Kelly Snider
LIFE REPORTER
PHOTO BY KELLY SNIDER // Tomev (shown above) is part of the registration team for the Fitness Olympics, which is only one of the many teams that were part of organizing the event. She said that everyone had to work together in order to make this an amazing event for students and faculty.
Humber’s third Annual Fitness Olympic’s registration is at a high with the help of sponsoring and the new barcode technology.
The Fitness Olympics, which is organized by third-semester Fitness and Health students, is taking place on Dec. 1 at the North campus gymnasium.
The event includes an obstacle course, basketball and friendly competition.
“Most students have smartphones nowadays, so creating a barcode (which is found on event posters) would allow them to easily reach our Facebook page and register instantly,” said Pearlyna Ong, 21, a fitness and health promotion student, who is part of the registration team for the Fitness Olympics.
Ong said the barcode, which can be scanned by smartphones, was created when the registration and logistics teams behind the organization realized this is how they could reach more students.
Ong also added that having the sponsors helped with increasing the number of people who register.
“So far we have well over 300 registered, and students still have time to sign up”, said Debra Basch, instructor the for health and fitness promotion program.
Nicole Tomev, 20, is a fitness and health promotion student who is also part of the registration team.
“This year, we were able to get sponsorship from Adidas, PowerBar, McDonalds, Vitamin Water, Metro Sport and many more,” said Tomey.
“These companies are giving out even better prizes than last year for those participating in the events, and giving out free products,” said Tomey.
Tomev said their goal is to beat the number of students who registered last year, and already they are well on their way and are very confident that they will beat it.
All Humber and Guelph-Humber students and faculty are able to register before and on the day of the event.