Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Corporate Challenge 2011

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Corporate Challenge 2011 Blog CC11-30 (Allan Chernov) October 31, 2011

CC’11 Wrap-up: What a Year it Was!! Maybe it was inspiration from our new campus. Maybe it was experience gained from past competition. Or, just maybe it was motivation from our first year as Title Sponsor of Corporate Challenge. Whatever the reason, BCBSTX had a remarkable 2011 Corporate Challenge campaign! The 2011 highlights were numerous and notable:  We earned a 2nd Place (Silver) overall finish in Division A, our best ever.  We broke all our Corporate Challenge statistical records: o Most team medals (10) o Most team Gold medals (3) o Most total points (151)  We secured Silver for Participation Points (PPs)…but only because a rule change this year drastically limited PPs earned from the Great Walk.  We won the Division A Cake Decorating contest at Closing Ceremony, taking home the “Silver Spatula” -- thanks to Maggie Alvarez’s artistry and creativity.  And we raised $10,004 for Special Olympics Texas! Here’s a summary of our overall Corporate Challenge results since 2006:

Year Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL Points Finish 2006 0 1 2 3 51 6th of 7 2007 0 3 1 4 83 6th of 7 2008 1 3 3 7 114 6th of 7 2009 1 3 3 7 106 6th of 8 2010 2 3 2 7 129 3rd of 7 2011 3 4 3 10 151 2nd of 9 TOTAL 7 17 14 38

Here’s a summary of our BCBSTX Team achievements in CC’11:

Sport Place Medal Won Captain Billiards 1st Gold Becky Smith Golf 1st Gold Jeff Barrett Horseshoes 1st Gold Russ Padon Badminton 2nd Silver Lan Vu Dominos 42 2nd Silver Mark Boyett Table Tennis 2nd Silver Murali Hanumanthakari Volleyball 2nd Silver Jessica Hernandez Flag Football 3rd Bronze Wayhmon Thompson Punt, Pass & Kick 3rd Bronze Vanessa Morgan Softball 3rd Bronze Amanda Arrington Women's Basketball 3rd Bronze Veronika Marks Blog CC11-30 (Allan Chernov) CC’11 Wrap-up Blog October 31, 2011

And here’s our “Honor Roll” of individual medal accomplishments!

Sport Event Name Medal Note Badminton Men's Pairs Harish Reddy & Praveen Vadlakonda Silver Team Silver Women's Pairs Grace Chiang & Lan Vu Silver Team Silver

15K Bike Men, 60-69 Steve Welton Gold Team 4th Men, 60-69 Russ Nejdl Silver Team 4th Men, 70+ Frank Glover Gold Team 4th Men, 70+ Allan Chernov Silver Team 4th

Billiards Men's Pairs Caleb Correa & Eric Smith Silver Team Gold Women's Pairs Yulonda Fluker & Becky Smith Silver Team Gold Mixed Pairs Gary Gardner & Sheila Wright Silver Team Gold

Dominos 42 Tournament Mark Boyett & Allan Chernov Bronze Team Silver

Horseshoes Men's Pairs Doug Cooley & Tommy McDanel Gold Team Gold Women's Pairs Annette McDanel & Becky Smith Silver Team Gold

Mini Golf Men's Pairs Caleb Correa & Eric Lopez Silver Team 4th Mixed Pairs Srithaj Marrakath & Tonie Smith Bronze Team 4th

5K Run Men, 30-39 Josh Wood Bronze Team 5th

Men Freestyle, Steve Welton Swimming 60+ Gold Team 4th Men Freestyle, Allan Chernov 70+ Silver Team 4th

Table Tennis Men's Pairs Shiv Jha & Nasco Tchizmarov Silver Team Silver Women's Pairs Scottie Bradshaw & Lin Zhao Silver Team Silver Mixed Pairs M. Hanumanthakari & Chizuko Koller Gold Team Silver

Tennis Mixed Masters Steve Hicks & Chizuko Koller Bronze Team 6th

Please use this link to browse the BCBSTX photos from all Corporate Challenge 2011 events – including Closing Ceremony - posted on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/BlueDoc27

And visit the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas/City of Richardson 2011 Corporate Challenge website to learn more about Corporate Challenge and its 24 competition events. Here's the link: www.cor.net/ccpage.aspx?id=3194