Cal Poly Logging Team Takes Top Honors

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly’s Logging Team won top honors at the 75th annual Association of Western Forestry Clubs’ logging sports conclave this weekend.

The four-day competition featured more than 100 athletes from 12 western university teams competing in events including axe throwing, log rolling, boom running, pole climbing and power sawing.

Cal Poly’s team earned the top score, followed by Flathead Valley Community College and Humboldt State University, respectively. Cal Poly’s Sam Mulholland was named Bull of the Woods as the top male competitor, and Cal Poly’s Melissa Pechter was named Belle of the Woods as the top female competitor.

 

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Contact: Haley Marconett
805-203-5297; hmarcone@calpoly.edu