Friday, October 25, 2013

Gammas get wet for Anchor Splash

Story by Andrew Mechum

The Delta Gamma sorortiy hosted its 22 annual Anchor Splash in the UM Student Activity Center Thursday night, October 24 in support of their charity, Service for Sight.  Turn out was described as good by those running the event as there were more than enough people to line the perimeter of the pool several people deep.
Chalk "billboard" for Anchor Splash

Money brought in by the event is expected to exceed $1000 and all proceeds will go toward Camp Jared, a camp for blind and vision impaired children.

Anchor Splash included water sport activities like save the mermaid where fraternity brothers had to carry a sorority sister on an inflatable dolphin across the pool and back.  Also included were the dolphin relay, where participants pushed a beach ball with their nose, and the wet t-shirt relay.  A twist on the popular wet t-shirt competition, the relay required participants to put on a wet t-shirt, swim across the pool and change shirts with their partners.

In addition to the relays sororities and fraternities also delighted the crowd with several synchronized swimming routines.  One included an homage to Michael Jackson's Thriller music video while another was a tribute to Disney's Little Mermaid.
Fraternity members compete in the wet t-shirt relay

Those in attendance were also given the opportunity to participate in a raffle for prizes included free meals at places like Moe's and Chick-fil-A.

For more information on Delta Gamma and Service for Sight visit their national website.

The Ladies of Delta Gamma



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