Solar Cup™ Enters Second Day with Two Student Teams from San Diego County High Schools Participating in Solar-Powered Boat Competition
Endurance heats at Lake Skinner mark second of three-day Metropolitan event, the nation’s largest solar-powered boat competition
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California:
WHAT: |
Students from San Diego High’s School of Science and Technology (SciTech) and High Tech High School in San Marcos are among 40 teams throughout Southern California competing at the ninth annual Solar Cup™ competition. Solar Cup features high school teams racing solar-powered boats they have built and equipped. The event wraps up a seven-month educational program sponsored by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and local water agencies. | |
Today, boats attached with solar collection panels compete in 90-minute endurance heats around a 1.7-kilometer course. Sunday, boats sprint at top speeds down a 200-meter course, with the day concluding with an awards ceremony with each participant receiving Olympic-style medal. | ||
WHEN: |
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Sunday (May 14-15) |
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WHERE: |
Lake Skinner, Temecula Valley. Take Interstate 15 to Rancho California Road at Temecula, go 10 miles northeast to main gate, following signs to site. (Riverside County Thomas Guide page 930, 4-D) | |
VISUALS: |
Event features students, many in coordinated team colors, working on, launching and racing solar-powered boats. Competitionincludes student-produced, 30-second water conservationvideos. Media boat is available to take reporters, photographersand television/cable crews out onto lake for close-up footage. B-roll footage is available upon request. |
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Reporters, photographers, camera crews may be taken out onto lake for close-up footage. | ||
PARTICIPANTS: |
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Teams from high schools in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties (see following list). | ||
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 19 million people in six counties.The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.
2011 SOLAR CUP SCHOOLS, SPONSORS |
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City |
Team/School Name |
Member Agency Sponsor |
Co-Sponsor Agency |
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Anaheim | Anaheim High School | Anaheim Public Utilities | |||||||
Anaheim | Canyon High School | Anaheim Public Utilities | |||||||
Anaheim | Savanna High School | Anaheim Public Utilities | |||||||
Arcadia | Arcadia High School* | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD | |||||||
Calabasas |
David Gonzales School Los Angeles County |
Las Virgenes MWD | |||||||
Carson | California Academy of Math & Science* | West Basin MWD | |||||||
Compton | Compton High School | City of Compton | |||||||
Corona | Centennial High School | Western MWD | Corona Dept of Water & Power | ||||||
Covina | Diamond Ranch High School | Three Valleys MWD | Walnut Valley Water District | ||||||
Downey | Warren High School | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
Duarte | Pamela Park / Duarte High School | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD | |||||||
Fullerton | Sunny Hills High School | City of Fullerton | |||||||
Hacienda Heights | Los Altos High School | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD | |||||||
Hemet | West Valley High School* | Eastern MWD | |||||||
Huntington Park | Huntington Park High School* | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
La Cañada Flintridge | La Cañada High School | Foothill MWD | La Cañada Irrigation District | ||||||
La Puente | La Puente High School | Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD | |||||||
La Verne | Damien High School | Three Valleys MWD | City of LaVerne | ||||||
Lake Forest | El Toro High School | Municipal Water District of Orange County | Irvine Ranch Water District | ||||||
Lawndale | Environmental Charter High School | West Basin MWD | |||||||
Long Beach | Long Beach Poly High School | Long Beach Water Department | |||||||
Los Angeles | Academia Avance | Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power | |||||||
Los Angeles | Roosevelt High School | Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power | |||||||
Murrieta | Murrieta Mesa High School | Western MWD | Rancho California Water District | ||||||
Norwalk | Southeast ROP /Norwalk High School | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
Nuevo | Nuview Bridge Early College High School | Eastern MWD | |||||||
Oak Park | Oak Park High School* | Calleguas MWD | |||||||
Paramount | Paramount High School West* | Central Basin MWD | |||||||
Pasadena | John Muir High School | Pasadena Water & Power | |||||||
Pomona | Ganesha High School* | Three Valleys MWD | City of Pomona | ||||||
Rancho Cucamonga | Los Osos High School* | Inland Empire Utilities Agency | Cucamonga Valley Water District | ||||||
Riverside | Arlington High School | Western MWD | Riverside Public Utilities | ||||||
Rolling Hills Estates | Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | West Basin MWD | |||||||
San Diego | San Diego High School ~ SciTech | San Diego County Water Authority | |||||||
San Jacinto | San Jacinto High School | Eastern MWD | |||||||
San Marcos | High Tech High School North County* | San Diego County Water Authority | San Diego Miramar College ATTE Center | ||||||
Temecula | Great Oak & Chaparral High Schools | Eastern MWD | |||||||
Torrance | West High School | West Basin MWD | |||||||
Walnut | Walnut High School | Three Valleys MWD | Walnut Valley Water District | ||||||
Wildomar | Elsinore High School | Western MWD | |||||||
* New Team |
MWD Municipal Water District |
Official List as of 5/13/11 |
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