{"id":24875,"date":"2025-07-11T07:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=24875"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:39:00","slug":"and-the-winner-is-walking-challenge-champions-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/and-the-winner-is-walking-challenge-champions-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"And the Winner Is\u2026 Walking Challenge Champions Announced! \ud83c\udfc6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\ud83c\udfacLights. Camera. Step Count.The results are in, and the competition was fierce. Over the past weeks, participants from across campus have walked, jogged, and sprinted their way to glory in the Wilkes University Walking Challenge. And now\u2026 it\u2019s time for the big reveal!<\/p>\n<p>In true red-carpet fashion, we\u2019re thrilled to present this year\u2019s Walking Challenge Winners, with all the fanfare and flair of an Oscar night moment:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Overall Individual Winner\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc5 <b><i>Teresa Wasiluk<\/i><\/b>with a total of <b><i>274 miles<\/i><\/b>!! Teresa is with the Biology department!<br \/>\nAn unstoppable performance. Truly a box-office smash in the world of fitness!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Ensemble (Team Category)<\/strong><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc5<b><i>The Strolling Stones<\/i><\/b> with a cumulative average of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><i>179.02<\/i><\/b><\/span> miles!!<br \/>\nA walking tour de force. This team moved in sync like a cast of all-stars. The starring members of <em><strong>The Strolling Stones<\/strong><\/em> are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><b><i>Jonathan Ference<\/i><\/b> with the School of Pharmacy<\/li>\n<li><b><i>Megan Pitts<\/i><\/b> with Events &amp; Engagement<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Andrea Rizzo<\/b><\/i> with Behavioral and Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li><b><i>Michelle Strickland<\/i><\/b> with the Provost Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Walking Challenge participants walked a total of&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<b><i>10,280 miles<\/i><\/b>!! \u00a0 \ud83c\udf1f\ud83c\udf1f<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Final results are attached for all teams and individual\u00a0walkers!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfc6 <b><i>Winners<\/i><\/b>:\u00a0 We will be in touch to arrange your prize pickups and winners&#8217; photos!! \ud83d\udcf7<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Whether you walked for wellness, competed with friends, or just wanted an excuse to wear out your sneakers, thank you for being part of this healthy campus initiative.Stay active, stay fabulous, and don\u2019t forget to thank your FitBit (or your phone\u2019s pedometer) in your acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Great job to all who participated!<\/div>\n<div>The Wellness Committee<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfacLights. Camera. Step Count.The results are in, and the competition was fierce. Over the past weeks, participants from across campus have walked, jogged, and sprinted their way to glory in the Wilkes University Walking Challenge. And now\u2026 it\u2019s time for the big reveal! In true red-carpet fashion, we\u2019re thrilled to present this year\u2019s Walking Challenge&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/and-the-winner-is-walking-challenge-champions-announced\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">And the Winner Is\u2026 Walking Challenge Champions Announced! \ud83c\udfc6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24882,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24875\/revisions\/24882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}