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"2011
National Concrete Canoe Competition"
Cal Poly - SLO Defends National Title California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo successfully defended their national title making them the fifth school (out of nine past national winners) to secure multiple titles [Alabama-Huntsville's Team UAH has five, Cal-Berkeley's Bears have five, Clemson's 3CT have three, and Wisconsin-Madison's Badgers have five].
SLO fought hard to stay on top and earned considerable points after their entry called "Cetacea" won best product.
SLO earned 86.5 points out of a possible 100 and won the competition by a 10.6 point margin. See For the Record and Competition Results 2011 NCCC Coverage
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badger's finished second followed by Canadian National Champion Laval in third. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona finished an impressive fourth with the University of Nevada - Reno Wolf Pack in fifth. Top Picks - The
Front Line - Commentary
2011 marked the 24th anniversary of the national concrete canoe competition. Historically, the first place overall winner in each of 18 Conferences was invited to compete in the 2011 National Concrete Canoe Competition. In addition, if the first place Conference winner finished in the top five overall in the 2010 National Competition (Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, the University of Nevada, Reno, Ecole de Technologie Superieur, Michigan Tech, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison), the second place team was also invited to compete at nationals. All five schools won their conferences allowing their second place finishers to attend. The two newcomers in
2011 brought the number of schools that have
participated at the national level to 112. John Gilbert covered the event for ConcreteCanoe.org. Design reports (25% of score) were evaluated prior to the competition. Nevada-Reno won this event. The final products (25% of score) were judged on Thursday, June 16 on the Sesquicentennial Oval of the UE Campus. The canoes were photographed with as little clutter (participants, spectators, etc.) as possible to show exactly what each school had to offer. Cal Poly - SLO won this event.
Oral presentations (25% of score) were delivered on Friday, June 17 in the Shanklin Theatre. We attended of them and documented every question posed to the teams by the judges. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona won this event.
A description of the oral presentations as we;; as photos of all canoes, cross sections and displays are included here: 2011 NCCC Products, Displays, Cutaway Sections, and Presentations Races (25% of score) were held June 18th at Audubon State Park (see below). Laval swept the races and scored the most race points. Details for all schools are included along with photos and the salient features of their products here:: "2011 Vital Statistics - Presentations and Boats" California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
(1st place overall, 4th place in paper, 2nd place in presentation,
1st place in product, 2nd in races) 2011 NCCC Race Site Races were held on Saturday, June 18 at Audubon State Park. The races were delayed by inclement weather but the skies cleared around noon. There was no time for the final sprints and the endurance course had to be modified... but all five races were held.
2011 NCCC - Who's Who in the Competition The field was
set at 23 for the 2011 NCCC. There were two newcomers. For complete U.S. National Statistics see: "For the Record."
2011 NCCC Website Links
University of Evansville - ASCE Student Chapter and 2011 NCCC Information Website (venues, job fair, contact information) 2011 ASCE Official NCCC Website (history, rules and regulations, conference competitions, qualifying teams) 2011 CNCCC Requests Feedback "The Committee on National Concrete Canoe Competitions (CNCCC) would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the teams that have participated at their respective conference competitions over the past several weeks and those that will compete in the next few weeks. We are looking forward to an exciting national competition being hosted by the University of Evansville in June. Each year, the CNCCC develops rules and regulations following the completion of the National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC), many times using the feedback provided by students, advisors, and judges. As such, we would like to solicit your feedback regarding the rules and the competition (such as need for clarifications, suggestions for changes in language, etc.) or other general comments you wish to provide. Maybe there is a rule you want to bring back, or a rule you just absolutely hate and wish it would just go away. Perhaps you think the rules are too long and complex or you might appreciate the level of detail. Whatever it is, the CNCCC will take it under consideration, but we make no guarantees! The goal of using the feedback is to make the rules clearer and maintaining fairness and consistency; this should not be considered a forum to register complaints. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM is welcomed!!! We ask that if your school wished to provide comments that your team consolidate them and send one e-mail rather than several e-mails from the same school. If you wish, you may make a Word document and attach it to the e-mail. Please forward your comments to cnccc@asce.org with "Concrete Canoe Feedback" in the subject line." 2012 National Concrete Canoe Competition The 25th Annual 2012 National Concrete Canoe Competition will be held in Reno, Nevada on June 14-16, 2012. The University of Nevada, Reno will be the host school. |
