Cardboard boat race held in Groton

September 27, 2017 12:00 am • Last Updated: September 27, 2017 7:41 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

Olivia Strelevitz, left, and Cassidy Carroll, second from left, of the Ledyard High School team row their boat "Mad Cow" around the first buoy while competing in the third UConn ECE race of the 7th annual Avery Point Cardboard Boat Race at Eastern Point Beach in Groton Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Four hundred and fifty high school students participating in the UConn Early College Experience created 30 boats and competed in 3 UConn ECE heats with the first place winners from each heat competing in the championship. UConn Avery Point students and staff competed in 14 boats for one race. The event was presented by the UConn Avery Point Associated Student Government. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Four hundred and fifty high school students participating in the UConn Early College Experience created 30 boats and competed in 3 UConn ECE heats with the first place winners from each heat competing in the championship. UConn Avery Point students and staff competed in 14 boats for one race.

The event was presented by the UConn Avery Point Associated Student Government.

A UConn Avery Point student/professor team paddle their boat "Argo" past student Catherine Russeau, left, as she struggles to stay afloat in her Husky Ambassador team boat while they compete in the UConn Avery Point students and staff race of the 7th annual Avery Point Cardboard Boat Race at Eastern Point Beach in Groton Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Four hundred and fifty high school students participating in the UConn Early College Experience created 30 boats in 3 UConn ECE heats with the first place winners from each heat competing in the championship. UConn Avery Point students and staff competed in 14 boats for one race. The event was presented by the UConn Avery Point Associated Student Government. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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The Ledyard High School team circles around their boat "Mad Cow" for a cheer before their race during the 7th annual Avery Point Cardboard Boat Race at Eastern Point Beach in Groton, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. Four hundred and fifty high school students participating in the UConn Early College Experience created 30 boats and competed in 3 UConn ECE heats with the first place winners from each heat competing in the championship. UConn Avery Point students and staff competed in 14 boats for one race. The event was presented by the UConn Avery Point Associated Student Government. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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