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| Title | Sunrayce 99 results local Sundance WY |
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| Transcript | Office of University Relations SDSM& T News 501 E. St. Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701- 3995 Phone: ( 605) 394- 6082/ 2554 • Fax: ( 605) 394- 6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( July 11, 1999) LOCAL STUDENT COMPETED IN SUNRAYCE ' 99 Zane Green of Sundance is a member of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's ( SDSM& T) Solar Motion Team which recently competed in Sunrayce ' 99. Green is a computer science major at Tech. Tuesday, June 29 was the last day of competition for Sunrayce ' 99 after ten days and 1300 miles of racing. The SDSM& T team finished in 25th place overall with a total elapsed time of 89: 39: 23, and a total average speed of 15.88 mph. The top three finishers in Sunrayce ' 99 were in 3rd place, Rose- Hulman Institute of Technology; in 2nd place, Queen's University; and coming in 1st place was the University of Missouri- Rolla. This year's race began in our nations capital, Washington, D. C. on June 20, and concluded June 29 at Epcot in Orlando, Florida. Twenty- nine competitors traveled through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida with one rest day on June 25. Sunrayce was created in 1990 by General Motors ( GM) and the Department of Energy to promote educational excellence in science, engineering, and mathematics by offering students a valuable hands- on educational opportunity. This year's event was sponsored by GM, the Department of Energy, and Electronic Data Systems Corp. Team members on Tech's Solar Motion Team include: team leader senior Ken Harding of Newell; seniors Jon Busby of Yankton, Angie Monheim of Rapid City, Electrical Engineering; freshman Josh Ruzzo of Yankton, Computer Science; senior Tony Bader of Hillsboro MO, Metallurgical Engineering; sophomore Matt Mitzel of Gillette WY, Electrical Engineering; junior Brendan Getz of Sidney MT, Computer Engineering; freshmen Craig Berens of Chancellor, and Chris Hofer of Freeman, Computer Engineering; seniors Will Kroll of Corbett OR, and Nick Svalstad of Hermosa, Mechanical Engineering; and sophomore Nick Vosberg of Lake Elmo MN, Geology. For more information about Sunrayce ‘ 99 visit the Sunrayce website at www. sunrayce. com/ sunrayce. ++ 30++ ( I: univrel/ pressrel/ 0799 Sunrayce 99 results local Sundance WY) |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; |
| Local Subject | Sunrayce
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Date | 1999-07-11 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Is part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection |
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| Submitting Institution | Devereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| CONTENTdm number | 2685 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 2686.pdf |
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