January Live Long and Be Happy | January 17-February 1

We incorporated more natural movement into our daily routine to increase longevity and make physical activity more enjoyable!

Top 10 Movers and their daily step average:

  1. William Martin – 22,204
  2. Brad Green – 22,187
  3. Scooter Brown – 20,018
  4. Drew Pearl – 18,477
  5. Robert Laird – 17,978
  6. Miranda Mckee – 14,815
  7. FNU Aatish Anshuman – 14,390
  8. Mousumi Ghosh – 14,156
  9. Rebecca Whiting – 13,877
  10. Dee Cook – 13,622

Challenge Results Over the Years

March Madness Challenge | March 1-31 Top Steppers: Alexander Thompson - 669,623, Odessa Ali - 665,354, Scooter Brown - 657,829, Leah Breeding - 566,847, Drew Pearl - 557,827
April Protect Our Planet | April 11-22 Top Steppers: Odessa Ali - 318,759, Gary Vaden - 291,349, Scooter Brown - 286,345, Leah Breeding - 246,507, Dale Dickinson - 229,722
June Beat the Summer Heat | June 7-27 Top Steppers with 21-day streaks: Dale Dickinson – 501,334, Nicole Powell – 438,663, James Knickrehm – 402,955, Odessa Ali – 401,632, Leah Breeding – 339,990
August End of Summer Road Trip | August 9-22 We set out to unlock milestones as we traveled across the state on this virtual road trip to reach 14,000 miles total. We had so much fun and reached 17,406 miles total! Top Travelers: Milton Milling – 133.4 miles, Nicole Powell – 130.9 miles, Scooter Brown – 127.1 miles, Allison Hetzel – 114.7 miles, Leah Breeding – 113.9 miles
November Hunt the Good Stuff | November 6-20 Top Movers: Sherri Sellers – 20,002, FNU Aatish Anshuman – 15,736, Yunyang Ye – 15,538, Sierra Morris – 15,507, Alicia Browne – 15,288
Zombie Apocalypse Challenge | Oct. 18-31
Congratulations to Team Survivor for outrunning the zombie apocalypse in this challenge! Looks like humanity lives to fight another day.
Here are the top steppers from both teams:
Team Survivor Drew Pearl - 278,875, Stephen Ritchie - 244,020, Chris Lee - 222,871, Milton Milling - 220,695, Caleb Hill - 217,814
Team Zombie William Martin - 237,403, Paige Acker - 196,450, Odessa Ali - 195,117, Justin Goins - 185,253, Nan Glaus - 172,198
Mystery of the Missing Game Ball Challenge | Aug. 25-Sept. 3
Thanks to all who participated for helping us EXCEED our goal of 10,000 miles! Special shoutout to our top steppers for this challenge:
Alexander Thompson - 220,897, Nicole Powell - 217,360, Scooter Brown - 207,966, Katherine Chiou - 191,543, Drew Pearl - 183,499
Self-Care Summer Challenge | July 18-27
Congrats on completing the Self-Care Summer Challenge! Shout out to the 21 people who completed all 10 self-care tasks.
30-Day Plank Challenge | June 1-30
Top Steppers: Alexander Thompson - 621,514, Leah Breeding - 569,537, Stephen Ritchie - 559,604, Katherine Chiou - 510,846, Caleb Hill - 487,583
Great Outdoors Challenge | April 18-27
Top Steppers: Cathy Bolling - 247,477, Alexander Thompson - 220,110, Leah Breeding - 207,793, Tracy Barton - 205,181, William Martin - 200,840
World of Flavors Challenge | March 21-26
Top Steppers: Milton Milling - 111,873, Alexander Thompson - 107,725, David Bertanzetti - 105,651, Leah Breeding - 105,443, William Martin - 101,921
Change of Heart Challenge | Feb. 1-28
Top Steppers: Milton Milling - 626,144, Alexander Thompson - 614,361, Margeret Ann Corbett - 555,172, Dee Cook - 540,566, Alicia Browne - 514,630
The Grateful Spread Challenge | Nov. 14-20
