"2007 NCCC - Who's Who in the Competition"

Links to these and other schools are available through our concrete canoe websites page.

Pre-National Photos (in alphabetical order)

Cal Poly - Pomona finished second in the Pacific Southwest... but since the winner finished in the top five last year... Pomona will make their third national appearance (statistics).

  
Cal Poly - Pomona will field "The Wedge."

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 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo successfully defended their conference title in the Pacific Southwest and will make their eighth national appearance in 2007 (statistics).

  
Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo will field "M.C. Escher."

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 An upset in the Metropolitan Conference... where City College won over the defending conference champions from Polytechnic University.  CCNY will make their seventh national appearance in 2007 (statistics).

  
City College of New York (CCNY) will field "The Shepard."

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An upset in Upstate New York... where a team from the Ecole de Technologie Superieure in Quebec, Canada won against the defending conference champion from Clarkson University.  ETS will make their second national appearance (statistics).

  

    
Ecole de Technologie Superieure will field "Tomahawk."

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Fairmont will field "The Fighting Falcon.

Fairmont State successfully defended their Virginias Conference title.  They will make their fourth consecutive national appearance (statistics).

"The Fighting Falcon" incorporates an Intelli-Rock system, allowing the team to obtain immediate and long term strength and humidity correlations via encased sensors.


The "Falcon" is a smart structure that incorporates embedded sensors.

The boat's concrete outlays were designed to simulate the F-16 Thunderbird design.  The concrete inlays represent the school's mascot... uniting the team’s theme ("Top Gun") and boat’s identity.

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The Gators swept the concrete canoe races in the Southeast to edge out Florida Tech and defending conference champion... Team UAH..  Florida will make its fifth national appearance (statistics).

  
The "Gators" from the University of Florida will field "Gladigator."

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Houston upset the defending conference champions from Texas A&M in the Texas-Mexico Conference.  Houston will make their fourth national appearance (statistics).

  
Houston will field "Streaming Buffalo."

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The University of Illinois at Urbana (concrete canoeing originated there in 1971 when the Boneyard Yacht Club field "Mis-Led") finished second in the Great Lakes... but since the winner finished in the top five last year...Urbana will compete at nationals for the sixth time (statistics).

  
The "Boneyard Yacht Club" from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign will field "Mis-Led II."

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The University of Maine successfully defended their conference title in New England and will be making their fourth national appearance (statistics).

  
The University of Maine will field "Libra."

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Michigan Tech scored a perfect 100 in the North Central Conference and will make their ninth national appearance (statistics).

  
Michigan Tech scored a perfect 100 at the conference level with "Gitchee Gumee".

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Mississippi State will be one of two teams (Pittsburg-Johnstown is the other team) making their debut in Seattle bringing the number of schools to qualify over 20 years to 107.  Way to go guys... welcome to the major league!

  
The "Bulldogs" from Mississippi State University will field "Dawgliverance."

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 An upset in the Mid-Pacific... where University of Nevada, Reno won over the defending conference champions from UC-Berkeley.  Reno will make their second consecutive national appearance in 2007 (statistics).

  
The University of Nevada - Reno will field "Cerulean."

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New Mexico State

An upset in the Rocky Mountain Conference... where the "Aggies" from New Mexico State won over the defending conference champions from South Dakota Tech.  State will make their sixth national appearance (statistics).

  
The "Aggies" from New Mexico State will field "For Pete's Sake."

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North Carolina State broke the longest consecutive winning streak in NCCC history (14 straight conference titles by Clemson's 3CT) by winning in the Carolinas.  NC State will be making their ninth national appearance (statistics).

  
"Wolfpack Watersports" from North Carolina State will field "In Sea State"... nice name.

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Ohio Northern finished second in the North Central Conference... but since the winner finished in the top five last year... Northern will compete at nationals for the second year in a row (statistics).


Ohio Northern University will field "Northern Edge."

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 The University of Oklahoma successfully defended their Mid-Continent Conference title.  They will make their sixth national appearance in 2007 (statistics).

Oklahoma will be introducing shrinkage compensated concrete to the competition this year.

  
   The University of Oklahoma will field "Centennial."

Since the concrete has a final shrinkage of only 20 micro-strain, shrinkage cracking is virtually eliminated.

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  The University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown will make field "Drakkar."

The University of Pittsburgh in Johnstown won the Mid-Atlantic Conference.  Johnstown will be one of two teams (Mississippi State is the other team) making their debut in Seattle bringing the number of schools to qualify over 20 years to 107.  Way to go guys... welcome to the major league!

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The University of Washington will compete as this year's national host school.


The University of Washington will field "Legacy."  Photo by Peter Mackenzie.

Civil engineering students from across the country will paddle into Seattle, June 14-16, for ASCE's 20th Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, where they will make the impossible a reality: design, build and race canoes made of concrete. ASCE members, family and friends are invited to watch the races and then see first hand how students manage these amazing feats during the Concrete Carnival Family Festival.  Feel the heat as concrete is formed when you make and decorate concrete objects, mix and eat a "concrete" cookie, visit the Concrete Petting Zoo for clues to how concrete canoes float, then enjoy the lakeside view as you cheer on your favorite team.  Events are free to the public, but VIP tickets are available for special events planned for Concrete Canoe alumni.

The team will be making their sixth national appearance (statistics).

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An upset in the Pacific Northwest... where a team from Washington State University won over the defending conference champions from the University of Washington.  WSU will make their eleventh national appearance in 2007 (statistics).

  
Washington State University will field "Wheatland Express."

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Western Kentucky successfully defended their Ohio Valley Conference title and will make their 13th national appearance (statistics).

  
Western Kentucky University will field "Rocked Out."

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UW - Madison

The University of Wisconsin - Madison successfully defended their Great Lakes Conference title.  The "Badgers" will be making their thirteenth national appearance this year... vying for their fifth consecutive national title (statistics).

  
 The Badgers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison will defend their title with "Descendant."

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  The University of Wisconsin - Platteville successfully defended their Mid-West Conference title.  They will make their third consecutive national appearance in 2007 (statistics).

  
The University of Wisconsin - Platteville will field "Whiskey Tech."