C’est la vie Week 6! A whopping 172 teams have made it across Texas.

How amazing is that?! So far a combined total of 283,673.69 miles and

7734.96 pounds reduced.

Walk Across Texas 2017 Week 6

Important Dates at a Glance

Thank you to our sponsors!

Celebrating 20 Years of WAT Brazos County

T e x a s A & M A g r i L i f e E x t e n s i o n

Brazos County Walk Across Texas 2017

April 6, 2017

WAT dates—February 18- April 15, 2017 Week 1: February 18-24, 2017 Week 2: February 25-March 3, 2017 Week 3: March 4-10, 2017 Week 4: March 11-17, 2017 Week 5: March 18-24, 2017 Recharge Event, March 23, 2017; Wolf Pen Creek Week 6: March 25-31, 2017 Week 7: April 1-7, 2017 Week 8: April 8-14, 2017 Last day to enter miles—April 22, 2017 Report your team or individual physical activity each week so team captains can report by Tuesday at 12:00 noon for news-letter purposes.

Top 10 List Most Creative Team Names

Brazos County WAT team names were sent out for judging of the most creative team names to the Harris County office. Here is the result alphabetically: Agony of de Feet Agony of DeFeet Flab-U-Less 8 House of Carbs IN IT 2 THIN IT Law and Order SFU Mission Slimpossible Scrambled Legs And Achin The Holy Walkamolies Toned up for WAT One of these teams will “walk” away with the title of Most Creative Team Name.

Most Valuable Player Award

What: Most Valuable Player Award Nominations

Who: Most inspiring team member

When: By April 8

How: Email nominations should be sent with an

explanation of why this team member has been

an inspiration to you or your team. Type your

details, attach a picture or two, and push the

send button to fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu by April

8.

Scrambled Legs And Achin 4153.63 Senior Hustlers 4116.04 Crazy 8 3701.09 Law and Order SFU 3319.68 The Holy Walkamolies 3178.02 CHI Burleson 3028.79 Too Inspired To Be Tired 3019.68 CATs 2938.39 Horsin Around 2 2563.70 The Paper Pushers 2486.00 Tornadoes 2469.47 Walker TTI Rangers 2441.03 Texas Two Steps Over You 2416.00 Walk Force 1 2328.11 Holy Fit Not Again 2301.00 DBAsAndDevs 2291.89 The Walking Dead 2285.00 Fridays WW Healthy Achievers

2266.01 Valley Park Twisted Blisters 2260.57 Dynamic Steppers 2217.97

Meet the Movers and Shakers

DOR Scrambled Legs 42.50 Crazy 8 36.70 Walk Force 1 35.00 Scrambled Legs And Achin 30.30 History Buffs 2 28.80 Toned up for WAT 28.10 Geo-Trackers 28.01 Destiny Walkers 27.00 WTF wheres the finish 27.00 Flab-U-Less 8 24.50 Dynamic Steppers 24.00 PRECINCT 3 - WE LET A KID PICK OUR

NAME 24.00 CHI Burleson 22.00 Shes Got Legs 21.60 Seven Flowers and a Cactus 21.50 Strutterflies 20.70 ResLifers I 19.40 Bryan Rebooters 18.00 Cardio Pacers 17.80 DBAsAndDevs 15.80

1. Catherine 247.59 2. Johanna 188.00 3. Dennis 182.29 4. LaQuita 147.72 5. Tony 138.33 6. Terrell 115.50 7. Lucia 99.00 8. Michael 93.40 9. Pat 61.05 10. Eric 34.07 11. JESSICA 31.75 12. Barbara 11.24 13. Tom 7.50

Hopefully you will continue your healthy lifestyle choices throughout your lifespan.

Finish strong...

Aline Lovings Alisa Patke Allison Overton Allison Sprouse Alma Fonseca Alyssa Pierce Amanda Johnson Amanda Reitmayer Amy Jenkins Andrew Stowers Angel Futrell Angie Medina Angie Regmund Anita Lang Anita Pitt Anna Taggart Annie Williams Ashley Raynor Ashley Trejo Atin Garg Barbara Collins Barbara J Prestwood Benjamin Lopez Beth Ann Luedeker Beth Novak Braden Becknell Brenda Grays Bridget Sebesta Brittany Hensley Brittany Smith Brittney Lawson Brittney Portnoy Bruce Neville Candy Gallego Carol Binzer Catherine Yancy Caylan Bartley Cecelia Gonzales Charlotte Hold Cheri Marston Chris Villalpando Christina Papke Colleen Dau Constance Harrison Courtney Bosquez Cristina Vela Dana Lewis Daniel Collins

