The University of Tampa’s Board of Counselors and Cross Country Team will be hosting the fifth annual Spartan Challenge 5K on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 8 a.m. during Family Weekend.
The Challenge will be taking place at the Pepin Stadium/Track and will include running through tires, jumping over hay bales and crawling under a cargo net.
“This is not your typical race,” Cross Country Assistant Coach, Dror Vaknin said. “ It will involve all kinds of obstacles and will encompass the entire campus.”
More than 440 runners participated in last year’s race. They raised a total of approximately $6,000. All proceeds go to the cross country team toward its scholarship fund.
Vaknin hopes to have a larger student body attending this years race with a lot more prizes to give away.
Lisa Rorrer, the special events coordinator, encourages students to come join in the stretch that will be taking place before the race.
“The pre-race stretch will be led by Nick Peterson who is a UT alumni [and] UT baseball player who was drafted by the New York Yankees and was a contestant on [the television series] The Bachelor. We are excited to have someone from the community come and help out during the event…”
Pre-registration is $20 until Sept. 30, regular registration is $25 until Oct. 13 and race day registration is $30 on Oct.15. There will be a $5 discount for students, ROTC, active duty military, UT alumni, faculty and staff.
Shivani Kanji can be reached at shivani.kanji@spartans.ut.edu