Swim race - Final Event!

1st Heat:

Drew
Mark
Scott
Mike


2nd Heat:
Renee
Marisa
Sara


Results*:

1. Drew
2. Mark
3. Sara
4. Scott
5. Mike
6. Renee
7. Marisa
   

* Timing device malfunction


Final Standings:

Drew - 19
Mark - 17
Sara - 11
Scott - 11
Mike - 11
Renee - 11
Marisa - 10


Congrats to Drew, overall winner of SSI3!!

Skip disc

Pairings:

• Drew & Scott (1st)
• Mark & Mike (2nd)
• Renee & Marisa (3rd)
  OUT - Sara

Standings after seven events: Drew - 16; Mark - 15; Scott - 11; Mike - 11; Renee - 11; Marisa - 10; Sara - 10

Golf sling

A new event this year, this tossing activity took on some competitive intensity and was embraced by all.

Pairings:

• Drew & Sara (1st)
• Renee & Scott (3rd)
• Marisa & Mike (2nd)
• OUT - Mark

Standings after six events: Drew - 13; Mark - 13; Sara - 10; Renee - 10; Marisa - 9; Mike - 9; Scott - 8

Egg relay

This event encompasses so much more than just the eggs, including this year an errant football throw from Mark that hit me square in the nose. Only a little bit of blood, though.

Pairings:

• Mark & Marisa (1st)
• Renee & Mike (2nd)
• Scott & Sara (3rd)
• OUT - Drew

Standings after five events: Mark - 13; Drew - 10; Renee - 9; Marisa - 7; Mike - 7; Scott - 7; Sara - 7

Bocce

Pairings:

• Mark & Mike (2nd)
• Drew & Renee (3rd)
• Scott & Sara (1st)
  OUT - Marisa

Standings after four events: Drew - 10; Mark - 10; Renee - 7; Scott - 6; Sara - 6; Mike - 5; Marisa - 4

Bump-out

Pairings:

• Mark & Mike (2nd)
• Drew & Scott (1st)
• Sara & Marisa (3rd)
• OUT - Renee
  

Standings after three events: Mark - 8; Drew - 7; Scott - 5; Sara - 5; Marisa - 4; Renee - 4; Mike - 3

Frisbee golf

The second event of the day was frisbee golf, generally the group's favorite SSI activity.

Pairings:

• Renee & Mike (3rd)


• Mark & Drew (1st)


• Sara & Marisa (2nd)
  OUT - Scott
  

Standings after 2 events: Mark - 6; Drew - 4; Sara - 4; Renee - 4; Marisa - 3; Scott - 2; Mike - 1

Tennis, anyone?

The day began in the 101 degree heat of the day with a tennis tourney.

Random pairings:

• Scott & Sara (2nd)
• Drew & Marisa (3rd)
• Renee & Mark (1st)
• OUT - Mike

Eagle eye Scott Alan Reitmeier

Memorable moment came when Sara, used to repeating the scoring statements being coached to her before each serve, echoed teammate Scott's exhortation to "Ace Mark!" Yeah, "Ace Mark" isn't actually the score... =)

Mark and Renee proved the winners of this initial event! Here they co-sport the red armband - the "yellow jersey" of the SSI 3.

Snapshots of the big day...

...accompanied by just a bit of commentary. (This will likely be posted in shifts...enjoy!)

Scotty - naturally - led the parade out the door for opening ceremonies.

Individually constructed flags were raised on high...

...and then placed in a circle of triumph. Each color correlated to the bandanna color of one of the seven mighty contestants:

Sara


Marisa

Drew

Mark

Renee

Mike

Scott

A formidable group, indeed...