David Fackler Dawn Santo Deanna Cowan Deanna White Debbie Elbrich Debbie Mcculley Debbie Nelson Debbie Strong Deborah Parker Deborah Simmons Deepak Boyana Denise Vajdak Denise Valero Deyanira Ely Diana Cover Diana Lee Diane Dusold Diane Vulgamott Diane Walters Dinah Bolton Don Unsell Dora Sanchez Edward Baltazar Edward Brackin Eli Castro Elizabeth Rugel Emily Kasl Esther Medina Faith Stringer Flora Williams Francesca Vargas Gail Keyser Gaye Webb Georgia Hines Ginny West Girard Courteau Griselda Vazquez Gustavo Roman Hailey Yamada Harini Sreenivasappa Heather Maass Henry Lewis Hsing Fann James Brau James Corbett Jana Corley Jana Schultzaus Janette Hickerson

Janie Weger Jeannie Elwood Jennifer Kuehn Jennifer Lauer Jennifer Maldonado Castillo Jennifer Pivonka Jessica Lennerton Jesus Perez Jill Raupe Joseph Castiglioni Joseph Hernandez Josephine Rosario Joyce Perkins Judith Miller Julie Austin Justin Flynn Kandi Smith Karen Giles Katherine Houle Kathryn Holder Kathy Porter Kati Clark Kati Stoddard Kelly Cook Kourtney Martin Kristin Harper Kristin Williams Kristin Williams Kristina Agan Kristina Humphreys Kyle Mohan Larhesa Johnson Laura Jakubik Lavonda Popp Lesley Mizer Lesley Ward Libby Daggers Linda Bennett Liz Burnett Lizette Medrano Londa Zavodny Madison Metsker-Galarza Madysen Rydeen Maggie Cannon Maria Medrano Marilyn Frenzel

Marisol Moreno Marissa Townson Mark Dawson Mark Jackson Mary Bailey Mary Johnson Matthew Hilgemeier Matthew Young Megan Higginbotham Melanie Rogers Melinda Pittman Melinda Thompson Melinda Wilkinson Melissa Perez Melissa Thomas Melodie Kline Merribeth Kahlich Michael Pace Michelle Benoit Michelle Young Nancy Hardeman Nicole Talley Nyosha Boone Paige Ericson-Graber Pam Edgerley Pamela Golub Pamela Luckenbill Pat Morse Patrice French Patricia Mora Patricia Perry Paula Welch Penny Boice Phil Lasley Rachel Habiger Randal South Rebecca Bonney Rebecca Thompson Renee Weidemann Rhonda Faust Robert Steele Robin Arnold Roger Bligh Rosie Schoenfeld Ruth Williams Ruthann Wolf Ryan Vurlicer Sally Medina

Sara Mendez Sara Muckleroy Scotty Shepherd Sean Buchanan Sergio Luna Sharyn Galvin Shawna Rendon Shelley Hobbs Shelly Hebb Sheri Meyer Sheridan Jones Sherri Macwillie Sherri Payne Sherrice King Snow Havlik Stephanie Heath Stephanie Wendt Susan Sassano Susie Cour-Palais Tammi Warford Tammisha Farmer Tammy Whisenant Tanya Skinner Tassie Hermann Tassie Hermann Theresa Saenz Therese Corte Tia Nieuwoudt Tiffany Inbody Tim Adams Tim Cockerham Tim Hein Tonya Foster Tracey Forman Traci Lacy Trudy Bennett Tyler Harkrider Tyler Theobald Vernieca Wats Wayne Robbins Wendy Clayton Wendy Kreider Yaquelin Esteban Yixiao Xu Yvonne Costello Zackary Medlin

