WKU Concrete Canoe Team
Wins 8th Straight Regional Title
April 07, 2003
Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University's concrete canoe team has advanced to national competition for the eighth consecutive year.
WKU's "Illusion" won the overall title in the Ohio Valley regional competition Friday and Saturday in Lexington. Western's concrete canoe team has finished in the top 10 nationally for the past three years.
The 2003 National Concrete Canoe Competition is scheduled for June 20-22 at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Last year WKU civil engineering students posted their best finish ever in the national competition – fourth overall and first in the academic portion. Western finished eighth overall in 2001 and 10th in 2000.
Team members include seniors Deneatra Flener of Morgantown; Chris Bates of Sacramento; Matt Shockley of Mount Washington; Justin Flickinger of Glasgow; Cody Henderson of Morgantown; Josh Moore of Bowling Green; Nick Soards of Glasgow; Andy Mills of Glasgow; Lindsay Parson of Bowling Green; Manuel Ball of Bowling Green; Carla Cage of Auburn; Travis Spidel of Bowling Green; and junior Lindsay Preston of Bowling Green.
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