Cardboard boat races
September 23, 2022 6:01 pm
• Last Updated: September 26, 2022 8:17 pm
Hannah Andrewjczyk and Kaelyn Horn of Shelton High School celebrate as they cross the finish line for second place in their heat of the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Competitors in the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races charge into the water Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
UConn Early College Experience students cheer on their team at the annual cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Jeff Winston, with the UConn Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) paddles to a win in the instructor and staff heat of the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture Science & Technology Education Center (BRASTEC) team, from left, Keller Hall, Sam Griffin, Cassidy Linley, Liam Rooney, and Will Barick add layers of duct tape to their entry, Sturgeon, in the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Victoria Sturm celebrates as she paddles the Waterford High School entry Average Joe across the finish line to win the second heat of the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The team from the Morgan School of Clinton gathers around the championship trophy at the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat race Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Delaney Vaudrey of Ledyard High School paddles Ugly Ductling off the beach in the championship heat of the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Morgan School of Clinton students cheer on their entry USS Independence in the third heat of the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The Waterford High School team gathers around Average Joe for a photo following the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Ellington High School team gather around their two entries for a cheer before the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Ledyard students cheer on their entry, Ugly Ductling, in the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Davis Walker of the Morgan School celebrates as he paddles USS Independence across the finish line to win the third heat of the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The Morgan School of Clinton team gather for a photo with the championship trophy after its entry, USS Independence, won the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Waterford High School team pitch Average Joe, one of their two entries in the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races, into the Dumpster Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Students from seven high schools wait in line for a treat from the UConn Dairy Bar food truck as they wait for the start of the UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Friday, September 23, 2022 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Groton―Paddling against the inevitability of the soggy collapse of their creations, students enrolled in Early College Experience courses through the University of Connecticut took to the waters of Eastern Point Beach for cardboard boat races Friday.
A dozen boats from seven high schools converged on the beach following a morning of workshops hosted by UConn Avery Point. Teams competed in three heats with the winners and the next two fastest finishers entering the water for a championship round.
The Morgan School of Clinton with its Revolutionary War-themed entry USS Independence won its heat, and the overall title, bringing home the championship trophy. The Morgan School’s second boat, Miracle on Water, won the People’s Choice award, voted on by the participants.
The races returned this year after a two-year hiatus. UConn Avery Point students held their own races on Thursday.
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