The Aggies on the Move walking program announced that the fall quarter’s Team Challenge crown went to Steppin’ on the Peppers with an average step count of 1.37 million in the nine-week competition. That works out to an average daily count of 21,746 steps a day for 63 days.

One other team also topped the 1 million mark: the Red Hot Chili Steppers, averaging 1.28 million steps (or 20,317 steps a day).

Steppin’ on the Peppers comprised Terrence Johnson, Nick McLain, Deborah Montero and Linda Myers of the School of Veterinary Medicine’s Biological Media Services and Central Services. Montero received team captain honors, for being consistently the best at sending in her team’s steps on time.

Team Tres Amigas — Monica Esparta, Yesenia Ramirez and Sandy Lee Wright of Vet Med’s Biological Media Services — scored “most improved” honors, boosting their step count by 6.1 percent over the nine-week competition.

Aggies on the Move is sponsored by Campus Recreation, the Mind Body Wellness Group, WorkLife and Employee Health, and coordinated by Campus Rec’s Fitness and Wellness Center.

Team Challenge is now in its fourth year, with the competition taking place every fall and spring. Kendra Densmore, Fitness and Wellness coordinator, said this fall’s competition drew the most teams ever: 13 (with a total of 81 participants).

TEAM CHALLENGE FINAL STANDINGS

Steps per person, on average

1. Steppin’ on the Peppers School of Veterinary Medicine’s Biological Media Services and Central Services — 1,370,968

2. Red Hot Chili Steppers Central Services (School of Veterinary Medicine) and Cowell Student Health Center — 1,280,281

3. Tres Amigas School of Veterinary Medicine’s Biological Media Services — 915,295

4. Park and Read Transportation and Parking Services, and Shields Library — 784,326

5. Wellies Health Education and Promotion, and Student Health Services — 631,395

6. Walkie Talkie Department of Plant Sciences — 580,499

7. Tech Hub Bookstore — 543,078

8. Hopkins Hoofers Foundation Plant Services and Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program — 529,593

9. Brain Power Alzheimer’s Disease Center — 496,945

10. I B Pro Fun College of Letters and Sciences deans’ office, and other — 494,934

11. Walkineers College of Engineering dean’s office and other — 474,544

12. MOOvers Department of Animal Science — 429,170

13. Holy Walkamolies Student Health Services — 266,651

AGGIES ON THE MOVE

Membership is open to everyone in the UC Davis community (Activities and Recreation Center membership not required), including students, faculty, staff, retirees and alumni. For a $5 fee, you get a pedometer and a logbook, and eligibility for incentive prizes (for every 250,000 steps). Pedometers cost $8 for friends and family (membership not included). The place to register is the ARC’s front desk. New incentives for members this year: hats, visors, T-shirts and socks, water bottles and red blinking lights. Also, active participants are eligible for monthly and quarterly raffles for headlamps, $25 gift cards and $100 quarterly grand prize gift cards.

More information is available from the Fitness and Wellness Center, 232 ARC, telephone (530) 754-2179, e-mail fitwell@campusrec.ucdavis.edu.