Walk Across Texas Team Captain Appreciation

1. Scrambled Legs And Achin 4153.63

2. Senior Hustlers 4116.04

3. Crazy 8 3701.09

4. Law and Order SFU 3319.68

5. The Holy Walkamolies 3178.02

6. CHI Burleson 3028.79

7. Too Inspired To Be Tired 3019.68

8. CATs 2938.39

9. Horsin Around 2 2563.70

10. The Paper Pushers 2486.00

11. Tornadoes 2469.47

12. Walker TTI Rangers 2441.03

13. Texas Two Steps Over You 2416.00

14. Walk Force 1 2328.11

15. Holy Fit Not Again 2301.00

16. DBAsAndDevs 2291.89

17. The Walking Dead 2285.00

18. Fridays WW Healthy Achievers 2266.01

19. Valley Park Twisted Blisters 2260.57

20. Dynamic Steppers 2217.97

21. The Powerhouse Team 2193.28

22. Move It So You Can Lose It 2117.05

23. Walkie Talkies 2102.76

24. CS Squares 2094.85

25. Strutterflies 2059.82

26. Footloose 1999.80

27. Working It Every Day 1988.31

28. Leaving it Behind 1933.74

29. Risky Resources 1885.34

30. The Texas Walkstars 1878.59

31. Be Audit You Can Be 1832.40

32. Force and Motion 1813.06

33. WWWWW 1807.75

34. TAMU Chemistry 1805.56

35. Walka Walka Walkers 1789.77

36. Shes Got Legs 1788.67

37. Look Ma Get the Camera 1764.60

38. Spider Pigs 1762.52

39. DOR Walking our Hasselhoffs 1745.93

40. Revd Up 1732.62

41. Cupcake Mafia 1705.29

42. House of Carbs 1703.89

43. High Steppers 1692.72

44. Sweet Soles 1689.56

45. Run Time Exceptions 1674.26

46. Risky Business 1672.00

47. CVM Young and The Restless 1656.05

48. TX Freedom Walkers 1639.17

49. History Buffs Team 1 1632.45

50. IN IT 2 THIN IT 1612.89

51. Workforce Showdown 1608.03

52. Team Spongebob 1585.70

53. Rec Allstars 1579.77

54. 2nd Team All Expo 1571.06

55. WTF wheres the finish 1569.21

56. Weight Watchers Walkers 1566.65

57. The Grate Ate 1534.72

58. Stack Stompers 1530.36

59. Pace This 1530.21

60. iWalk 1523.32

61. Seven Flowers and a Cactus 1518.07

62. Between a Walk and a Hard Pace 1517.22

63. We Are Kind of a Big Deal 1504.85

64. DOR Maestrollin Over You 1499.60

65. Mighty Tenderfoots 1498.64

66. Road Runners 1477.95

67. Mission Slimpossible 1473.00

68. ARCH Marchers 1465.06

69. SBS 1461.82

70. Walking on Sunshine 1451.00

71. Valley Park Venti Pedesters 1449.55

72. Walk of Life 1446.90

73. Swole Nation 1446.81

74. Women Warriors 1446.43

75. IODP Core Whisperers 1445.22

76. Brazos County Walking Warriors 1436.77

77. Caffeinators 1428.90

78. Gait Keepers 1420.26

79. LRC Steppers 1404.07

80. Junk Food Fighters 1382.09

81. Lipid Destroyers 1381.03

82. Agony of DeFeet 1380.93

83. Provost Posse 1376.26

84. Running Samples 1352.26

85. Dynacisers 17 1351.00

86. Galvins Gals plus 1 1347.21

87. History Buffs 2 1318.17

88. Cardio Pacers 1303.20

89. Philosophy Department Faculty 1297.84

90. Girls on Fire 1290.13

91. Medicine Meanderers 1277.82

92. Sweat Regret and Oxygen 1271.72

93. All EAHRs 2017 1267.28

94. Flab-U-Less 8 1267.13

95. Destiny Walkers 1251.98

96. School of Walk 1215.59

97. VMTH Administration Walkers 1208.09

98. Team Ninja Turtles 1190.87

99. English Language Institute 1187.16

100. DOR Pond Patrol 1187.05

101. DOR RDS Day of the Deadline 1182.80

102. Motley Shue 1180.87

103. Walkamolies 1178.56

104. The Bluebonnets 1174.37

105. CONstantly Moving 1170.36

106. Poor Unfortunate Soles 1168.15

107. Pedestrians Crossing 1165.86

108. The Wellness Walkers 1153.11

109. Team STEPPS 1144.69

110. incandECENt Gigawalkers 1144.12

111. Leisure Crew 1139.50

112. Sole Train 3 1132.45

113. Admissions Walkamolies 1128.47

114. Agony of De Feet 1126.37

115. Walkers, Texas Technicians 1123.67

116. DOR Sole Mates1 1123.42

117. These Boots were Made for Walking 1121.16

118. Walka Walka 1111.49

119. PPO - Team C 1111.18

120. Small Animal Busy Bees 1108.55

121. Knights of the Buffet Table 1107.98

122. PRECINCT 3 FAT LOSERS 1106.20

123. DARS 1100.85

124. Texas Aggie Trekkers 1093.14

125. The Game is Afoot 1093.10

Team Progress

One member of Destiny Walkers loses 10 pounds in one day!

Congratulations to Cierra & Domonique Robison on their twin girls.

