Biggest Lugers earn medals, Poker Walk challenge is next

The 22


members of CCSensationals earned chocolate gold medals as winners of Campus


Recreation’s Biggest Luger program.

The six-week activity and nutrition-tracking program


encouraged Vancouver Island University students and staff to compete by logging


activity minutes and servings of fruit and vegetables. Based on their


performance, competitors moved sleds down a model track installed in the VIU


gym.

Olympian Meaghan Simister came to VIU to talk about her


recent experiences at the Winter Games and to present awards to competitors on


campus.

The


CCSensationals crossed the finish line on the Biggest Luger track with an


accumulated total of 1,000 hours of fitness activity and 5,000 servings of


fruits and vegetables. Team Hematocrit took silver and Team Cheerios earned


bronze. The Bannock Butt Lugers won team spirit honours. Aside from their


edible medals, CCSenationals


won a catered lunch for their team and Team Hematocrit and Cheerios won gift


certificates to Delicado’s Restaurant.

The


Biggest Luger competition attracted 85 participants in eight teams. The


activity total for all participants amounted to the equivalent of three months


non-stop exercise. The tally of 10,750 servings of fruits and vegetables amounts


to more than 535 kilograms or eight wheelbarrows filled with fruits and


vegetables.

VIU


President Ralph Nilson and Karen Alden, Fitness and Lifestyle Technician for


Campus Recreation, joined Simister at the awards ceremony.

“Campus


Recreation does an excellent job of creating challenging and fun ways to


promote healthier lifestyles. Exercise and good eating habits are important for


all of us,” Nilson said.

Campus Recreation has a new challenge to promote well-being.


The Presidential Poker Walk


will be held 12:15-12:45 pm,Thursday, April 1. Teams  start at the gym, and  receive five cards. Members walk to five


different locations on campus and opt to change one card per station. The team


with the best hand at the ends wins. 

This event


is more than an activity break on campus. Competitors are encouraged to raise


funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon.  Participants


can sign up online at www.heartandstroke.ca,


(Click on  VIU Poker Walk under Fit for Hearts Events) or email anira.anderson@viu.ca or karen.alden@viu.ca   for


more information.

Participants


are also welcome to donate on the day of the walk.

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For more on the Presidential Poker Walk, visit: www.viu.ca/campusrec 

For more on


the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon: www.heartandstroke.bc.ca