We hope you found new ways to practice gratitude and learned more about how it benefits your mental and emotion health, while also picking up some tips to help you successfully navigate your Thanksgiving feast.
Top Steppers: Kimberley Lee – 241,459, Cathy Bolling – 228,121, Alexander Thompson – 171,116, Drew Pearl – 128,587, Stephen Ritchie – 125,038
Simply The Best Challenge | Oct. 3-9
Prize Winners: Jamaal Little – new record of 14,306 steps, Delana Harbinson – new record of 7.39 miles, Regina Cooper – new record of 143 active minutes, Denise Robertson – new records of 19,423 steps, 8.56 miles, and 220 active minutes, John Tipton – new records of 46,569 steps, 28.28 miles, and 308 active minutes
Champions Challenge | Sept. 7-17
Prize Winners: Brian Seidman, Brad Campbell, Clay Davis, Dee Cook, Alberto Machado
Under Pressure Challenge | August 18-27
Hopefully we all learned more about blood pressure and why it's so important to our health.
Top Steppers: Mark Morton - 287,432, Dee Cook - 206,667, Alexander Thompson - 204,765, Leah Breeding - 199,972, Drew Pearl - 187,971
Summer Road Trip Challenge
Total Miles: 5,387. We shattered our group journey goal of 5,000 miles and went above and beyond!
Top Steppers: Leah Breeding - 165,435, Cathy Bolling - 160,346, Kimberley McMillan - 114,651, Justin DeSimone - 104,551, Dee Cook - 104,245
Sun's Out, Fun's Out | June 11-18
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Sun’s Out, Fun’s Out MoveSpring Challenge and got those active minutes!
Most Active Minutes: Kimberley McMillan – 1,213, John Kim – 1,201, Chris D’Esposito – 1,176, Alexander Thompson – 1,169, Caleb Hill – 1,141
Attitude of Gratitude | May 12-25
Thanks to everyone who participated in our gratitude practice and completed the daily tasks and acts of thankfulness.
Top Steppers: Leah Breeding - 343,106, Joyce Julien - 339,453, Drew Pearl - 299,253, Brad Toney - 290,923, Alexander Thompson - 289,023
March Team Up Challenge Winners
Congrats to everyone who participated and helped us surpass our group target of 12 million steps! Challenge total: 14,362,890 steps.
January 2021 Restart Challenge
Top Steppers Department Average Daily Steps: Cathy Boiling Student Life 27,440, Margaret Green Financial Affairs 26,185, Mark Morton Academic Affairs 25,521, Diane Schultz Academic Affairs 21,715, Deidre Leaver-Dunn HES 20,911
Fall Back Into Fitness | Aug. 31- Sept. 6
Top Average Daily Steps Department Average Daily Steps: Alex Thompson Athletics 21,048, Dee Cook Community Affairs 20,526, Scooter Brown Financial Affairs 20,444, Margaret Green Financial Affairs 19,490, Amy Traylor Social Work 18,994
Step It Likes It's Hot | July 13-19
A very hot CONGRATULATIONS! to the top participants in our July challenge.
Top 5 with the most active minutes: Pravis Shinde Engineering 1,861, Alex Thompson Athletics 1,445, Caleb Hill Financial Affairs 1,349, Mark Morton Academic Affairs 1,326, Brian Seidman CCS 1,164
The A-MAY-Zing Race challenge results are in! Who traveled the furthest?
Top Individual Steppers: Pravin Shinde 258,115, Milton Milling 247,969, Leah Breeding 211,271, Margaret Green 202,607, Mark Morton 183,084
Spring Back From Spring Break | March 23-April 3
We had 89 teams compete for the top spot.
The top 10 teams with the longest distance were: The Motley Shues 254.17, CCBP Steppers 263.16, FAR 268.66, CAPS 281.28, Grounds 304.06