SOLAR SPLASH® 2004
Results and Awards

Qualifying Event
Boat Team 70m Sprint Time (s)

Sprint
Attempts

 Maneuver. Time (s) Maneuver.
Attempts		 Total Time (s)
1 École Technologie Supérieur 12.63 1 96.73 2 206.09
2 University of South Carolina 10.10 1 88.27 1 98.37
3 Geneva College 14.33 1 114.07 1 128.40
5 University of Arkansas 46.35 1 80.45 1 126.80
6 Cal-Poly Pomona 9.50 1 103.52 1 113.02
8 The College of New Jersey 11.30 1 84.56 1 95.86
11 Washington State University 10.98 1 67.64 1 78.62
13 University at Buffalo 20.51 1 96.40 3 309.71
14 U.S. Naval Academy 10.75 1 89.31 2 189.37
15 University of Northern Iowa 10.63 1 38.31 1 48.94
16 Messiah College 12.43 1 60.36 1 72.79
17 Indiana University - Purdue 42.72 1 155.59 1 198.31
18 SUNY - ESF 10.02 1 73.26 1 83.28
19 Long Beach Poly H. S. - S.E. 17.56 1 74.42 1 91.98
21 Webb Institute 11.75 1 94.39 1 106.14
23 Cedarville University 16.22 1 96.15 1 112.37
27 Kansas State University 20.39 1 71.10 1 91.49

Solar Slalom Event
Boat # Team Time (s) # of attempts Resulting time (s)
1 École Technologie Supérieur 88.77 1 88.77
2 University of South Carolina 56.63 1 56.63
3 Geneva College 59.34 2 118.68
5 University of Arkansas 51.03 1 51.03
6 Cal-Poly Pomona
DNF
 1
N/A
8 The College of New Jersey 58.45 1 58.45
11 Washington State University 66.29 1 66.29
13 University at Buffalo 128.33 1 128.33
14 U.S. Naval Academy 109.06 1 109.06
15 University of Northern Iowa 52.70 1 52.70
16 Messiah College 106.89 2 213.78
17 Indiana University - Purdue (IUPUI) 168.56 1 168.56
18 SUNY - ESF 90.26 1 90.26
19 Long Beach Polytechnic H. S. - S.E.
N/A
  
N/A
21 Webb Institute 91.96 1 91.96
23 Cedarville University 51.47 1 51.47
27 Kansas State University 78.53 1 78.53

Note: Solar Express entries do not compete in the Solar Slalom event.

Solar Endurance Event
Boat # Team Morning Heat Distance
laps		 Afternoon Heat Distance
laps		 Total Distance
laps
1 École Technologie Supérieur 28.00 28.75 56.75
2 University of South Carolina 17.00 18.75 35.75
3 Geneva College 18.50 19.75 38.25
5 University of Arkansas 20.25 24.25 44.50
6 Cal-Poly Pomona 17.00 15.75 32.75
8 The College of New Jersey 14.50 15.00 29.50
11 Washington State University 18.00 21.00 39.00
13 University at Buffalo 15.50 18.25 33.75
14 U.S. Naval Academy 15.50 7.25 22.75
15 University of Northern Iowa 14.75 9.00 23.75
16 Messiah College 23.00 24.75 47.75
17 Indiana University - Purdue 8.25 7.00 15.25
18 SUNY - ESF 14.00 13.50 27.50
19 Long Beach Poly H. S. - S.E. 20.00 21.33 41.33
21 Webb Institute 20.75 24.50 45.25
23 Cedarville University 24.00 24.75 48.75
27 Kansas State University 17.75 22.75 40.50

One lap was measured as 720 meters. The "parade lap" was not measured (each heat had one parade lap).
Solar Express boat laps are multiplied by 4/3 since they run for 1.5 hours instead of 2 hours.

Sprint Event
Boat # Team First Time (s) Second Time (s) Third Time (s) Sum of Two Best Times (s)
1 École Technologie Supérieur 55.71 189.63
-
 245.34
2 University of South Carolina 95.53 33.35 55.65 89.00
3 Geneva College 39.95 39.73
-
79.68
5 University of Arkansas 31.79 40.94
-
72.73
6 Cal-Poly Pomona 29.00 29.84 29.81 58.81
8 The College of New Jersey 35.88 35.47 34.97 70.44
11 Washington State University 41.21 39.37
-
 80.58
13 University at Buffalo 80.47 103.65
-
 184.12
14 U.S. Naval Academy 43.38 42.47
-
 85.85
15 University of Northern Iowa 40.60 41.12 38.92 79.52
16 Messiah College 43.25 37.56
-
 80.81
17 Indiana University - Purdue (IUPUI) 146.22 184.63 187.50 330.85
18 SUNY - ESF 37.87 37.18
-
 75.05
19 Long Beach Polytechnic H. S. - S.E. 88.26 97.68 85.36 173.62
21 Webb Institute 38.94 38.17
-
 77.11
23 Cedarville University 31.45 30.11 29.45 59.56
27 Kansas State University 146.22 189.63
-
 335.85

Solar Express times are twice the time measured for their 150 meter sprint.
CalPoly's best three times are shown.  They made 4 runs (DNF round 1).
New Jersey's best three times are shown. Their first time was 141.22.

