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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Ethan Lie was crowned this year’s head lettuce after finishing his head of lettuce in 3 minutes, 32 seconds. Courtesy of Alek Shurson
by Ahmed Hassan | Published May 6, 2025
The University of Minnesota’s Lettuce Club held its yearly lettuce-eating competition Friday, where nearly two dozen University students and other community members competed to see who could eat a head of lettuce the fastest.
The Lettuce Club is a student-run organization that meets once a year to hold a lettuce-eating competition. The winner is crowned the Head Lettuce and serves as the club’s president for the next year.
Right hands on your lettuce and left hands in the air, lettuce compete today with honor, glory and most importantly, a mild appetite for leafy vegetables.
Ethan Lie, a third-year human physiology major, was crowned this year’s head lettuce, eating his head of lettuce in 3 minutes and 32 seconds.
Lie tied with fourth-year industrial and systems engineering student Jared Burnett, but was crowned the head since Burnett will graduate this semester.
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Photo Gallery: Lettuce Club Competition
“I think its importance really lies in the fact that we’re students, we have stressful days and we have stressful lives, but at the end of the day we want to have fun,” Tomas said. “This is an opportunity for people to have that and relax and just take a minute or hour out of their hectic schedules.” All Photos: Courtesy of Alek Shurson
 Former and most recent head lettuce Nathan Tomas ate his lettuce in 5 minutes and 21 seconds in 2024. |  The current Lettuce-Eating record is 2 minutes and 35 seconds, set by Hampton Weber in 2021 |