2008 Woodie Awards
Exercising their right to be fit
Emily Buck, Jason Korkosz named Ms. Fitness, Mr. EIU in Saturday night's fitness competition
Molly Clutter/Staff Reporter
Issue date: 3/5/07 Section: News
- Light weight class competitors: Ryan Connoly, Jon Perry, Josh Studzinski
- Class winner: Studzinski
- Middle weight class competitors: Clayton Drake, Kevin Arndt, and Jason Korkosz
- Class winner: Korkosz
- Light-heavy weight competitor: Brian Range
- Heavy weight class competitor: Trevor Titsworth
Emily Buck knew exactly what she was going to do after winning the Mr. EIU/Ms. Fitness Competition Saturday night.
"I'm going to go get pizza!" said the junior chemistry dietetics major.
Buck was one of three contestants who competed in the Ms. Fitness Competition.
The other two contestants were junior nursing major Jessica Amundsen and junior physical education major Katie Lehner.
The women had to compete in two events, routine and group symmetry, the routine being a dance-like number that showed off strength and balance. Then the women got together on stage and posed for the group symmetry.
The contestants had to do quarter turns while the judges examined their physique.
Eastern graduate student Kevin Jones was one of the judges for the evening.
Jones competed in the Mr. EIU competition in 2002 and took home the first-place trophy in the middleweight competition and was named Mr. EIU overall.
Jones has been judging since 2004.
He said the judges were looking for a number of things for Ms. Fitness.
"Basically what we look for is routine, muscularity, strength, balance and symmetry in the body," Jones said.
Buck was no stranger to the competition as she competed in the Ms. Fitness Competition last year, so nerves were not a problem for her.
"I was really excited and pumped," Buck said.
It's not easy preparing for a competition like this - it takes a lot of discipline and dedication, Buck said.
To prepare, Buck ate six small meals a day while training with a personal trainer.
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