Shark, giant spud and more battle for bragging rights in mascot competition

Running the length of a football field is one thing doing it in a giant foam costume is another.

Eliot River Elementary School in Cornwall, P.E.I.,hosted itsannual mascot race Monday, a year-end event that includes a giant potato racing a foam giraffe.

Students from the school get into some of the costumes to take part in a series of fun races, while companies and organizations from across P.E.I. senttheir best to try and win the day.

This year's competition was fierce as 20 mascots took part, with about 1,000 students cheering on the sidelines for their favourite.

Spike the Shark, the mascot of Gulf Shore Consolidated School, took home the winning title.

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