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By Team UAH This page gives you a sample of the critical information that your team will need to gain the competitive advantage that it takes to score big points in the water at the national level. This year's races will take place on Saturday, June 16th at Lake Murray in San Diego, California, and we begin by showing you a panoramic view of the lake.
The race site is only a couple of miles from the host school (San Diego State University - SDSU) and may be one of the best yet. The water is deep and the judges should have a good line of site for monitoring the start and finish of the races. We continue by presenting a detailed map showing the shape of the lake and the location of the race site (see shaded box).
A topographical map, provided courtesy of SDSU, is shown below. The map shows the layout of the courses. The dimensions are in meters. The location of the lake comes next via a map provided courtesy of MAPQUEST. The location of SDSU is denoted by the red star. The current weather conditions come to you courtesy of weather.com and the Weather Channel. We thought that you might also enjoy seeing a few other pictures of the lake, surroundings, site, and parking lot.
As you can see from the photographs above and below, there are some pavilions and trees adjacent to the site but chances are that most of them will be used by ASCE and Master Builders to run the event. We suggest that schools bring a tent or erected a covered pavilion to protect their boat and team from the sun. With or without protection, sun screen is an absolute must.
There is a relatively large parking lot immediately adjacent to the site.
Ready access to the water is afforded via a pier and ramp.
We are currently getting feedback from many of the national qualifiers and are most willing to place photos, information, and updated links to your university on our site. Don't forget to contact us with your "Hot Tips," so that we can all help other schools improve next year! We plan to launch a new Billboard section soon where all schools that participate in the concrete canoe competition, regionally and/or nationally, can post their best times for the current racing season. Teams will be on the honor system and the time for each event must represent the average time logged by at least two timers. Your sprint course must be accurate, measuring 100 m from buoy to buoy and teams do not have to use concrete canoes; a practice boat is ok. We plan to post results for men's (2 paddlers), women's (2 paddlers), and co-ed (4 paddlers) races. Remember, you do not need to beat the fastest times posted by other schools; the times that you submit must be the fastest for your school during the period specified. In return for your participation, we will provide a link to your school on the Billboard, and on our canoe websites page. You already know the rules -- Out for 100 m, a 180 degree turn in either direction, and back to the start buoy; the bow must remain the bow for the duration of the race; boats must be paddled using single bladed paddles. So, unpack your surveying equipment or simply use a 100 meter long rope, lay out a course, and prepare to contact us with your school's best sprint times. As long as all of us are doing this much work to prepare for competition, we thought that we might as well have some fun year round. We are interested in racing and/or paddling with other schools more often, and if any of you have ideas on how that can be done, please let us know. We are willing to travel to a location near you or host some type of get together here in Huntsville. Thank you in advance for your help and suggestions! |
