Maccabiah always comes down to one thing: ruach. Following a full day of sports, heavy rain, the apache race, lunch/dinner setups and an excellent few hours of funny final presentations, Team Mayim and Aish knew they had to prove themselves with their team spirit. They screamed, laughed, and yelled what they had left in them after almost 48 hours of non-stop maccabiah fun.
After much anticipation, the Apache Race commenced albeit an hour late due to torrential downpour. Eitan Halpert (Aish) and Caleb Maeir (Mayim) started off the race by running from Highway P all the way to the gym. From there, campers dodged, set tables, stuffed their faces with watermelon, rolled down the valley, wheel-barrowed and blobbed their way to victory. In the end, team Aish prevailed during the final stage of the race: the bucket brigade! Both teams filled up coolers by passing cups of water hastily and carefully along a big line of their teammates as counselors raced back and forth to fill up the cups. The close victory was celebrated by Team Aish with an intense amount of ruach and the water cooler being poured upon Team Co-Captain: Adir Pinchot.
Then, it came down to the final decision- the winner. The winner was announced using four Gatorade bottles: two blue (being drank by Sammy and Esti) and two red (being drank by Uzi and Rachel). With the chanichim surrounding them, the pressure was on to see who would finish first, and in the end, be the winner of Maccabiah! And the winner is… TEAM MAYIM! Kol Hachavod to all of the teams for all of their hard work!
