National Concrete Canoe Championship Claimed By Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Mustangs edge out twenty-one other teams to win the ‘America’s Cup of Civil
San Luis Obispo, Calif.—After putting their academic and athletic skills to the test in a grueling three-day battle at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 23rd annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo has claimed their first ever national title. The school’s win, in their 170-pound, white canoe, the Amazona, also marks the first time that a school has hosted and won the championship simultaneously. Throughout the year, teams of civil engineering students from across the country and Canada logged thousands of hours