SDA students will eat any free food, even if it is massive amounts of Goldfish and donuts shoved in the general direction of their face by a blindfolded friend. San Dieguito’s hungriest and most spirited Homeroom Olympics contestants competed in the school’s first eating contest on Tuesday, April 17.

The two-round contest, which took place in front of the Performing Arts Center, involved a two-student team of an eater and a blindfolded feeder from each homeroom.

Eater freshman Nick Cook, fed by senior Lindsey Valenzuela, won the first round of the contest by eating two donuts for biology teacher Michael Santos’s homeroom. “I grabbed the donut and I shoved it forward. I knew I was hitting the right target because I felt the donut crumble in my hand,” said Valenzuela.

The second challenge of eating a bowl of Goldfish crackers was won by eater Fred Leon and feeder Sergio Gonzalez, both sophomores in math teacher Paul Brice’s homeroom. “I am so proud of winning this event. I didn’t eat breakfast just so I could win it,” said Leon.

The eating contest was run by the Homeroom Olympics Committee. “We thought it would be funny and wanted to do something that would embarrass everyone. It went really well,” said event organizer Ashlynne Mclean, junior.

Santos’s and Brice’s homerooms won 500 points each for winning the contest. Currently in the lead of Homeroom Olympics is Broemmelsiek with 3,400 points, followed by Santos with 3,350 points and Siers with 3,200 points.