On a Friday afternoon filled with sunshine and smiling faces, 108 teams took part in the 16th annual Faculty & Staff Sports Day. This year’s event included long-time, favourite activities at the UBC Aquatic Centre, SRC, War Memorial Gym, MacInnes Family Field, as well as debuting brand new events at Rec North.
Over 610 faculty and staff participated with many of their teams dressing up in costumes and showing incredible spirit throughout the two time slots of the event.
The 2026 Faculty & Staff Sports Day event was made possible through the support of UBC Human Resources and the efforts of more than 60 event volunteers,
Winners & Awards
Time Slot #1 – 12:00-1:30pm
Competitive Teams
- 1. Red Runners | 17 activities completed
- 2. SPPH Health is Wealth #1 | 16 activities completed
- Tie-3. The HR-icane Squad | 14 activities completed
- Tie-3. Team MOA | 14 activities completed
Most Spirited Teams
- 1. ADMS | 11 spirit points
- Tie-2. Global Lounge Trotters | 9 spirit points
- Tie-2. VPS 80s All-Stars | 9 spirit points
- Tie-2. Ctrl Alt Elite | 9 spirit points
Time Slot #2 – 2:00-3:30pm
Competitive Teams
- 1. (ap) sci-ja boys | 21 activities completed
- 2. Mission Possible 17 activities completed
- Tie-3. Hot Dog isn’t a Sandwich | 16 activities completed
- Tie-3. Thunderbirds of Donor Relations | 16 activities completed
Most Spirited Teams
- Tie-1. Hot Dog isn’t a Sandwich | 16 spirit points
- Tie-1. Mission Possible | 16 spirit points
- 3. Thunderbirds of Donor Relations | 13 spirit points
Full Event Results
Time Slot #1 – 12:00pm
| Team Name | Activities Completed | Spirit Points Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Active Kids Crew! | 10 | 1 |
| ADMS | 9 | 11 |
| All Bark, No Bite | 12 | 6 |
| Benefits Brigade | 9 | 1 |
| Borealis | 11 | 3 |
| Cold Storage Crew | 7 | 2 |
| Computer Science | 10 | 2 |
| Constantly + Creating Puns | 9 | 0 |
| CSI: Accidentally Athletic | 9 | 5 |
| Ctrl Alt Elite | 9 | 9 |
| Customer Support 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Customer Support Team 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Dewey Decimators | 6 | 2 |
| ExLent Sisters | 7 | 3 |
| Fiscal Therapy | 5 | 2 |
| Free Agent Team 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Gift In Kindness | 5 | 3 |
| Grad-iators | 12 | 4 |
| Happy Mouse | 10 | 1 |
| Hoodwinked | 9 | 8 |
| Ice Cream Time | 7 | 0 |
| Logic Model Legends | 9 | 6 |
| M-dashes | 7 | 2 |
| Objection! I Choose You! | 6 | 2 |
| ORS Fun Team | 8 | 6 |
| RED Runners | 17 | 1 |
| RF Rangers | 12 | 8 |
| Sauder Stars | 13 | 4 |
| Scientific Six | 11 | 1 |
| See You at Browns | 12 | 7 |
| SPPGAETTI | 9 | 4 |
| SPPGAETTI-Os | 9 | 3 |
| SPPH Health is Wealth #1 | 16 | 0 |
| Stat Pack | 9 | 8 |
| StormAvians | 9 | 3 |
| Team GSD | 10 | 1 |
| Team MOA | 14 | 3 |
| The “Accidents” | 9 | 3 |
| The Allardians of the Galaxy | 8 | 7 |
| The Digital Cheetah Girls | 9 | 4 |
| The Dream Team | 10 | 6 |
| The Funding Force: May the Funds Be With You | 10 | 1 |
| The Global Lounge Trotters | 12 | 9 |
| The Goon Squad | 10 | 3 |
| The HR-icane Squad | 14 | 4 |
| The Ledger Legends | 9 | 3 |
| The Metadata Masters | 10 | 3 |
| The Motley Crew | 7 | 3 |
| The Mouseketeers | 11 | 1 |
| The Natural Selection Squad | 10 | 2 |
| The Write Stuff | 7 | 2 |
| Turbo Turtle | 6 | 6 |
| UBC Studios Creatives | 8 | 1 |
| VPS 80’s all stars | 13 | 9 |
| We are only here for the bouncy castles | 9 | 2 |
| Work Hard Play Hard | 7 | 1 |
| Zootopia PD | 10 | 6 |
Time Slot #2 – 2:00pm
| Team Name | Activities Completed | Spirit Points Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| ALL CAPS CREW | 9 | 4 |
| Allard Almost Athletes | 10 | 6 |
| Allard Energy Crew | 10 | 5 |
| Analogue Problems | 14 | 3 |
| (ap)SCI-JA Boys | 21 | 7 |
| APSC All-Stars | 11 | 4 |
| APSC All-Stars (APSD + Nursing) | 9 | 9 |
| Aura Farmers | 11 | 10 |
| Awards 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Awards FUNraisers #2 | 5 | 2 |
| Baby monkey | 7 | 3 |
| The Bee’s Knees | 14 | 11 |
| The BioMatcha Squad | 8 | 7 |
| The Brain Gains | 9 | 7 |
| Capital Capital Capital | 10 | 4 |
| cEASe and desist | 10 | 7 |
| Centre for Student Development and Leadership | 9 | 5 |
| Co-op Cougars | 7 | 4 |
| Ctrl+Alt+Elite | 9 | 9 |
| Danger Dodgers | 13 | 12 |
| Deanosaurs | 9 | 7 |
| Gnursing Gnomes | 9 | 5 |
| Going Global | 10 | 6 |
| Hot Dog Isn’t A Sandwich | 16 | 16 |
| Hot Shots | 11 | 10 |
| Hot Shots Part Deux | 10 | 11 |
| Innovation Sensation | 11 | 8 |
| Jumping Jacks | 8 | 5 |
| Just here for snacks | 9 | 1 |
| The Ledger Legends | 11 | 5 |
| Lettuce Win | 10 | 2 |
| lLAMA | 10 | 4 |
| MarCom2.0 | 7 | 5 |
| Mission: Possible | 17 | 16 |
| The Munies | 9 | 7 |
| Museum of Athletics | 9 | 5 |
| Newton’s Flaws | 14 | 9 |
| OldIsGold | 11 | 2 |
| The Oops Prevention Squad | 11 | 9 |
| PG Panthers | 9 | 3 |
| PGME – Picking a Name Hard Can Be | 9 | 5 |
| The PGWP – Probably Gonna Walk Partway | 9 | 9 |
| Ponderosa Porpoises | 9 | 4 |
| Power Ranger | 6 | 2 |
| RAD | 13 | 8 |
| REMOVED – Arts Co-op Fun Squad | N/A | N/A |
| REMOVED – Equity United | N/A | N/A |
| REMOVED – UBC Robson Square | N/A | N/A |
| Safety Warriors | 11 | 3 |
| Sauder Big Coffee Chatters (BCC) | 9 | 4 |
| Seahaw | 10 | 9 |
| SHCS 1st Placeholders | 15 | 5 |
| Spantonese | 7 | 5 |
| SPPH | 9 | 5 |
| Still Biomed, Mostly Energized | 10 | 2 |
| Super Troopers | 10 | 6 |
| Thunderbirds of Donor Relations | 16 | 13 |
| The Truly Amazing Arts Co-op Program Team | 12 | 5 |
| Wellbeing Scoops of Strength | 9 | 8 |
Event Photos
Photo credit: Aurelia Workneh
