The 2009 Walk on Water competition was held on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at the Southwestern Community College swimming pool, from 10:00 – 2:00 PM.

There were 75 total attendees, with 14 total teams from La Jolla high school, San Diego City College, Southwestern Community College, San Diego State University, and high schools within the San Diego MESA Schools Program.  Most campuses respective MESA programs’ refunded costs to build the buoyancy shoes that teams created to ‘walk on water’ up to $100.

SWC teams ended up sweeping the competition. Final Results:

Fastest: Irish Wristwatch @ 17 seconds!
Irish Wristwatch:
Scott Walling
Che Nevarez
Stan West

Creativity:
Orcas, Southwestern College
Orcas:
Miguel Lizarraga
Mariano Arjona
Angel Morales
Luis Mierez
Edmundo Godinez
Alfredo Nafarrete

Recycling:
Irish Wristwatch, Southwestern College

The event lasted a little more than 2 hours, ending around 12:30 PM, despite the 14 teams that competed and the normally expected 2:00 PM ending time.

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