Greek Week 2019
Battle of The Decades
Greek Week is an annual, week long event, hosted by Fraternity and Sorority Life at The University of Tampa. This Year, Greek Week took place during the week of February 17th to February 23rd. Greek Week consists of several competitions throughout the week for all greek life organizations on campus. There were 4 councils and 25 different greek chapters that were split up into 7 teams which competed for the Greek Week trophy and first place title.
2019 Greek Week had a theme of Battle of The Decades. The Teams and decades consisted of: Team 1 with the 40’s & 50’s, Team 2 with the 60’s, Team 3 with the 70’s, Team 4 with the 80’s, Team 5 with the 90’s, Team 6 with the 2000’s, and finally Team 7 with the 2010’s.
The Greek organizations at The University of Tampa not only had fun during the course of Greek Week, but they also broke records. UT Fraternity and Sorority life raised over $38,000 for Relay for Life and for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in only a weeks time.
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Each team won different events throughout the week, but Team 5 won the title as Greek Week champions with the most overall points in the end.
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Mike Putnam, Greek Week Coordinator and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, shakes hands with a referee before the first basketball game of the Greek Week competitions begin on Tuesday, February 20th, at the University of Tampa basketball courts. Mike Putnam is also the Vice President of Fraternity and Sorority life at The University of Tampa. During the Basketball Games, Mike was the scorekeeper.
Allison Conti, freshman and member of the Delta Zeta Sorority, watches an ongoing game while she waits for her own team to play in the Greek Week Basketball event on Tuesday, February 20th, at the University of Tampa basketball courts. Her team (team 7) goes on to win the entire basketball competition that night.
Zach Gelman, member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, dribbles the ball down the court after stealing it from the opposing team during the Basketball Greek Week event. The score was tied and he shot the winning point.
Juliana Fray, member of the Delta Zeta Sorority, watches as one of her teams players steels the ball and is about to score during the final Basketball game of Greek Week. Their team (team 7) wins the final game against team 5.
A member of team 7 jumps up to spike on team 6 during the first Volleyball game of the Greek Week competitions on February 20th, at The University of Tampa volleyball courts. Team 6 consists of members from Pi kappa Phi, Delta Zeta, Sigma Lambda Beta and Alpha Phi Alpha. Team 6 consists of members from Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Delta Gamma. The winner of this round was team 7.
Remy Zais, member of the Delta Zeta Sorority, cheers for her team alongside other members of the sorority during the second round of Volleyball Games during Greek Week on February 20th, at The University of Tampa. Her team loses during the second round and does not continue to the final round.
Alex Dorsey, member of the Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity, swims down lane 7 during the pool raft race on the 5th day of Greek Week, February 21st, at the University of Tampa swimming pool. The 5th day of Greek Week consisted of all water competitions.
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Edwin Frutos, member of Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity, jumps into the swimming pool during the raft race on February 21st, at The University of Tampa pool. His team goes on to receive 3rd place for that competition during the Greek Week event.
Chris Pursley, member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, chalks the sidewalk during the chalk decorating competition on Friday February 22nd, in the Vaughn Courtyard at The University of Tampa. Chris is apart of team 1, which includes Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Gamma Rho and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Lexi Guevremont, member of The Delta Zeta Sorority, holds her dog, Oz, during the sidewalk chalk decorating competition on the 6th day of Greek week, February 22nd, in the Vaughn Courtyard at The University of Tampa. Each greek team was given 3 hours to complete their chalk design.
Katie Strosser, left, and Morgan Wright, right, both Greek Week team captains and members of the Delta Zeta Sorority, shove dollar bills into their teams (team 7) jug during the Dollar Wars event on Friday, February 22nd, in the Vaughn Courtyard at the University of Tampa. Each team wants the most amount of dollars in their jug by 6 pm.
Team 5, including Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Kappa and Zeta Phi Beta, dances during their performance at the Greek Variety Show, which is the final event of Greek Week. The Variety Show was on Saturday, February 23rd, in Folk Theatre at The University of Tampa. Each team practices every day for over a month in preparation for the Variety Show.
Team 5 cheers and holds their trophy up proudly after being announced as the 2019 Greek Week champions on Saturday, February 23rd, in Folk Theatre at The University of Tampa. The greek organizations that consisted of team 5 were Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Kappa and Zeta Phi Beta.