Team Spotlight

Wind Down To Do List

We are winding down:

Individual Wrap Up Forms are found at http://walkacrosstexas.tamu.edu/wat-2016/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WAT-

Individual-Wrap-up-Form.pdf Team captains will need to retrieve this information from team members after WAT

is over and enter it by April 22. Solo Walkers should enter information as well.

Send Pictures of your team in action. Please include team members’ names. Email pictures of your team in action to fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu to be featured in newslet-

ters. We have three more newsletters.

126. The Walking Tread 1077.94

127. The Skywalkers 1069.80

128. Insert Clever Team Name Here 1069.71

129. Right TAP Shoe 1068.70

130. Workday Walkamolies 1059.84

131. Move It To Lose It 1052.55

132. DOR Scrambled Legs 1050.24

133. Magnificent 8 1049.00

134. DOR Between a Walk and a Hard Pace 1048.35

135. Your Pace or Mine 1035.89

136. Your Pace or Mine 1031.79

137. Tread Walkers 1026.66

138. DOR Wandering About 1004.01

139. Walk This Way 1003.90

140. DSWAT Disability Services Walks Across Texas 1002.29

141. Trot Across Texas 999.65

142. Weight Walkers 990.29

143. The STEP Children 984.20

144. The Nerd Herd 980.37

145. The Happy Walkie Talkies 965.61

146. Toned up for WAT 961.59

147. School of Walk! 957.46

148. IT Product Strategy and Communica-tion 955.84

149. PRECINCT 3 - WE LET A KID PICK OUR NAME 954.50

150. Business as Usual 952.64

151. Agony of de Feet 950.89

152. Lots of Life 941.59

153. DOR Poor Unfortunate Soles 938.07

154. The Pacemakers 933.30

155. Holy Walkamoly 932.51

156. Aggie FACT 931.25

157. Valley Park Pedestrian Punx 930.54

158. Walking Warriors 928.26

159. Those Little Ole� Mile-Shrinkers 925.89

160. 4Dubs 912.04

161. Left TAP Shoe 909.51

162. The Young and the Restless 901.50

163. Team SLAY 890.09

164. FMO Roaming Crew 884.85

165. Walk Unless Chased 883.11

166. Beutel Beauties 882.56

167. Texas Tree Huggers 881.38

168. The Firecrackers 876.97

169. Red Hot Chili Steppers 874.93

170. [Insert Team Name] 870.67

171. Ponderous 850.13

172. Walking Our Arsenics Off 849.71

173. Marcharitas 825.37

174. The Unstoppables 823.73

175. Turn Down for WAT 810.84

176. ARCH Madness 810.00

177. Live Inspired 2017 803.51

178. DOR Runnovation 793.08

179. Walk it like its hot 793.05

180. Bryan Rebooters 789.87

181. Team RCHI 764.00

182. Center for Student Athlete Services 746.70

183. The Hotsteppers 744.72

184. TEAM WW 744.18

185. The Fungi s 741.15

186. TwoSteppers 739.57

187. DOR Scrambled Legs 735.61

188. Blazing Sloths 703.66

189. DOR Dumbledores Army 674.40

190. Runnin Dirty 671.01

191. The Walking Guild 654.71

192. Geo-Trackers 646.11

193. Do Something Athletic 641.39

194. PPO Team A 640.92

195. Team Renaissance 634.30

196. Fit for Duty 621.74

197. ResLifers I 615.06

198. CTE Roamers 602.93

199. TTI COMics 593.65

200. CTE Wanderers 571.17

201. Nancys Walkers 542.61

202. DOR Sole Survivors 542.01

203. UCENs Flab U Less 8 537.43

204. EOTC Clan 530.62

205. Philosophy Department Staff 524.98

206. CTE Travelers 495.12

207. Walk n Wine 494.75

208. Walkie Talkies 487.07

209. Risky Business 481.35

210. The Fabulous Crew 468.90

211. Hustle and Flow 461.63

212. ResLifers 449.24

213. Walking for Ama 426.65

214. Walk This Way 420.61

215. super moms 410.09

216. Admissions Coast Busters 408.00

217. Rebellious Unicorns by Nature 332.33

218. Chak De 321.86

219. BVCIL 281.00

220. ResLifers2 207.23

221. 833 miles is a piece of cake 131.00

222. The Dancing Dendrites 88.21

223. 8 in the Family 18.85

Wow! How ‘bout dat! 172 teams have made it across Texas. Let’s see how many join them week seven.

