Men's cross country captures carving contest crown; Pumpkins to be gifts
The men's cross country, represented by John Greene and Sterling Smith, earned the judges nod Thursday in a Pumpkin Carving Contest. A SAAC event, the decorated pumpkins will be delivered as gifts to seniors in Cookeville by the student-athletes.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The men's cross country, represented by John
Greene and Sterling Smith, earned the judges nod Thursday morning
in a Pumpkin Carving Contest among the teams and some Athletic
Dept. personnel.
An event of Tech's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the contest
brought out the best from the student-athletes in a race against
time to craft a pumpkin creation to impress the judges. First-aid
supplies were on hand, but fortunately not needed despite the pace
of the event.
The five-member panel of judges included Director of Student
Activities Mark Ochsenbein, Cookeville City Councilman Jim
Woodford, Assistant to the University President Terri Taylor,
Health and Physical Education Instructor Lanise Rosemond, and
former University President Angelo Volpe.
The cross country team's winning pumpkin was called Moonraker.
Second place went to the women's track team throwers for a creation
called Stars and Stripes. The men's basketball team (The Birds
Nest) and football team (The Boys of Fall) tied for third place
while fifth place went to the women's golf team for Long Drive.
Photographs of all the pumpkins and teams will be featured in the
November-December edition of unlimited, the online magazine of
Tennessee Tech Athletics found on TTUsports.com.
The decorated pumpkins will be delivered as gifts to seniors in
Cookeville by the student-athletes.
The volleyball team, represented by Audrey Lewis (left) and
Christine Maci didn't place in the top five, but had the most
unique carving -- Frankenburger.