Pasadena Games Report
Originally published May 3, 2011
PASADENA, Calif. – Potatoes were scattered all over the football field at Jackie Robinson Stadium. College students dressed in extra large chef jackets were frantically taking these heavy vegetables and overstuffing them inside their culinary uniforms.
It was the “Amazing Russet Race,” an odd relay contest to see which local college team could move 500 pounds of potato the quickest. Racers stuffed their chef jackets with as many potatoes as possible and dumped them 30 yards away at a weigh station with students and potatoes spilling everywhere on the field.
“This is fun,” said John Rabe of KPCC radio’s “Off-Ramp,” who was watching as the event’s emcee. “So far, this russet race has been pretty good for entertainment value.” (more…)
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