Team Progress

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Co-Chairs:

Lesley Ward- City of Bryan Nicole Vargas- Brazos County Health Department

Treasurer:

Sheri Meyer-TAMU System

FCS County Extension Agent: Flora Williams-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

BLT Nutrition Education Extension Assistant

Stephanie Sechrist-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Members: Sara Mendez-Brazos County Health Department

Sarah Tobola-TAMU Alice Kirk-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (WAT Program

Director) Michael Lopez-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

JJ Macias-TAMU Pat Pierson-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness

Volunteer Connie Arden-Texas A&M AgriLife Master Wellness

Volunteer Kelley Melcher-Blue Cross Blue Shield

Kandi Smith-Medi Weight Loss Maritza Hernandez-Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Grace Carroll-Community At Large

The 833 Mile Club-172 Teams Across Texas

[Insert Team Name] 2nd Team All Expo 4Dubs Admissions Walkamolies Aggie FACT Agony of De Feet Agony of de Feet Agony of DeFeet All EAHRs 2017 ARCH Marchers Be Audit You Can Be Between a Walk and a Hard

Pace Beutel Beauties Brazos County Walking

Warriors Business as Usual Caffeinators Cardio Pacers CATs CHI Burleson CONstantly Moving Crazy 8 CS Squares Cupcake Mafia CVM Young and The

Restless DARS DBAsAndDevs Destiny Walkers DOR Between a Walk and a

Hard Pace DOR Maestrollin Over You DOR Pond Patrol DOR Poor Unfortunate Soles DOR RDS Day of the Dead-

line DOR Scrambled Legs DOR Sole Mates1 DOR Walking our

Hasselhoffs DOR Wandering About DSWAT Disability Services

Walks Across Texas Dynacisers 17 Dynamic Steppers English Language Institute Flab-U-Less 8

FMO Roaming Crew Footloose Force and Motion Fridays WW Healthy

Achievers Gait Keepers Galvins Gals plus 1 Girls on Fire High Steppers History Buffs 2 History Buffs Team 1 Holy Fit Not Again Holy Walkamoly Horsin Around 2 House of Carbs IN IT 2 THIN IT incandECENt Gigawalkers Insert Clever Team Name

Here IODP Core Whisperers IT Product Strategy and

Communication iWalk Junk Food Fighters Knights of the Buffet Table Law and Order SFU Leaving it Behind Left TAP Shoe Leisure Crew Lipid Destroyers Look Ma Get the Camera Lots of Life LRC Steppers Magnificent 8 Medicine Meanderers Mighty Tenderfoots Mission Slimpossible Motley Shue Move It So You Can Lose It Move It To Lose It Pace This Pedestrians Crossing Philosophy Department

Faculty Ponderous Poor Unfortunate Soles PPO - Team C

PRECINCT 3 - WE LET A KID PICK OUR NAME

PRECINCT 3 FAT LOSERS Provost Posse Rec Allstars Red Hot Chili Steppers Revd Up Right TAP Shoe Risky Business Risky Resources Road Runners Run Time Exceptions Running Samples SBS School of Walk School of Walk! Scrambled Legs And Achin Senior Hustlers Seven Flowers and a Cactus Shes Got Legs Small Animal Busy Bees Sole Train 3 Spider Pigs Stack Stompers Strutterflies Sweat Regret and Oxygen Sweet Soles Swole Nation TAMU Chemistry Team Ninja Turtles Team SLAY Team Spongebob Team STEPPS Texas Aggie Trekkers Texas Tree Huggers Texas Two Steps Over You The Bluebonnets The Firecrackers The Game is Afoot The Grate Ate The Happy Walkie Talkies The Holy Walkamolies The Nerd Herd The Pacemakers The Paper Pushers The Powerhouse Team The Skywalkers The STEP Children

The Texas Walkstars The Walking Dead The Walking Tread The Wellness Walkers The Young and the Restless These Boots were Made for

Walking Those Little Ole� Mile-

Shrinkers Toned up for WAT Too Inspired To Be Tired Tornadoes Tread Walkers Trot Across Texas TX Freedom Walkers Valley Park Pedestrian Punx Valley Park Twisted Blisters Valley Park Venti Pedesters VMTH Administration

Walkers Walk Force 1 Walk of Life Walk This Way Walk Unless Chased Walka Walka Walka Walka Walkers Walkamolies Walker TTI Rangers Walkers, Texas Technicians Walkie Talkies Walking on Sunshine Walking Our Arsenics Off Walking Warriors We Are Kind of a Big Deal Weight Walkers Weight Watchers Walkers Women Warriors Workday Walkamolies Workforce Showdown Working It Every Day WTF wheres the finish WWWWW Your Pace or Mine Your Pace or Mine

For more information contact: Flora Williams at fewilliams@ag.tamu.edu Brazos County Office of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service or at 979-823-0129

HAPPY TRAILS!

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