'Frog' wins pumpkin toss

YEET!:
Sander “Frog” Frogner steps up to the line to try his hand at pumpkin toss at the Fall Festivus of 2024. As an experienced shot put thrower, Frog has had his fair share of practice for the moment. He was not alone though, all of his fellow throwers, including Nate Hayes ‘26, Trace Pickard ‘27, and Daven Reed ‘28 are all experienced shot throwers as well. On his first attempt, Frog only threw the pumpkin straight up, but caught it, and tried again. The second try struck gold however, as the pumpkin flew 25-35 feet away, setting the mark to be broken. “Well, [on] my first throw, I slipped a little bit,” Frog said. “I had a pretty bad grip, so it just fell, and I just immediately thought, well, if it breaks, that counts. I had to catch it, but I did not think I was gonna win when I did my second throw, because I went, again, against Nate Hayes, Big Dev, and Trace, and I thought they were gonna throw much further than me. But when I did my throw, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s a pretty good throw.’ And then it splattered quite far. And then I won. I was very happy and a little bit shocked that I was the one who won.” The others all did well, but none came close to beating Frog’s record. “I feel like I could have thrown it better,” ,” Nate Hayes said, “but I wasn’t expecting the pumpkin to feel that way. But I feel like I should have won that at the end of the day.”