August 21st,
Today's Early Bird was…a sleep in! All of the campers and counselors had a few extra minutes of sleep and then came into the Main House for some yummy, pre-race blueberry pancakes.
After breakfast it was time to get ready to make our way over to Camp Chikopi to beat the boys in the Knoepfli 1 mile swim. Nothing quite compares to the cheers of campers and staff before a big race. "A-K, A-K, A-K-O-M, O-M, O-M, O-M-A-K, Ak-O-Mak, Ak-O-Mak WHOOO!" I'm sure our cheering could be heard all across Ahmic Lake.
Then the Ak-O-Mak and Chikopi campers all got into the water at the starting line, eyeing down the fastest route through the channel to Knoepfli. Some campers like to aim for a specific cottage, while others swear that if you stay in the middle of the channel it's the fastest route. Either way, "BANG" and they were off toward the finish line 1 mile away.
Counsellors at both camps paddled along side the campers, cheering them on and directing them toward the fastest route. It was a great race! The girls swam hard and some really challenged themselves by striving for new personal bests or swimming the Knoepfli Mile for the very first time.
Once campers finished the race they all headed back to Chikopi for some lunch and the afternoons events – Field Day.
All of the campers from both camps were divided into teams and competed against each other in various competitions and relays. At the end it was the annual Tug-of-war competition between Camp Chikopi and Camp Ak-O-Mak. This year we were surprised with a fun twist of it being only staff vs. staff. The counselors grabbed the rope for the first tug of war and on the horn dug their heels into the ground and heaved and hoed as hard as they possibly could. After what seemed like minutes the rope started to inch in the direction of the boys camp and the first victory went to the boys. Campers on both sides demanded a rematch and Dianne, Catherine, Jocelyn, Rosie and Hayley joined in to support the counselors. The Chikopi counselors pulled in some reinforcements of their own and this time it was winner take all (pride that is).
The horn sounded and Camp Ak-O-Mak stood their ground firm, slowly trying to gain the momentum to creep our way backwards and pull the boys over the line. Another "HEAVE" and we didn't seem to budge, "HEAVE" again and suddenly we're able to take 1/2 a step backwards…then we're tugged forward by the Chikopi counselors. 1, 2, 3 "PULL" and slowly but surely we're pulling the boys over our direction. The Ak-O-Mak staff wins the tug-of war and the camp erupts with cheers and screams! It was then time to head back to camp for a bit of a rest, some open waterfront, and dinner. It's been another packed day here at Ak-O-Mak and the girls have gone to bed ready to take on their next adventures.
KNOEPHFLI MILE SWIM
FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST 2015
GIRLS 10 AND UNDER
Bailey O’ 1st place 32:13
Devon B 2nd place 35:39
Ella M 3rd place 38:28
Abigail O 4th place 44:16
Madison Mc 5th place 44:41
Mikayla Mc 6th place 1:03:11
GIRLS 11-12
Elke O 1st place 26:38
Kali M 2nd place 27:52
Alana O 3rd place 28:55
Yayla D 4th place 29:47
Lola C 5th place 30:49
Chelsea M 6th place 32:36
Sarah W 7th place 33:26
Jenna W 8th place 35:45
Rachel T 9th place 38:26
GIRLS 13-15
Haley S 1st place 24:41
Emma S 2nd place 25:19
Sara A 3rd place 26:05
Kathryn A 4th place 26:18
Olivia L 5th place 26:25
Elana G 6th place 26:35
Anna D 7th place 27:02
Marni G 8th place 27:22
Jordan S 9th place 28:47
Hailey C 10th place 29:57
Nikita S 11th place 30:07
Mattie W 12th place 30:12
Caroline M 13th place 30:13
Emma W 14th place 30:14
Alicia C 15th place 30:21
GIRLS 15 +
Jessica C 1st place 24:32
Olivia O 2nd place 25:17
Lauren S 3rd place 25:15
Hailey N 4th place 26:07
Annie R 5th place 27:31
Ashlynn M 6th place 27:59
Lianna G 7th place 29:48
Jodie Mc 8th place 1:03:12
TOP TEN OVERALL
Sabastian P 1st place 20:32
Brett S 2nd place 22:44
Tyler S 3rd place 24:04
Marius C 4th place 24:05
Pablo C 5th place 24:07
Jarod S 6th place 24:18
Rowan H 7th place 24:24
Jessica C 8th place 24:32
Haley S 9th place 24:41
Lauren S 10th place 25:15