Olympic Week 2018

Out on the back field during the last day of Olympic Week, human foosball took place. The human foosball tournament was initially supposed to take place on Thursday, but it was delayed because of weather to a sunny Friday during lunch and window. Participants played on teams of five and worked with their teams to score goals while keeping their hands on the rope at all times. Three-minute games...

This year’s Olympic Week saw the addition of two new events, Heads Up and Soccer. Coming into Olympic week the Seniors were heavily favored to win soccer as they had a lineup composed of varsity athletes and D1 recruits for soccer. The bracket was set, and the Seniors had a seemingly easy road to the semi’s where the would take on Freshman Collegio, Gonzaga, in the first round, and Junior Collegio,...

The 2018 Olympic Week was full of thrilling victories and tenacious class pride. One event, Picture Perfect, gave participants an opportunity to capture many of these spirit-filled moments. Senior Liam Sullivan brought home a senior victory with his epic photo of the five Olympic Rings represented by five Prep Olympic Week competitors. Each contestant was to send in four photos of Olympic Week to...

Three hits, two teams, one winner. Olympic week volleyball games have long been an event favorite, drawing crowds to support fellow classmates and peers. Freshman, sophomore and junior Collegios, along with the seniors and faculty, all brought strong teams and tried to fight their way to the top of the bracket. After multiple matchups, the game for third and fourth place came between junior collegio...

This year’s Prepsters competing in the Art Gallery contested to see who could make the best window art. Provided with only a bundle of colorful sticker paper and a window to plaster their designs on, contenders worked tirelessly for five days. Students also had to create a piece under this year’s theme of ‘animals’. On the final day of Olympic week, many geometric patterns wowed facult...

Ellen’s famous Head’s Up! Game has arrived into Seattle Prep’s yearly Olympic Games. On March 6, I100 was flooded with excited students and teachers ready to test their acting and guessing skills. In teams of two, each team raced to get as many points as they faced the 60-second timer. Many contestants shouted with frustration for having a difficult word or shouted with joy for beating their op...

Olympic Week Basketball was something to see this year. The games were full of heated arguments, killer shots and lots of teamwork. Sophomore Christian Krueger said that “this year basketball was definitely the best event to play and watch.” A lot of the games were nail biters including the finals. The game was Seniors vs Faculty; a classic final match up. Both the senior and faculty had...

Spikeball may seem to be a fun and chill game, but during Olympic week, it’s an intense competition of teamwork and strategy. During the game, teams use teamwork to hit a small ball back and forth to another team, bouncing the ball across a net in between them. By using quick reflexes, teams can also use the net to their advantage to bounce the ball out of the other team’s reach. This past...

The Olympic Week Canned Food and Dollar Bill drive was once again very successful this year. This competition is one that almost everyone participates in. It is created to help raise money and collect food for those less fortunate. In making a competition out of it, students become more and more eager to donate. In third place this year, the Freshmen of Gonzaga Collegio raised $348. The Seniors e...

Senior power fails to overcome the Jogues sophomores in a crushing handball defeat during Olympic Week. Handball is not simply just a game to play during gym, or another meaningless game to watch during the week of festivities. Rather, it is the backbone of Olympic Week. To win the coveted title of Handball 2018 Olympic Week Champions, one must have grit, strength, and discipline to bring home the...

The greatest balancing-act in history, Jenga, returned to Seattle Prep’s 2018 Olympic Week. Jenga is a test of physical and mental skill where players take turns removing blocks from a tower. This game of laser-focus and extreme precision led to one of the most intense tournaments in Prep history. Some tumbled and fell but who rose to the occasion? Each game was a stressful and nerve-wracking...

Inflatable Jousting is one of Seattle Prep’s most anticipated and entertaining Olympic Week events. Players from all grades came together in the gym to stand on two pedestals, helmets on and sticks in hand as they fought in three-round battles. Students in the bleachers watched during lunch as opposing Collegios and classes compete to force each other off the inflated podiums until just two were le...

There seemed to be an unofficial 80’s theme in the finals of Prep’s 2018 Olympic Week’s Karaoke Competition. Seniors took the win with an energetic performance of Jason Derulo’s “Watcha Say”. Junior Collegio Hopkins took second and Sophomore Collegio Juana took third. The Sophomore performance included a popular meme, starring a girl with goggles, dancing to “Take On Me” by A-ha...

On Thursday, Collegios across all grade levels took to the theater to battle it out in a tournament of epic moves in the beloved Kinect Dance Off. In the dance off, members from each Collegio as well as the faculty and seniors jam it out to a selected song, trying their best to accurately emulate the moves on the screen. Ultimately, whoever racked up the most points through their dancing took the ...

Seniors and Faculty: the ultimate rivalry in Olympic week tug-of-war. This year, the seniors seemed to be lacking the usual size and strength on the team, barely making it past some underclassmen teams. The faculty, on the other hand, stormed through the competition with an ease unknown to past tug-of-war teams. Despite this seemingly clear domination that the faculty played with, the finals proved...