This fall, the 22nd Miles for Wellness physical activity challenge, “Walking the Lakeside Trails,” attracted the most UNC-Chapel Hill participation to date. The University had 38 teams successfully complete the challenge, which ran from Sept. 21—Nov. 15.
Over the eight-week challenge, teams of 10 competed against 278 other teams across the state to virtually visit lakes throughout the U.S., from North Carolina to Oregon and back, based on their tracked activity.
At the end of the challenge, UNC teams contributed 117,240,888 steps (88,620 miles) to the overall challenge, which collectively traveled 1,517,426,197 steps (758,893 miles). That’s equivalent to 3.5 times around the earth for UNC teams!
Thank you to all those who participated and continued to make physical activity a priority throughout the fall semester. The next Miles for Wellness Challenge will begin in April 2021. Registration information forthcoming.
Special congratulations to team “Safety Squad” led by Ashley Hester for walking the most steps among all UNC teams (10,483,205 steps) and the two winning UNC teams below.
*Tortoise Division – 1st place – “Not Fast, Just Furious” led by Jonathan Fish from the Information Technology team at the School of Medicine with 4,479,729 steps (2,240 miles)
**Hare Division – 3rd place – “Between a Walk and a Hard Place” led by Annette Beatty from Information Management team at the Office of Human Resources with 5,556,438 steps (2,721 miles)
Thank you to all the teams who participated!
| Bionic Hare Division | ||
| Team Name | Team Captain | School/Division/Department |
| Safety Squad | Ashley Hester | EHS/EM/Public Safety |
| ACE Fitness | Beth Thompson | UBC for Academic and Community Engagement |
| Super Hare Division | ||
| Team Name | Team Captain | School/Division/Department |
| BCAS Road Warriors 1 | Jennie Vaughn | Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies |
| Rock ‘n’ Rollment Stars | Kati Schlunz | Kenan-Flagler Business School |
| Holy Walkomolies | Jonathan Withrow | Highway Safety Research Center |
| BCAS Road Warriors 2 | Jennie Vaughn | Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies |
| Pharmacy Pharmily Steppers | Angela Lyght | UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy |
| Oh Great… Exercise | Susan Chen | SOM- Office of Graduate Education |
| Can’t Ketchup! | Donna Miles | Carolina Population Center |
| UNC Global Education Center #1 | Melissa McMurray | FedEx Global Education Center |
| UNC Global Education Center #2 | Melissa McMurray | FedEx Global Education Center |
| Ethical Explorers | Celeste Cantrell | OHRE |
| Hare Division | ||
| Team Name | Team Captain | School/Division/Department |
| Between a Walk and a Hard Place**3rd place** | Annette Beatty | HR Information Management |
| Jabberwalkies | Nancy Pullen-Seufert | Highway Safety Research Center |
| Steps for SILS | Lori Haight | SILS |
| RizzoRoadRunners | Tiffany Williams | Kenan-Flagler Executive Development |
| OHR Walking Frenzies | Jessica Pyjas | Office of Human Resources |
| Virtual trekkers | Malgorzata Karpala | SOM: Department of Anesthesiology |
| Gillings Gets Goin’ | Amber Meads | Gillings School of Global Public Health |
| The Tranquilizers | Malgorzata Karpala | SOM: Department of Anesthesiology |
| Grad School Steppers | Abby Mitcham | The Graduate School |
| MBA A&O | Heather Stemshein | Kenan-Flagler Business School |
| Social Work Heels | Christina Hill Coillot | School of Social Work |
| Innovate Carolina | Carla Blazek | Innovate Carolina |
| LeVine Welnness – School of Nursing Steppers | Cheryl Giscombe | School of Nursing |
| TraCS Trekkers | Victoria Samayoa | SOM: NC TraCS Institute |
| Pharmacy Pharmily Steppers2 | Angela Lyght | UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy |
| MBA Career Moves | Linda Vo | Kenan-Flagler Business School |
| RED HOT CHILI STEPPERS – Harris | Nova Harris | College of Arts and Sciences Deans Office |
| Tortoise Division | ||
| Team Name | Team Captain | School/Division/Department |
| Not Fast, Just Furious*1st place* | Jonathan Fish | SOM: Information Technology |
| UNC Dept of Allied Health Sciences | Eileen Burker | SOM: Bondurant Hall |
| Circulating | Megan Ong | University Libraries |
| Bookin’ It | Megan Ong | University Libraries |
| Busta Move | Jessica Pyjas | Office of Human Resources |
| Strollin’ for the Colon | Lindsay Cortright | School of Medicine |
| Hussman School Staff | Liana Pinner | Hussman School of Journalism and Media |
| Zoomin’ | Megan Ong | University Libraries |
| Catalogin’ | Nadia Clifton | University Libraries |
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