The Mentor Group Olympics returned to Wildcat Week Thursday afternoon with 34 groups of incoming students competing for the title of Olympic Champions and seats in a VIP section during the Surfaces concert Saturday night. Games included a water balloon toss, nine square, a sack race, Hungry Hungry Hippos, ACU trivia, giant rock, paper, scissors and ostrich dance. After a tie-breaking Slim Jim-eating contest, Mentor Group six won the contest.
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- A water balloon pops as a student catches it. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- The crowd cheers on their teammates. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- A student crouches to catch a water balloon. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Two students play ostrich dance. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- A team cheers after they score a point in nine square. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- A team cheers after they scored a point playing ACU trivia. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Two students play Rock, Paper, Scissors. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Morgan Wade, junior accounting major from Amarillo, kneels while the game is paused. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Players scramble to find their partner. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- A student leaps during a sack race. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Boone Denton, senior financial management major from Temple, announces the winners of the Mentor Group Olympics. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Myra Mba, freshman biochemistry major from Amarillo, attempts to catch a water balloon. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- A student reaches out to pick up a ball. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- A new student competes in a game of Hungry, Hungry Hippos. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Opponents jump up to reach the ball. (Photo by Meghan Long)
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- Marley Hall, freshman child and family services major from Colleyville, races to answer a trivia question. (Photo by Meghan Long)
