Day 2 of Olympics could not have been more picture perfect! Glorious blue skies and sunshine set the stage for the day’s events, Girls’ Track Meet and Boys’ Swim Meet! After eggs and tots, an all campus clean-up (which was a judged event) and inspection, all the campers headed to their respective activities. The entire Girls’ side raced to the soccer pitch where the girls’ track meet was taking place. Tennis Robert sounded the horn and they were off! Girls’ Head Counselor Amy Miller took the mic, announcing all 58 races and events. The girls ran Marathons, 40-70 yard dashes, 1/2 laps, 1 laps, 2 laps, 4 x 1 relays, 4 x 1/2 relays, Potato Shuttles, Softball Throws and the big All-Star and Counselor Relays! The girls raced by the Judgies in flashes of RED and BLUE. No matter the race, every camper finished with pride hearing their teams cheer them on! “We will we will attack on the track!”, “Come on Red, Beat Blue”, “Come on Blue, Beat Red” and so on and so on. LOTS OF CHEERING! The CCs, Generals and Counselors ran alongside their campers on the inner circle of the track helping them keep their stride to the finish line. While the campers ran a few great races, those CCs and Generals ran all 58! Now that is teamwork, commraderie and what the Olympics is all about!
While the girls were running, the Jets/Cadets played Basketball, Middies Soccer, Juniors Team Handball, Inters and Nationals hit the GHOST court, the Seniors/Club Softball and an epic LITS Football game (best of the summer!).
By mid-day it was time for American Pie bugle call for Mac & Cheese and a delicious salad bar (plus a Jonesy cookie or two!). Rest Hour was filled with tennis matches and rope burning wood collection for tonite’s big event, an LIT soccer game that ended in a shoot out, and CITs Ghost and Counselor Volleyball! All getting cheered on by their campers!
In the afternoon, it was time for the Boys to hit the pool! They set up their cheering section on the hillside looking out at the lake. The waterfront looked incredible with the backdrop of blue and red shirts cheering on their teammates in the pool! No matter the race, breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke, relays or kickboard races, the teams wished each other luck and swam their hearts out! The brotherhood these kids feel for each other is so apparent and so strong. Even though they were racing against each other, there was so much respect amongst these friends, bunkmates, teammates and opponents. Most importantly, everyone (including the Judgies!) had a blast at the Swim Meet…all 55 races!
While the boys swam, the Debs/Dillies kicked it at Kickball, Tweens dribbled away at Basketball, Juniors “called the ball (or it’s gonna fall”) at Newcombe, Inters and Nationals got to bust some ghosts at GHOST, Seniors had a go at Soccer, while the Dorm went gaga for Gaga. And the LITS topped it off with a great Softball game.
Evening activity was Knockout!! A Camp Towanda event held on all the basketball courts. Did all those campers realize that practicing Knockout all summer at Under The Lights would help them in this Olympic Event!?
The night ended with our staff getting in on the games: Counselor soccer and KMP Ultimate Frisbee.
Only 6 points separates the Red Jesters from the Blue Royalty. So what does that mean? The counselors did great splits; the coaches are doing their best; the kids are SO into it and the Judgies are making it happen!
Stay tuned tomorrow for the Day 3 Olympic Daily Digest. Did you miss the Day 1 recap? Check it out here on the Blog: we challenge NBC for the best Olympic news coverage anywhere!
As we head into tonite’s emotional and intense rope burning, we wish both teams the best of luck. We know it will be a memorable evening for everyone.
Good luck Red Jesters. Good luck Blue Royalty.
