Partial results of the 2002 Chicago Regional Contest, held
on February 19, 2002.
Full details are found on the website, http://bridgecontest.phys.iit.edu/.
Congratulations to all the winners! Here are the top two winners
in each region,
who will travel to Bellingham Washington to participate in the
2002 International Contest on 04 May 2002!
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City of Chicago Region |
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| Rank | Student | * | School | Mass held (kg) |
Efficiency |
| 1 | Qiu Mei | Payton College Preparatory | 151 | 5037 | |
| 2 | David Gonzalez | Morgan Park High School | 64 | 2406 | |
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North Suburban Chicago Region |
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| 1 | Andrew Strasser | Evanston Township High School | 93 | 3555 | |
| 2 | Andrew Vaughan Taylor | Evanston Township High School | 46 | 2070 | |
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South Suburban Chicago Region |
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| 1 | Stephanie Slowinski | Homewood-Flossmoor High School | 47 | 2749 | |
| 2 | Michal Zabiegly | Lemont Township High School | 58 | 2650 | |
A total of 156 bridges were tested by students from 45 city and suburban high schools at this 28th Annual Contest.
A BIG THANK YOU to the committee (Bill Blunk, Ann Brandon, Roy Coleman, Tom Jensen, George Krupa, Eduardo de Santiago, Carlo Segre, Bill Shanks, Lee Slick, Jim Stankevitz, Thomas Torres, Earl Zwicker), who have made it all possible to by giving of their talent and time. Several have served for 28 years, since the start!
Notes prepared by Porter Johnson