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Winners' Gallery for the 2009 EnergyWhiz Olympics

2009 Hydrogen Sprint

20 Meter Fuel Cell Race

1st Place

Kanapaha Middle School - Edgewood Jr./Sr. High, Merritt Island, Florida

Photograph of M-Jop III

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Time:

Ryan Cilsick
M-Jop III
174 grams
Chase Brown,
Kyle Holderman,
Jeremy Tackett
5.16 seconds
Record time for this event!


A not so close second...

Photograph of Carecar
12.03 seconds - Race Girls
Edgewood Jr/Sr High - Merritt Island, Florida

Photograph of students racing fueling the model fuel-cell car.

Photograph of official timing the model fuel-cell car.

Photograph of students racing putting the model fuel-cell car on the starting line.

Photograph of official timing the pink Race Girls model fuel-cell car.

Vehicle Design

1st Place Best Design

Olympic High School, Orlando, Florida

Photograph of Titan I Rocket

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Features:

Thomas Corry
Titan I Rocket
Alex Benfield,
Scott Cravey,
Sam Williams
Clean design and craftsmanship, excellent design document.

A close second and third...

Photograph of Titan 2 Rocket
Titan 2 Rocket
Olympia High School - Orlando, Florida

Photograph of Carecar
Race Girls
Edgewood Jr/Sr High - Merritt Island, Florida

Photograph of judges inspecting model fuel-cell cars.
Photograph of students racing model solar cars.

Hydrogen Presentations

1st Place Presentation

Edgewood Jr./Sr. High, Merritt Island, Florida

Gray box

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Presentation:

Meredith Day
Race Girls
Lizzie Hall,
Kelsey Guyan,
Jessica Kulenguski,
Megan O’Neill,
Erin Ort,
Shreni Shah
Car-y Tales (play) Read the script here.

Second and third...

Photograph of students putting on their hydrogen puppet show.
C.I.A. (puppet show)
Space Coast Jr/Sr High - Cocoa, Florida

M-JopIII
Edgewood Jr/Sr High - Merritt Island, Florida

 

Overall Hydrogen Sprint Winners

Overall winners are determined by weighting the team's performance in the three competition parts: vehicle performance, vehicle design and hydrogen presentation.

1st Place Overall

Edgewood Jr./Sr. High - Merritt Island, Florida

Photograph of Race Girls with trophy and ribbons.

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Meredith Da
Race Girls
Lizzie Hall,
Kelsey Guyan,
Jessica Kulenguski,
Megan O’Neill,
Erin Ort,
Shreni Shah

2nd Place Overall

Edgewood Jr./Sr. High - Merritt Island, Florida

Photograph of M-Jop III with trophy and ribbons.

Instructor:
Team:
Students:

Ryan Cilsick
M-Jop III
Chase Brown,
Kyle Holderman,
Jeremy Tackett

3rd Place Overall

Olympic High - Orlando, Florida

Photograph of Titan I Rocket with trophy and ribbons.

Instructor:
Vehicle:
Students:

Thomas Corry
Titan I Rocket
Alex Benfield,
Scott Cravey,
Sam Williams