The Arrow held its Pumpkin Chuckin' Contest on Wednesday at Parker Field, where contestants from several fraternities competed to see who could throw pumpkins the farthest.

Sigma Chi President Nik Weber easily won the contest, throwing one of his pumpkins 130 feet.

While most participants chose a baseball style or a sidearm throw, Weber threw his pumpkins using a unique spin technique similar to how a track and field athlete would throw a discus, and said that style was key to his win.

"Back in the day, I learned how to throw discus, and I just kind of did that," Weber said. "I just figured that would give me enough momentum to chuck it."

"I guess I just got lucky," Weber said. "No one really knows how to throw a pumpkin," Weber said with a laugh.

Weber won a $100 gift certificate to Sign Master, who sponsored the event. Signmaster prints promotional products ranging from business cards to T-shirts, all the way up to exterior signs.

Weber said he plans to donate his winnings to his fraternity, so that "they can use it for recruitment shirts, or maybe for shirts for our philanthropy coming up. We hold a soccer tournament every year to help support the Huntsman Cancer Institute."

The contest was open to all fraternities. Each fraternity could have one member participate in the three preliminary rounds, and the person with the longest throw from each of those rounds moved on to the final round to crown the overall pumpkin chuckin' champion.

Multiple fraternities turned out for the event, to support each other and have a few good laughs.

Sigma Chi swept the preliminary rounds, with William Jelks and Chad Mandernach competing against Weber in the final round.

The Arrow's advertising and marketing staff organized the contest.

Olivia Snare, a junior advertising major at Southeast, helped organize the competition.

"We were trying to think of a promotional thing to do for the Arrow... and with it being around Halloween, we thought it would be the perfect idea to play off of with the pumpkins," Snare said.

Snare said she was pleased with the turnout.

"We were trying to contact all the fraternities, and we weren't sure how many were going to show up since there was no pre-registration. Then to see how many guys came out, and how excited they were about it, I feel like they were all having a lot of fun, and they had their brothers there to support them. Hopefully we can make it bigger next year," Snare said.

Throws ranged in distance from Weber's 130 feet, all the way down to Evan Siers' throw of 1.5 feet.

Siers, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, was throwing with his dominant arm in a sling and received some good-natured ribbing during and after his puny throw.