I'll be your guide on this photo essay, detailing an amazing contest of speed and stamina, all to support Women's Space (a rape crisis center w/counseling). All pictures courtesy of my wonderful wife Demaris.
The Great Milk Challenge is a contest held yearly on Frat Row, to see who, if anyone can drink a gallon of milk in an hour, without losing their cookies (and milk.) This year the CIS department entered Jim Suruda with a pit crew consisting of Jay Schneider as coach, Dustin Preuitt manager, personal photographer Demaris Schneider.
We will follow several of the participants on their journey to glorious victory or the bucket of defeat. It all started on a hot spring day in May, the sun was beating down on the contestant's foreheads. Actually, no it's Eugene, so it was grey and drizzling and you couldn't find the sun with a telescope. Enough of this back to our story.
Each participant is restricted to a circle with a gallon of milk for the hour.
A place for our hero...Big Jim Soruda (sometimes spelled Suruda.)
The crowds gather. This year there were approximately 30 entrants.
Every participant is a winner, receiving the above T-shirt for their fine efforts for a good cause.
Our Hero!
An organizer and a contestant. She comes prepared with PB&J sandwiches.
Last years champ (booooo! hisss!), coincidentally seated next to our hero.
And they're off!
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