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Results of the 2010 Contest
Final Round  

The Final Round of the 2010 West Point Bridge Design Contest was conducted on Saturday morning, May 8, 2010. The five finalist teams had just two hours to develop bridge designs for two different project scenarios.

Team Bebop, Myles and Josh from Cornwall, NY, came out on top and took home $5,000 scholarships in recognition of their achievement. All five finalists received Dell notebook computers as well. The final standings are listed below. Congratulations to all five teams--the world's best virtual bridge builders!


The Winners!
team bebop

Rank Team Name Members City/State School
1 Team Bebop

Myles

Cornwall on Hudson, NY Cornwall Central High School
Josh New Windsor, NY
2 Arch Nemeses Bobby New Windsor, NY Cornwall Central High School
Sean Cornwall on Hudson, NY
3 Austin Rocks Kevin Austin, TX Home School
Madeline
4 JLLH Jiaqi Naples, FL Community School of Naples
Lucky
5 soccer bucs Ryan Buckhannon, WV Buckhannon-Upshur High School
Karac


Semi-Final Round  

The Semi-Final Round of the West Point Bridge Design Contest was conducted from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT on March 22, 2010. 70 teams competed. The five teams that qualified for the Final Round are listed below. Congratulations to our finalists!

In the Semi-Final Round, teams were restricted to a 44-meter span with standard abutments and no portion of the structure extending above the deck. The top semi-final design submission is shown at right.

The Top Design
Kevin and Madeline of Team Austin Rocks met the semi-final design challenge with this innovative bridge.
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Rank Team Name Members City/State School
1 Austin Rocks Kevin Austin, TX Home School
Madeline
2 Arch Nemeses Bobby New Windsor, NY Cornwall Central High School
Sean Cornwall on Hudson, NY
3 soccer bucs Ryan Buckhannon, WV Buckhannon-Upshur High School
Karac
4 JLLH Jiaqi Naples, FL Community School of Naples
Lucky
5 Team Bebop Myles New Windsor, NY Cornwall Central High School
Josh Cornwall on Hudson, NY

 

Qualifying Round  

The Qualifying Round of the West Point Bridge Design Contest ended at 1:00 pm EST on March 5, 2010. The teams that qualified for the Semi-Final Round are listed below. Congratulations to our semi-finalists!

By the way, the best design submitted during the Qualifying Round had a cost of $136,874.77. Well done, Timothy and Christian, who completed in the Open category.

Zone I
Rank Team Name Members City/State School
1 Team Bebop Myles New Windsor, NY Cornwall Central HS
Josh Cornwall on Hudson, NY
2 H0LEintheW0RLD Daniel Middletown, NY Pine Bush High School
3 polyhedron Dan Baltimore, MD Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Wuqiong
4 Arch Nemeses Bobby New Windsor, NY Cornwall Central High School
Sean Cornwall on Hudson, NY
5 Bridge Benders Geoffrey Middletown, NJ Homeschool
David
6 \m/ *o* \m/ Alexander Cornwall, NY Cornwall Central High School
7 Big Bad Bridges Galen Middletown, NJ homeschool
8 warelephantftw Ian Morgantown, PA Holy Name High School
Nathan Sinking Spring, PA
9 Winnar Alan Leesport, PA Holy Name High School
Thomas Wyomissing, PA
10 John Galt Jarred Mohrsville, PA Holy Name High School
Aili Mohnton, PA
11 Team KO Seth Jericho, NY Jericho High School
12 alleganiensis Alex Oneonta, NY Oneonta High School
Eunice
13 QuirkyB Alex Oneonta, NY Oneonta High School
14 orgman Daniel Silver Spring, MD Wheaton Highschool
15 Doug Douglas Fair Lawn, NJ Fair Lawn High School
16 lampmasters Angela Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY Cornwall Central High School
Alexandria Cornwall, NY
17 Bridge_Trolls Nadine West Point, NY James I. O'Neill
Leia

