by Jerreck McWilliams
Staff writer
Springfest XXVIII wrapped up this year with the student team Happy Hour taking first place overall.
An annual week of games for students, this year’s Springfest saw participation from eight student teams comprised of six to 10 players.
“I feel like it went really well,” said Demi Wilkerson, this year’s Springfest co-chair for Student Senate. “The overall cooperation went well, and it seemed like everyone enjoyed the events.”
According to Allison Roberts, Springfest committee member, the weather created a few complications.
“We were unable to play kickball on Monday due to the high winds, so zombie quidditch was played in its enirety on Monday,” said Roberts.
Wilkerson said this year, the Student Senate’s Springfest committee was “quite adamant” about playing a new game called zombie quidditch.
“It was quite difficult and taxing,” said Wilkerson.
However, it was also one of the events that she said went well, along with the obstacle course and the perennial attraction that has been happening since the first Springfest, mud volleyball.
Happy Hour, the team which scored the highest overall, also placed first in mud volleyball and several other events, including zombie quidditch and the obstacle course.
However, Just Do It took home the sweepstakes trophy, which is awarded to the team with the highest percentage of their members present at each event.
Wilkerson wanted to thank the Physical Plant, Jack Ousey, Liz Howard and Nick Osbourne for their contributions to Springfest this year.
She also had some advice for next year’s Springfest chairs: “Be OK with things not going 100 percent the way you planned. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. There’s a 90 percent chance that what you need is somewhere on campus and someone knows how to do it. No matter how much you plan, last minute changes like weather or something can always mess up.”