SOLAR SPLASH 2004 Overall Results
# Team

Tech Rpt

(90 pts)

Visual Display

(40
pts)

Work-man-ship

(20 pts)

Qual

(100 pts)

Solar Slalom

(100 pts)

Sprint

(250 pts)

End.

(400 pts)

Total

(1000 pts)
1 Cedarville University 80 34 14 43.55 99.15 246.85 343.61 861.16
2 University of Arkansas 85 37 18 38.60 100.00 202.15 313.66 794.40
3 Webb Institute 70 25 14 46.11 55.49 190.67 318.94 720.21
4 Messiah College 60 25 14 67.23 23.87 181.94 336.56 708.61
5 The College of New Jersey 90 25 18 51.05 87.31 208.72 207.93 688.01
6 Washington State University 55 19 14 62.25 76.98 182.46 274.89 684.58
7 École Technologie Supérieur 75 31 20 23.75 57.49 59.93 400.00 667.16
8 University of South Carolina 65 25 14 49.75 90.11 165.20 251.98 661.04
9 University of Northern Iowa 70 28 10 100.00 96.83 184.89 167.40 657.12
10 Geneva College 80 22 12 38.12 43.00 184.52 269.60 649.24
11 Cal-Poly Pomona 70 34 12 43.30 0.00 235.00 230.84 625.14
12 SUNY - ESF 60 22 12 58.77 56.54 195.90 193.83 599.04
13 Long Beach Poly HS-S.E. 50 25 8 53.21 56.91* 84.68 291.34 569.14
14 Kansas State University 65 16 18 53.49 64.98 43.78 285.46 546.71
15 U.S. Naval Academy 65 40 10 25.84 46.79 171.26 160.35 519.24
16 University at Buffalo 65 22 16 15.80 39.76 79.85 237.89 476.30
17 Indiana University - Purdue -15 0 8 24.68 30.27 29.44 107.49 184.88

* The Solar Slalom score for Solar Express entries is 1/9 of the sum of the total points earned
(900 possible) in the other categories. Therefore, the total possible score for all entries is 1000 points.
IUPUI and Cal-Poly Pomona were assessed 15 point penalties in the Sprint.

SOLAR SPLASH 2004 Awards
  Overall  
Collegiate World Champion Cedarville University
Second Place University of Arkansas
Third Place Webb Institute
Fourth Place Messiah College
Fifth Place College of New Jersey
Sixth Place Washington State University
Seventh Place École Technologie Supérieur
Eighth Place University of South Carolina
Ninth Place University of Northern Iowa
Tenth Place Geneva College
Solar Express Class First Place Long Beach Polytechnic H.S.
Sprint
First Place Cedarville University
Second Place Cal-Poly Pomona
Third Place College of New Jersey
Solar Endurance
First Place École Technologie Supérieur
Second Place Messiah College
Third Place Cedarville University
Solar Slalom
First Place University of Arkansas
Second Place Cedarville University
Technical Report
Outstanding Technical Report (First) College of New Jersey
Outstanding Technical Report (Second) University of Arkansas
Outstanding Technical Report (Third) Geneva College
Outstanding Technical Report (Third) Cedarville University
Visual Presentation
Best Visual Display U.S. Naval Academy
Visual Display (Second) University of Arkansas
Design
Design Achievement University of Arkansas
Design Achievement Runner-up Webb Institute
Outstanding System Design Cedarville University
Outstanding Solar System Design University of Arkansas
Outstanding Electrical System Design College of New Jersey
Outstanding Team Built Hull Messiah College
Outstanding Team Built Hull Runner-up University at Buffalo
Outstanding Hull Design SUNY - ESF
Outstanding Hull Design Runner-up Washington State University
Outstanding Drive Train Design École Technologie Supérieur
Team
Most Improved Team University of Northern Iowa
Rookie Team with Highest Overall Score Webb Institute
Notable Performance by a Rookie Team Messiah College
Hottest Looking Boat Kansas State University
Outstanding Workmanship École Technologie Supérieur
Most Commercially Viable Hull University of Northern Iowa
Perseverence Award Indiana University - Purdue (IUPUI)
Teamwork Award U.S. Naval Academy
Sportsmanship Geneva College
Sportsmanship Long Beach Polytechnic H.S.