Greg Roberts, right, and Spencer Walker, of Enfield High School paddle their cardboard boats with giant spoons as they compete in the first high school heat of the University of Connecticut Early College Experience (ECE) program annual cardboard boat races on the Groton campus waterfront Thursday, September 22, 2016. The races, with boats from 20 teams from UConn and high schools around the state, are the culmination of a day of outreach to about 300 ECE students visiting the Avery Point campus. The races were opened to teams from ECE physics programs for the first time more than doubling the number of participating high schools. Teams from Enfield High School won both heats of the high school division and competed with a UConn boat for the overall championship. Colby Unterstein, 17, of Enfield paddled to the championship after his competition in the final swamped shortly after the start of the race. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Montville High School junior Brooke Dominello, left, gives Noah Cook and the school's entry in the University of Connecticut Early College Experience (ECE) program annual cardboard boat races a push away from the beach during competition on the Groton campus waterfront Thursday, September 22, 2016. The races, with boats from 20 teams from UConn and high schools around the state, are the culmination of a day of outreach to about 300 ECE students visiting the Avery Point campus. The races were opened to teams from ECE physics programs for the first time more than doubling the number of participating high schools. Teams from Enfield High School won both heats of the high school division and competed with a UConn boat for the overall championship. Colby Unterstein, 17, of Enfield paddled to the championship after his competition in the final swamped shortly after the start of the race. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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UConn students Riley Lindsey, front, of Gales Ferry, and Montana Woods, back, of Mystic, lose their battle with gravity as their cardboard boat capsizes just off the beach during the annual University of Connecticut Early College Experience (ECE) program cardboard boat races on the Groton campus waterfront Thursday, September 22, 2016. The races, with boats from 20 teams from UConn and high schools around the state, are the culmination of a day of outreach to about 300 ECE students visiting the Avery Point campus. The races were opened to teams from ECE physics programs for the first time more than doubling the number of participating high schools. Teams from Enfield High School won both heats of the high school division and competed with a UConn boat for the overall championship. Colby Unterstein, 17, of Enfield paddled to the championship after his competition in the final swamped shortly after the start of the race. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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UConn student Lilianna Vazquez goes into the water as her boat capsizes just off the beach during the annual University of Connecticut Early College Experience (ECE) program cardboard boat races on the Groton campus waterfront Thursday, September 22, 2016. The races, with boats from 20 teams from UConn and high schools around the state, are the culmination of a day of outreach to about 300 ECE students visiting the Avery Point campus. The races were opened to teams from ECE physics programs for the first time more than doubling the number of participating high schools. Teams from Enfield High School won both heats of the high school division and competed with a UConn boat for the overall championship. Colby Unterstein, 17, of Enfield paddled to the championship after his competition in the final swamped shortly after the start of the race. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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