Ready, Set, Row! The NIFS Staff Rowing Challenge Is Back

Get ready for the 2013 Annual Staff Rowing Challenge here at NIFS! If you are looking for a little bit of friendly competition as the winter rolls in, be sure to sign up with a team this year! The competition is pretty straightforward. All you need to do is sign up for a team; row, row, row; record your meters; and watch the boats on the string-line in front of the rower to see if your team is winning the race!

WARNING: This competition can be pretty intense (all in fun), so bring your “A” game!

For those of you who participated last year, you probably remember how it all turned out in the end. For those of you who didn’t, here are the results from last year:

2012 Team Total Meters Rowed

Tony: 730,336
Rick: 483,377
Adam: 413,370
Ben: 325,370
Mike: 242,032
Cara: 213,230
Tasha: 206,304
Brad: 199,438
Josh: 90,726
Alex: 84,505
Christy: 83,793
Steph: 77,543
Thomas: 59,297

             Do you know the right way to row?
             Watch our video with Tony and Alex!
             They will show you the proper form before
             you get started!

2012 Team Average Meters Rowed

Ben: 46,481
Adam: 45, 930
Rick: 30,212
Tony: 26,083
Cara: 21,323
Brad: 16,620
Tasha: 12,894
Alex: 12,072
Thomas: 11,859
Christy: 9,310
Mike: 9,309
Steph: 7,754
Josh: 7,560

This year we are adding a little bit of a twist to the program that will be sure to make the race even more exciting and competitive than it has been in the past. Here are the ground rules for the program this year:

Choose your team and sign up with a Health Fitness
Specialist at the track desk for your team starting November 18.
Between November 25 at 6am and December 24 at 2pm, row!
There are two ways to utilize your meters rowed this year. In the tracking binder located at the track desk, record your meters rowed immediately following your rowing session, either for your team or against another team. Your meters rowed can only count for one or the other.
All rowing must take place at NIFS to count toward your team total.
Your HFS will move your team boat along the line to show how well your team is doing against the others.
There will be two winning teams that will have bragging rights as champions for the year: the team with the most total meters rowed and the team with the highest individual average.

Sign up before Monday 11/25! We are looking forward to another exciting race this year! If you have any questions about the program, contact Stephanie Kaiser at sgreer@nifs.org or 274-2432, ext. 226.

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