STUDENTS from the UST Conservatory of Music were hailed the biggest losers in a health-awareness contest, and they bagged P150,000 and a trip to Boracay to prove it.
Team Jakob, a group of students from the Conservatory of Music composed of Kabaitan Bautista, Roman Enguero, Jasper Jimenez and Bon Peralta lost 49 kilos collectively to come out on top in the Del Monte Fit n’ Right’s Fit n’ Fab 4 Weight-loss Challenge 2010.
Under the contest rules, the group that lost the most number of pounds in a month would be declared champions.
“We joined the competition only to challenge ourselves and see how far we could go within a month amid extra-curricular activities, academics and responsibilities, since we’re all officers of different departments and members of varied organizations,” Bautista said. P50,000 of the cash prize will be given to their college’s Composition and Guitar Department.
Tiger Jin Dane Pio de Roda, Sean Llanto, Jared Manrique and Dan Sy (also known as team Fet N’ Ryt) from the Faculty of Engineering dropped a total of 45 kilos to settle for second place. They were awarded P20,000. Third-place honors went to Team Hot Rod from Ateneo de Manila University.
The competition gathered representatives from various universities in Luzon. Winners were awarded last April 17 in Fiamma, Makati city. Lester G. Babiera
