Maryland Day Alternative Assignment

For the Maryland Day alternative assignment, I decided to cover an annual event called Anchorsplash. The event is hosted at the indoor pool at the Eppley Recreation Center on campus by Delta Gamma to help raise money for their philanthropy, Service for Sight. Sponsors are asked to donate money to help obtain prizes for the winners, and teams can sign up to participate in the events of the day. Most of the time, the participants include other greek organizations, but other teams have also been formed like the Water Polo team that signed up this year. At the event, each team competes in a variety of events including: biggest and smallest splash, rubber ducky races, and "Save a DG." The highlight of the day is always the synchronized swimming event at the end, in which each team prepares a routine to preform for the audience. Seeing fraternity men preform synchronized swimming routines to songs like "My Heart Will Go On" always proves to be entertaining. This year, the guest judges included Davin Meggett (UMD football player), a DG advisor, and the PHA advisor, Liz Brown. Zeta Psi won Anchorsplash this year after a heated competition, and some very entertaining routines. I've posted two videos of different synchronized swimming routines and a slideshow of photos from the event (seen in the post above). In addition, I have interviews with a few of the people present, as well as Sarah Horvitz, the coordinator of the entire event. The audio clips are posted on the class blog and are titled "Anchorsplash 1...2...3...and 4."