members went through a series of events, ranging from walking blindfolded over water bottles to rock climbing.
After the final scores were compiled, CMU women’s club volleyball was announced the winner, with Sigma Alpha Epsilon as the runner-up.
The event was funded in partnership with the National Guard and organized by RSOs.
“We have planned this event since the beginning of the year,” said Megan Green, Jackson senior and event organizer. “It was fun seeing it all come together.”
