Patchogue-Medford Student Wins Brookhaven Lab's Model Bridge Contest
April 4, 2006
UPTON, NY - Celestino Alem (second from right), a Patchogue-Medford High School student, won first place in Brookhaven National Laboratory's 2006 Model Bridge Contest. Over 250 students from 17 Suffolk County high schools entered their model basswood bridges in the contest with the goal of making the lightest bridge that held the most weight. Celestino's bridge weighed 29.3 grams and held 122.5 pounds, or 1896.45 times its own weight.
Last year's winner, Benjamin Coburn (far right), a home-schooled student from Center Moriches, took second place with a bridge that weighed 23.2 grams and held 96.54 pounds, or 1887.05 times its own weight. Third-place honors went to Konrad Grossman (second from left) from Center Moriches High School, whose 16.7-gram bridge held 66.47 pounds, or 1805.43 times its own weight. Joining them is Allison Truhlar from Ward Melville High School, who won the aesthetic prize for creating the most attractive bridge.
The top two winning students are eligible to enter the 2006 International Bridge Building Contest, which will be held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on April 8.
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