SOLAR SPLASH ® 2008
Results and Awards

Qualifying Event
Boat Team 70m Sprint Time (s)

Sprint
Attempts

 Maneuver. Time (s) Maneuver.
Attempts		 Total Time (s)
1 Cedarville University 8.17 1 64.73 1 105.58
2 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A 8.14 1 78.85 1 119.55
3 Istanbul Technical University 7.87 1 67.20 1 106.55
4 University of Northern Iowa 7.81 1 85.24 1 124.29
5 University of South Carolina 31.08 1 100.39 1 255.79
7 Carnegie Mellon University 15.63 1 110.68 1 188.83
8 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - B 13.42 1 161.43 2 389.96
9 Washington State University 11.23 1 105.57 2 267.29
10 University of New Orleans 10.19 1 137.18 1 188.13
11 College of New Jersey 11.24 1 89.92 1 146.12
12 Middle Tennessee State University 20.73 1 246.52 1 350.17
15 Ecole de Technologie Superieure 15.04 1 98.24 1 173.44
18 University of Florida 11.81 1 69.87 1 128.92

Total Time is Maneuverability Time plus 5 times Sprint Time

Solar Slalom Event
Boat # Team Time (s) # of attempts Resulting time (s)
1 Cedarville University 42.40 1 42.40
2 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A 58.69 1 58.69
3 Istanbul Technical University 41.40 1 41.40
4 University of Northern Iowa 56.61 1 56.61
5 University of South Carolina 134.88 1 134.88
7 Carnegie Mellon University 50.13 1 50.13
8 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - B DNS 1
9 Washington State University 83.34 1 83.34
10 University of New Orleans 99.88 1 99.88
11 College of New Jersey 52.98 1 52.98
12 Middle Tennessee State University 125.20 1 125.20
15 Ecole de Technologie Superieure 82.81 1 82.81
18 University of Florida 57.08 1 57.08

 

Solar Endurance Event
Boat # Team Morning Heat Distance
laps		 Afternoon Heat Distance
laps		 Total Distance
laps
1 Cedarville University 26.75 26.00 52.75
2 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A 24.75 25.50 50.25
3 Istanbul Technical University 26.00 25.25 51.25
4 University of Northern Iowa 20.50 21.75 42.25
5 University of South Carolina 16.25 16.25 32.50
7 Carnegie Mellon University 10.25 10.00 20.25
8 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - B 20.00 21.75 41.75
9 Washington State University 23.00 24.50 47.50
10 University of New Orleans 24.25 21.00 45.25
11 College of New Jersey 18.75 18.50 37.25
12 Middle Tennessee State University 14.50 14.50 29.00
15 Ecole de Technologie Superieure 24.00 22.50 46.50
18 University of Florida 7.50 0.00 7.50

One lap was measured as 855 meters.

Sprint Event
Boat # Team First Time (s) Second Time (s) Third Time (s) Sum of Two Best Times (s)
1 Cedarville University 26.53 26.83 26.93 53.36
2 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A 25.39 25.14 24.83 49.97
3 Istanbul Technical University 26.88 27.23 26.50 53.38
4 University of Northern Iowa 29.33 29.16 58.49
5 University of South Carolina 122.23 94.97 217.20
7 Carnegie Mellon University 122.23 40.54 50.58 91.12
8 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - B 66.44 57.74 53.48 111.22
9 Washington State University 41.24 40.48 81.72
10 University of New Orleans 28.11 31.08 59.19
11 College of New Jersey 34.45 34.83 69.28
12 Middle Tennessee State University 117.23 84.42 84.93 169.35
15 Ecole de Technologie Superieure 61.05 60.77 62.60 121.82
18 University of Florida 42.07 45.29 44.25 86.32

Boats 5 and 7 DNF in Round 1.

 
SOLAR SPLASH ® 2008 Overall Results
Place Boat
#		 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
1
 Cedarville University 88 40 18 100.00 97.64 234.12 400.00 977.76
2
3
 Istanbul Technical University 84 40 18 99.09 100.00 234.03 388.63 963.74
3
2
 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A 82 31 16 88.31 70.54 250.00 381.04 918.90
4
4
 University of Northern Iowa 80 40 16 84.95 73.13 213.58 320.38 828.04
5
10
 University of New Orleans 70 22 14 56.12 41.45 211.06 343.13 757.76
6
11
 College of New Jersey 90 34 14 72.26 78.14 180.32 282.46 751.18
7
9
 Washington State University 75 37 10 39.50 49.68 152.87 360.19 724.24
8
15
 Ecole de Technologie Superieure 80 34 20 60.87 49.99 102.55 352.61 700.02
9
8
 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - B 86 28 14 27.07 0.00 112.32 316.59 583.98
10
7
 Carnegie Mellon University 84 31 14 55.91 82.59 137.10 153.55 558.15
11
5
 University of South Carolina 86 34 18 41.28 30.69 57.52 246.45 513.93
12
12
 Middle Tennessee State University 75 25 14 30.15 33.07 73.77 219.91 470.89
13
18
 University of Florida 65 31 12 81.90 72.53 144.72 56.87 464.02

 

SOLAR SPLASH 2008 Awards
  Overall  
Collegiate World Champion Cedarville University
Second Place Istanbul Technical University
Third Place University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A
Fourth Place University of Northern Iowa
Fifth Place University of New Orleans
Sixth Place College of New Jersey
Seventh Place Washington State University
Eighth Place Ecole de Technologie Superieure
Ninth Place University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - B
Tenth Place Carnegie Mellon University
Sprint
First Place University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A
Second Place Istanbul Technical University
Third Place Cedarville University
Solar Endurance
First Place Cedarville University
Second Place University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A
Third Place Istanbul Technical University
Qualifying
First Place Cedarville University
Second Place Istanbul Technical University
Third Place University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - A
Solar Slalom
First Place Istanbul Technical University
Second Place Cedarville University
Third Place Carnegie Mellon University
Technical Report
Outstanding Technical Report (First) College of New Jersey
Outstanding Technical Report (Second) Cedarville University
Outstanding Technical Report (Third) University of South Carolina (tie)
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville - B (tie)
Visual Presentation
Best Visual Display University of Northern Iowa
Visual Display (Second) Istanbul Technical University
Visual Display (Third) Cedarville University
Design
Design Achievement Ecole de Technologie Superieure
Outstanding System Design Istanbul Technical University
Outstanding Solar System Design University of Northern Iowa
Outstanding Electrical System Design College of New Jersey
Outstanding Hull Design University of South Carolina
Outstanding Drive Train Design College of New Jersey
Team
Most Improved Team Istanbul Technical University
Rookie Team with Highest Overall Score University of Florida
Notable Performance by a Rookie Team University of Florida
Hottest Looking Boat Istanbul Technical University
Most Commercially Viable Hull Istanbul Technical University
Outstanding Workmanship Ecole de Technologie Superieure
Perseverence Award University of New Orleans
Teamwork Award Middle Tennessee State University
Sportsmanship Washington State University
Sportsmanship Carnegie Mellon University