Spring Into Motion has now come to a close.
As a group, we walked 138,438,618 steps! This is roughly 65,550 miles and 2.6 times around the equator. It was wonderful to hear your stories and see your photos throughout the past 6 weeks and we truly hope you enjoyed this program.
The 2016 winners are:
Top 3 Individuals
- Benjamin Chapman, Engineering – 1,407,823 steps logged
- Kevin Cataldo, Athletics – 1,199,043 steps logged
- Rebecca George, Animal & Food Sciences – 1,104,508 steps logged
Top 3 Teams
- UD PT All Stars – 210 springer points earned: Led by Gina Pusey, Michael Palmer, Lori Wojcik, Airelle Giordano
- Get To Steppin’ – 210 springer points earned: Led by Dan Watson, Edward Perlak, Brandon DeSantis, George Larson
- KKOTB – 209.8 springer points earned: Led by Kelly Bothum, Rachel Strickland, Dawn Montgomery, Ashley Barnas, April Doughty, Katherine Lakofsky
College Cup
If you would like to enter your team into the running for the College Cup, please have your team captain send us the College you are associated with by Monday, May 9. If you are not associated with a specific college, you will enter into the Administration field. As a reminder, your options are:
- College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
- College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
- College of Education and Human Development
- College of Engineering
- College of Health Sciences
- Administration
Program Dates
- February 29 – March 23
- March 10 – Kickoff Event in Trabant MPR A&B from 10:00am-1:00pm
- March 21- May 1 – Log Activity
- You may participate as an individual or part of a team. If you wish to create or join a team, follow the steps on the Spring Into Motion platform under “Connections” or “Getting Started”.
Cost
- 25 Wellness Dollars* (challenge only)
- 65 Wellness Dollars* (challenge plus a Fitbit Zip)
- * (Already out of Wellness Dollars? You can pay with cash or check.)
Weekly Activity
Congratulations to George Larson for winning the week 6 Activity. George sent us a picture of his pup at a local state park!
Congratulations to Devora Frisby on winning the week 1 prize, Go Ape passes! She received the most likes on her Favorite Activity Buzz selfie post.
Congratulations to Ellen Pletz for winning the week 4 prize of 2 passes to Longwood Gardens. Ellen’s motivational 15 words: “FitBit challenges get the competitive juices flowing and the sneakers moving!”
Congratulations to Megan Hancock Meldrum for winning the week 5 Activity. Megan sent us a picture of her favorite spot on campus, The Green!
How it works
Spring Into Motion is an online physical activity challenge that encourages you to get out there and MOVE! During this 6-week challenge, you will travel the world to virtually visit international spring festivals as you accumulate steps/minutes. You can choose to participate as an individual or on a team of 4-6 members. If you would like to track your steps, you can purchase a Fitbit Zip as part of the program. Any Fitbit device will sync directly with the Spring Into Motion program. You can also use any other wearable device, pedometer, or step tracker and manually add these steps into the program. There is a step conversion chart available which will allow you to add your other activities to your daily step count. This guide will help you get started with your Fitbit. You also have the option to track physical activity minutes as part of this program. If you engage in a variety of other activities besides walking/running (i.e., swimming, biking, gardening), minutes may be a more effective way for you to assess and track your physical activity. As a participant of Spring Into Motion, you will also have access to
- Buds- a friends feature that allows you to encourage and keep one another on track
- The Buzz- an interactive message board to post your successes, photos, or read tips from the experts
- Wellness tips (emailed daily or weekly based on your preference)
- Over 250 healthy recipes The mobile app to make syncing & tracking your steps even easier
Program Awards
NEW – “College Cup Competition” – Which college or the non-academic units (combined) can log the most activities? To compete, just include your college’s acronym as part of your team name (EXAMPLES: CHS Movers; CANR Trekkers; DAR Steppers). Your team’s total activity minutes or steps will count towards your designated college or administrative units total points. NOTE: Administrative units minutes/steps will be combined together. College and non-academic designations include the following: ADMIN, CANR, CAS, COE, CEOE, CEHD, CHS, LCBE Top 3 Teams – Top 3 teams will be awarded based on the team’s average springer points as reflected on the Spring Into Motion “team leaderboard” Top 3 Individuals – Based on total points earned as reflected by the Spring Into Motion “individual leaderboard” Star Springer – Awarded to individuals who earn the maximum amount of pink springers (42) during the 6-week program.
College of Health Sciences
University of Delaware
E: wellbeing@udel.edu P: 302.831.8388