Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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DELTA CHI MARATHON iSt'm hm Captmm Jmkumv jmm 71gb! Puwing the hatnn m an tmxmux ummnutu A hot yup 0f Cnitcc would he weitume nnw Sprinting along Lollege Avenue. memmlvmn mi hum; A18 oggers Jolt Old Main hf; Murlltn Barnard Ir reqiiireti tourepcrsun teams, 35-minute rcluw itflLi hm 0t endurante. It was the eighth annual Delta Chi Marathon, which tumhineti philanthropic spirit, speed and ex- v:rtist to RUSC almost $IHXJ0 for the I'niver- sm 3 Hunditupped Scholarship Fund. The event, held April 2., 5 and 4, was cosponsored by Delta Chi and Delta Delta Delta. Over 73 teams participated in the marathon eaCh contributing Y a $20 team en- try fee. Raffle ticket sales and donations from students and the community also add- ed to the total. For the running, the course consisted of one-third mile laps around Old Main. liuch team run for SS minutest with each member running a lap at a time. creating 21 con- tinuous handvm'tof the baton for 48 hours. The teams were classed into four divi. sions. Sigma Pi finished first in the fraternity division with 29 laps; Phi Mu, with 22 laps, honors. Williamsport House and the Unknowns won Captured first place sorority the Independent divisions with 28 and 23 laps, respectively. On Saturday afternoon a special handi- Cap lap was completed by members of. ABLED. According to Marathon chairman Jeff Ackerman. the event was a definite success. 15.06 $5