Reamer Club defends, wins Bed Race title

By Patricia Nikolaros
Staff Writer

The Mismatched Misfits, the Gods and Goddesses and the Sequels competed in the Grand Prix Bed Race at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Grand Prix race track.

The Mismatched Misfits team of Kenneth Eichenberger, a junior in the School of Technology; Dave Anderson, a junior in the Schools of Engineering; Cheryl Middauge, a senior in the School of Health Sciences; Melissa Jeffers, a senior in the School of Liberal Arts; Paul Fisher, a sophomore in the Schools of Engineering; and Trish Logan, a sophomore in the School of Liberal Arts, won the race and the Spirit Award. The Mismatched Misfits, who are all part of the Reamer Club, were defending their championship.

Their opponents were the Sigma Delta Tau Sorority and Sigma Pi Fraternity which split into two teams — Gods and Goddesses and the Sequels.

Ryan DeLaCroix, a junior in the School of Liberal Arts and director of special events for the Grand Prix Foundation, said, "In the past years it was boring because they would just race the beds, but this year we made it more interesting by changing it all around. There is an obstacle course the teams have to go through before they get to the beds."

Eichenberger said, "Last year when all the beds raced at the same time someone's leg got smashed because it got caught between the beds. This year it is a lot more safe."

The relay obstacle course required the participants to spin around a bat to disorientate themselves and then complete a task, such as rolling a barrel or running in a one-legged race. Then the team regrouped and took its decorated bed to the finish line. Whoever had the fastest time won Grand Prix race tickets.

It was a tough win for the Reamer Club. Right before the team passed the finish line, its sheet got caught in the wheel and the team had to literally push the bed over the finish line.

The judges ended up giving all the participants Grand Prix tickets.

Debbie Horn, a senior in the School of Education and a member of the Gods and Goddesses team, said, "We did the best we could. The Reamers are hard to beat; we just wanted to show our (Sigma Delta) pride."

Eichenberger said, "Aside from getting 2 feet of their sheet caught in the wheel, my team did an excellent job."

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