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Mount Saint Mary’s celebrated the 32^nd annual Athenian Day on October 7^th, coinciding with Homecoming weekend. Hosted by Sports, Recreation & Wellness,  this long-standing tradition brings together Mount community members – including students, alumnae, faculty and staff –  for a day of physical and mental feats. Designed to create healthy and fun competition on campus, this year’s theme was Mount Olympus, an homage to the Mount’s mascot, Athena, who herself made a guest appearance.

This year, six teams competed at the Chalon campus while a crowd of over 50 spectators cheered them on. “Teams started with the Trial of Olympians, where they decorated banners displaying their team pride. We then had the Trial of Hephaestus, where teams modeled their own sculptures of Pandora for Athena herself, and the Trial of Poseidon where teams had to work together to user water balloons to fill a chalice,” shares Susan Murphy, associate director of Sports, Recreation & Wellness. This was Murphy’s first Athenian Day and she attributes the event’s success to the “amazingly creative, talented and dedicated Peer Wellness Advocates.”

“This was my first time participating in Athenian Day and it’s now one of my new favorite traditions!” says Aurora Torres ‘24, who competed with the Mount Traditions club. “We had two alumnae join our team, too, and it was fun to work together.”

In the middle of the festivities and after a tough game of tug-of-war, all teams put their competition aside and enjoyed a taco dinner in the Campus Center. Later that evening, the competition ended in the Circle with a three-part relay race involving eggs on spoons, a cipher and a 30-foot rock wall. The best part? According to Torres, it was “cheering on my teammates. Honestly, I cheered for all the teams, really. I had a fun time supporting my friends and I’m super proud of all the work that my team put in – we got second place!”

Congratulations to first place winners “Passion Energy”; second place winners “Mount Traditions”; and third place winners “Student Government Goddesses”. And cheers to all who participated! As Susan Murphy puts it: “I am so excited to see what our students put together for our 33^rd Athenian Day next year!”