The senior class of 2025 won the 26th annual Trojan Olympics (TO) event on March 28. Seniors won with a score of 765, Activities Director Deana Querubin said.
The sophomores came in second at 605, the juniors came in 3rd with 590, and the freshman got 4th with 470, Querubin said.
TO is one of the biggest annual events of the school year, Querubin said. It is organized by ASB officers and the leadership class, she said.
This year’s TO competition featured dances, games, and the pyramid. Each class had a different theme: “Rio” for the freshmen, “The Incredibles” for the sophomores, “Scooby Doo” for the juniors, and “Pirates of the Caribbean” for the seniors. The games included balloon popping, musical chairs, tricycles, tug of war, and many more.
Senior class president Jerry Zhong was concerned about the “purple curse,” Zhong said.
“Every single class that’s had the class color purple – they’ve always lost, so we’re the first ever class (to win),” Zhong said.
Senior Vee Nguyen was part of the senior TO team and helped with decorations and was part of the dance, she said. Nguyen had a lot of fun participating in TO, she said.
“I’ve been a part of the TO team since freshman year, so it was like all my hard work finally made it,” Nguyen said.
Nguyen was initially worried that the seniors wouldn’t be able to pull off the win, she said. Nguyen was worried about the infamous “purple curse,” she said.
“That part was the part that made me scared because I was confident we were going to win,” Nguyen said. “But then that was in the back of my mind, and I was like, what if it’s for real?”
The energy of the audience was crazy, sophomore class president Kavish Shah said.
“The audience that knew what their role was and what they had to do and overall, everyone was so loud,” Shah said. “We even came second in crowd, which really helped us out for our total score,” Shah said.
Zhong was very nervous about TO, he said.
“We could have prepped better, but it’s really hard trying to get all 46 people of your team to all show up in one spot at the same time,” Zhong said.
Despite the struggles and setbacks they faced, he thought it went the best it could have gone, Zhong said.
“The fact that we were able to get a clean sweep and win everything, honestly, showed that we put in all our effort into getting first place,” Zhong said.
TO is an amazing event that students should not miss, Querubin said.
“It’s an amazing show, and it’s just a good time,” Querubin said. “Even if you’re not on a team, it’s a good time with your class,” she said.