Following the 2-day PEP competition at Virginia Beach, the Department of Navy put out a press release that featured our team's successes.
The teams of college students come from universities all over the country. Some are very well known, like Princeton and Texas A&M, but others are much smaller and not necessarily easily recognized. That doesn’t mean the smaller universities aren’t as competitive. Russell said Washington College in Maryland came in first and second place, respectively, in the 2022 and 2023 manned race, as well as placing first in 2024.
“They don't even have an engineering school. It's just a group of students who go to school near the Chesapeake Bay and they built a couple of very good boats,” he said.
Read the full press release here:
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