On May 22, faculty and staff from around the university and medical center competed in the 2025 Amazing Race to Wellness on the South Oval. Each team embarked on a series of challenges based on the ten dimensions of wellness.

2025 Amazing Race to Wellness
With a winning time of 11 minutes, the Dining Dashers from Student Life were crowned our champions!
By the numbers
- 23 The number of teams that competed
- 91 Total faculty and staff from across the university and medical center that participated in the Buckeye Wellness Games
- 18:53 Average time it took teams to finish the Amazing Race
Learn about each event
Each team member will be given a random picture from a scene. Without looking at each other's pictures, place them in the correct sequence to create the story. You can describe your pictures or act them out to get the correct order.
Each player will individually select an item and attempt to shoot it into the correct basket (trash, recycle, compost).
Based on the given food items, develop a daily meal plan that equates to ~2000 calories.
One Team member will carry a plastic ball in a cone (representative of a torch) for 10 yards without dropping the ball. They must “pass the torch” by passing the all using the cone to their team member. Repeat until each team member has traveled 10 yards.
Members of the team must volley back and forth 10 times without the ball touching the ground.
Each team member will take a turn tossing a ball into a bucket. Every player must take a turn before restarting the line. Once each member makes it in a bucket, you can move on.
Members of each team had to take a team photo.