UPEI Sports DayCongratulations to all Sports Day Winners, participants, and fans!

UPEI personnel gave the new UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place the thumbs-up at UPEI's first Sports Day August 12! Dozens tried out the long jump, the javelin throw, and the 4x100-metre relay — and many more came to cheer them on!

Thank you to everyone involved in UPEI's first Sports Day! It was a great event and a wonderful way to experience first-hand some of the Canada Games events.






Here's a list of the winners of the three sporting events:

Long Jump
1st Place - Mike Needham - Photography - 13" 3'
2nd Place - Gary Bradshaw - Finance and Facilities - 11"4'

Javelin
1st Place - Walter Pirch - Computer Services - 102"3'
2nd Place - Patrick Callbeck - Photography - 91"1'

4 X 100 Relay
1st Place - UPEI Camp Staff - 53 seconds
Chris Allen, Lucas Squires, Shane Gill & Ernesto Carranza

2nd Place - Registrar's Office - 56 seconds
Emma Rockett, Z, Ashley McKenna  & Jerry Wang
 
3rd Place - Hodgepodge - 60 seconds
Richard Kurial, Jeremy Heartz, Ron Annear & Christian Lacroix

Thanks to Chartwells for the barbecue, and especially to the kids from Panther Camps and the rest of the audience for being such great cheerleaders! And a big thanks to all who helped out!

Brought to you by the campus Canada Games spirit co-ordinators and Campus Wellness.