
Got a bit wet but came out with a fun shot.
UVU students Roger Smith, front left, and Neil Roberts, front right, scream and splash as they enter a pool of ice water during the Wolverine Polar Plunge, part of the school's homecoming activities on campus Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. UVU's Outdoor Adventure Center hosts the plunge, now in its third year, to provide a challenging event for students daring enough to freeze for prizes, including an Ipod Touch. Twenty-five participants entered the cold water where they spent three minutes treading water before diving to collect from 500 pennies thrown in to determine a winner. "I didn't have my contacts in so I couldn't tell the difference between leaves and pennies," said Smith after coming up with 15 cents, a far cry from winner Josh Lowder's 49 pennies. Roberts came up with even fewer coins. "But it was fun still," he said shivering afterward. UVU's homecoming week will conclude Friday with a mens basketball game against North Dakota State at 7 p.m., preceded by a tailgate party and followed by an Institute Homecoming Dance. MARK JOHNSTON/Daily Herald