Last week the St. Petersburg Allstate campus hosted all of our academy students and instructors for Spring Fling 2016. Currently we have 3 academies in session, Police Recruit Class #200, Corrections Academy #89, and Fire Academy #46. Attendees enjoyed southern style cuisine from Heavy’s Food Truck. Attendees had the option of pulled pork, fried chicken, smothered chicken, fried pork chop, or a smothered pork chop, two sides including, french fries, mac and cheese, collard greens, and baked beans, and a soda. This was the first time the Allstate campus has used Heavy’s Food Truck and was thrilled with the quality.

Students had the option of playing pick-up volleyball, football toss, horseshoes, or corn hole. We also had 2 planned events. The first was the Tug-O-War. Given the odd number of teams, team captains drew straws to determine who would play first. Fire Academy vs. Corrections was the first session. Fire Academy quickly overtook Corrections. Fire Academy vs. Police Recruit Class lasted a bit longer. The Police Recruits almost overtook Fire because of a foot slipping, but Fire came back and bested the Police Recruits after only a minute or two.

Next, students went to the Obstacle Course we have on campus. In teams of 2, academy students would complete the course with another team of 2 trailing right behind them. Fire Academy had 3 teams, Police Recruit Class had 2 teams, a nd Corrections submitted 1 team. Police and Corrections practice regularly on this course. This was the first attempt for the Fire Academy. The results were as follows:

1^st Place: PRC #200 Mandakis/Scott 1:29:90
2^nd Place: PRC #200 Jones/Zimmerman 1:32:00
3^rd Place: CRC #89 Bennett/Kirkley 1:33:47
1^st Honorable Mention: FA #46 Ennis/Law 1:37:43
2^nd Honorable Mention: FA #46 Johnson/Behrman 1:38:56
3^rd Honorable Mention: FA #46 Theo/Behrman 1:56:29

Thanks to all who came out to make this a great event! For more information about joining one of the academies at St. Petersburg College, please visit our website. To see more photos from this event and others, please visit our Facebook Page.