Off to the cardboard boat races
September 19, 2018 12:00 am
• Last Updated: September 19, 2018 9:25 pm
Amanda LoMonte, of Shelton High School, goes down as she and her paddling partner Max Klein, charge into the water at the start of the third high school heat of the 8th annual UConn Avery Point/UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Groton — High school students from around the state enrolled in the UConn ECE program, along with staff and students from UConn's Avery Point campus compete in the 8th annual UConn Avery Point/UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Wednesday at Eastern Point Beach. Competitors constructed boats of cardboard and duct tape. Heats were held for each group, with three heats for high school teams, and the winners of the heats raced in one last contest to determine an overall winner.
The event was expanded to 35-boats and moved to Eastern Point Beach because it has outgrown the small Avery Point waterfront beach.
Menelik Nesmith, of the Science and Technology Magnet High School, paddles toward the finish in the first high school heat of the 8th annual UConn Avery Point/UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The paddlers from Lyman Hall cheer as the edge out Ryan Jamieson, back, of Ellington high school, for second place in their heat of the 8th annual UConn Avery Point/UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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