Zone II
Rank Team Name Members City/State School
1 Bongo Peter Morgantown, WV University High School
Stephen Cheat Lake Middle School
2 4th Derivatives Jessica Forsyth, GA Mary Persons High School
Tony Culloden, GA
3 America's Team Jamie Ocoee, FL Ocoee High
Brandon orlando, FL Ocoee
4 Team Epic Aniket Beckley, WV St. Francis de Sales
Nick Shady Spring, WV
5 MrSoupy Adam ocoee, FL ocoee high school
6 KnightMare Brian Ocoee, FL Ocoee High School
Jeffrey
7 JLLH Jiaqi Naples, FL Community School of Naples
Lucky
8 jiaqigreat Jiaqi Naples, FL Community School of Naples
9 Timbydude2 Jonathan Naples, FL Community School of Naples
Jonathan
10 Ashlyn Ashlyn Ocoee, FL Ocoee High School
11 Tardis Katherine Ocoee, FL Ocoee High
12 soccer bucs Ryan Buckhannon, WV Buckhannon-Upshur High School
Karac
13 Timbydude Jonathan Naples, FL Community School of Naples
14 BHS1 Russ Wellsburg, WV Brooke High School
Jacob Colliers, WV
15 brooke2 Josh Weirton, WV Brooke High School
Jonathan Follansbee, WV
16 Ryan Ryan Port charlotte, FL Charlotte Technical Center
17 Jacob R. Jacob Walkerton, IN Homeschool
18 onebucplace8 Cameron Port Charlotte, FL Charlotte Technical Center
19 Moose Neela Ocoee, FL Ocoee High School
20 Win PCHS Win Karl Port Charlotte, FL Port Charlotte High School

Zone III
Rank Team Name Members City/State School
1 InTension Luke Bolingbrook, IL Home school
Mike Plainfield, IL
2 M&K Kevin Rochester, MN John Marshall High School
Max Century High School
3 PontesFortes Michael Sugar Grove, IL Homeschool
Matthew
4 DC Phillip Tyler, TX John Tyler High School
Jesus
5 JTFreshFish13 Rodney Tyler, TX John Tyler High School
Jamarcus
6 The Engineers Alex Tyler, TX John Tyler Highschool
Caleb
7 Austin Rocks Kevin Austin, TX Home School
Madeline
8 Jones&Jones Darien Tyler, TX John Tyler High School
DeVonte
9 eightyproof Jakyireen Tyler, TX John Tyler High School
Hennessey
10 Slayers Rogelio Tyler, TX John Tyler High School
Jacob
11 Snipers Manny Tyler, TX johnTyler High School
Steven
12 The Bad warrior Trayvaon Tyler, TX John Tyler High School
13 RobertonDaniels Daniel Tyler, TX John Tyler High School
Roberto
14 The Lions Victor Tyler, TX John Tyler
Kevin
15 KKoe01 Kevin Carrollton, TX Hebron High School
16 SteelEnterprise Sean Austin, TX McNeil High School
17 Jebusites James Schertz, TX San Antonio Christian High School
18 Army of Yon John South Sioux City, NE South Sioux City High School
19 Anti-Gravity Brian Georgetown, TX Georgetown High School
Mitch georgetown high

Zone IV
Rank Team Name Members City/State School
1 Team sXe Jared sequim, WA Sequim High School
Benjamin
2 Advil Michael Thousand Oaks, CA Redwood Middle School
Greg Newburry Park, CA
3 Team Alfa Blake Sequim, WA Sequim High School
Byron
4 TrussUsToCross Matt Thousand Oaks, CA Thousand Oaks High School
Brian
5 Team Basketball Evan Sequim, WA Sequim High School
6 Team Dobing Brandon Danville, CA Monte Vista
Craig Alamo, CA Monte Vista High School
7 Bridge Busters Michael Thousand Oaks, CA Redwood Middle School
Aidan
8 Team Ty Tyler Danville, CA Monte Vista High School
9 Shenanigans Alex Danville, CA Monte Vista High School
Ian
10 0range Nick Thousand Oaks, CA Redwood Middle School
Charley Newbury Park, CA
11 Team Mac Mac San Ramon, CA Monte Vista High School
Josh Walnut Creek, CA
12 Frosty Cam Danville, CA Monte Vista High School
BJ Alamo, CA
13 salt Benjamin Thousand Oaks, CA Redwood Middle School
Nile
14 Team 1st Matthew Danville, CA Monte Vista
Clark Alamo, CA Monte Vista High School
15 warriorbridges brandon wasilla, AK wasilla high school
keith
16 gold Harrison Thousand Oaks, CA Redwood Middle School
17 cute Wyatt Thousand Oaks, CA Redwood Middle School
Caleb
18 bobjoefred Chris Danville, CA Monte Vista High School
19 Kyle1458 Kyle Danville, CA Monte Vista High School
20 Brendan Brendan Seattle, WA Roosevelt
21 LCC Mavericks Nirav Carlsbad, CA La Costa Canyon
Keith
22 In God We Truss Sean Chula Vista, CA Eastlake High School
23 Jakob Jakob Portland, OR Riverdale High School
24 Team RezaBlade Mark Beaverton, OR OES
Ryan Portland, OR Oregon Episcopal School