Last weekend at SUNY Cortland was the annual “Dragon Hunt.” Almost forty teams of four spent an entire six hours out of their Saturdays, running all over Cortland trying to accomplish as many of the tasks on their list as possible. I was fortunate enough to be one of the lucky participants. When I first got the invite to participate from one of my friends, I wanted nothing to do with the competition, but after I heard that the first place prize was four tickets worth $500 to anywhere JetBlue flies, I was ready to go.
From 11:45 – 12:00 we were briefed on the rules and schedules of the massive school scavenger hunt. After all the groups got their marathon runner tags and list of scavenger hunt items. Once it hit 12 O’clock all the teams dashed off to get as many pictures as they could. The list took us all over campus from the football stadium all the way to the west campus apartments. We had to take pictures of the items on the list as proof of our accomplishing the action. Throughout the event I learned more and more about the history of the school as well as the locations of landmarks of the school.
The hunt also took us to the “Pumpkin Fair” in downtown Cortland. Being a transfer sophomore and new resident of Cortland, I had never heard of the Pumpkin Fair. I was glad we ended up there because I got a chance to see all the fun opportunities at the annual Pumpkin Fair. While checking off accomplishments on our list, I was also able to see Cortland’s largest pumpkin as well as try fresh apple cider and other craft and farm stands.
After six long hours we headed back to the meeting room in Corey Union to hand in hour’s worth of running around and searching. Although our group did not win those coveted JetBlue tickets, we did manage to make it in the top ten. It was a great experience despite losing and I cannot wait for next year’s Dragon Hunt.
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I saw kids running around campus and had no idea why until a few days later. I did not realize they were giving out such a big prize as Jetblue tickets. I feel like since you did it this year your team will have an advantage next year to go out and win it all.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to do that soo badky but i was out of town that weekend :( bummer maybe next year i hope. When I heard you could win jet blue tickets I was all for it. I wonder who won? who ever it is, is there lucky and i really hope they pick somewhere warm to go. My friends where talking about all the different place we would go if we did win. I hope they have it again next year it defiantly sounds like fun
ReplyDeleteI created the Dragon Hunt and I'm glad that you had fun and learned a lot. Next year's should be different, but you certainly have an idea of hat to expect. Good job finishing in the top 10!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what all those kids were doing. I thought there was a race going on or something. That is a really cool idea though. It sounds like a lot of fun and I kind of want to try it out next year.
ReplyDeleteMy suite mates all did this and they said that they had so much fun doing it but they also had to do a lot of walking. It seemed like it would be a lot of fun to do and it would teach you a lot of things about campus that you wouldn't usually know.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have done this but my roommates were all busy that day so I didn't have anyone to go with. I was surprised to see so many people doing it but hey I guess it was worth it since you get a plane ticket to anywhere. In general I'm surprised with how well the school is with these types of events. I really liked going to meal or no meal.. that was the best campus activity I went to this semester.
ReplyDeletethats awesome i wish i was apart of that the grand prize sounds awesome. im wondering did top ten get anything or was it jsut a first place prize? w.e should have won that first place. i had no idea about this hunt..i wish i knew so i could have got in, sounds like alot of fun, will deff hit that next year or if they ahve it in the spring?
ReplyDeleteI was going to do the dragon hunt with my suitemates! one had to not go because she had some academic commitment. I remember the day of the hunt I saw so many people running around with numbers pinned on their shirts I thought we had some sort of marathon going on. It was a really nice day if I remember correctly. I rode in the elevator with some people who were doing the hunt. They were really sweaty and out of breath. Smartly they wore sneakers and shorts unlike some other teams I saw in jeans and hoodies and flip flops. They had to go as far as like Wal mart or something. Crazyyy but good prize for sure.
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