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| Heptathlon referee Lyette demonstrates the proper way to balance a book. |
We did it! After six grueling weeks of throwing pencils, answering obtuse trivia, alliterative ping pong and the like, our amazing heptathletes have finally completed the first ever Literary Heptathlon!
Due to the stellar efforts of our heptathletes — star volunteers, staff and interns all — we were able to flex our collective fundraising muscles, smashing through our $18,000 goal and ultimately raising more than $25,000 for 826 Boston's free literacy programs!
The Final Games was a true triumph, with volunteers and staff, past and present, scrambling to compete in a whiplash series of challenging events, including a book balance relay, mini-dictionary cornhole, human bananagrams, alliterative ping-pong, and Infinite Jest shuffleboard.
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| Heptathletes Hermiode and Isata relish their 1st place victory. |
Congrats to 826 super intern Isata and friend Hermiode for wining the Final Games, and to Boston Chile Donut Grenades for being the top volunteer team — taking away the gold for the overall Heptahtlon!
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| 826 Boston Grant Manager Jenna Leschuk shares a laugh with City Councilor O'Malley. |
The event also featured inspiring words from City Councilor Matt O'Malley and a rousing performance from local blues rockers The Reluctants (featuring 826 Boston's own Jess Drench).
Special thanks to our volunteers referees for their diligent scorekeeping and making sure heptathletes played by the rules.
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| 826 Boston staff JJ and JoJo compete as referee Alijah supervises. |
And thank you to our munificent sponsors for providing food, drinks and prizes for all the games!
TEAM RANKINGS
| Team | Point Total |
| Revenge of the Nerds | 29,160.00 |
| IJK | 27,530.00 |
| Maddy & JoJo | 19,380.00 |
| Bigfoot Behemoths | 15,490.00 |
| Team 3 Tentative Title | 16,827.80 |
| BIGFUNDING | 10,070.00 |
| Boston Chile Donut Grenades | 12,580.00 |
| Buck & Sky Win Trivia | 6,271.00 |
| Bigfoot Kahunas | 5,230.00 |
| Books in Progress | 1,610.00 |
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
| First | Last | Point Total |
| Jessica | Drench | 20,160.00 |
| Ryan | Lambert | 17,310.00 |
| JoJo | Jacobson | 15,670.00 |
| Jenna | Leschuk | 16,010.00 |
| Emily | Navarro | 11,610.00 |
| Karen | Sama | 11,520.00 |
| Daniel | Johnson | 7,960.00 |
| Kristin | Baralli | 13,150.00 |
| Rachel | Schowalter | 6,300.00 |
| Jennifer | Javier | 4,660.00 |
| Ruby | Perlmutter | 4,411.00 |
| Lauren | Clairmont | 4,340.00 |
| Madeline | Poage | 3,710.00 |
| Christopher | Collins | 3,560.00 |
| Max | Wright | 3,460.00 |
| Johnny | Sadoff | 3,410.00 |
| Edwin | Gonzalez | 3,317.80 |
| Christopher | Lafortune | 2,360.00 |
| Nakia | Hill | 2,110.00 |
| Tess | Harvey | 1,860.00 |
| Will | Marshall | 1,660.00 |
| Lauren | Halloran | 1,610.00 |
| Emily | Biberger | 1,010.00 |
| Fiona | Vidal-White | 5,750.00 |
| Joana | Abreu | 360.00 |
| Mairead | Hadley | 360.00 |
| Helen | Zhang | 320.00 |
| Rachel | Cass | 260.00 |
| Amanda | Doughty | 160.00 |
