The 2011 Walk on Water competition was held on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at the Southwestern Community College swimming pool, from 9:00 – 1:00 PM.  The competition had 88 attendees, with 13 teams from Southwestern College, San Diego State University, San Diego Mesa College, and various high schools within the San Diego MESA Schools Program (San Pasqual High School, Mark Twain High School, Crawford High School), and La Jolla High School.

Some of the campuses respective MESA programs’ refunded costs to build the buoyancy shoes that teams created to ‘walk on water’, up to $100. Southwestern College student organizations such as AMSA (American Medical Student Association) and SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) sold refreshments as part of their fundraising efforts.

The San Diego MESA Alliance would like to thank the high school team advisers/chaperones for their support, as well as the following industry and faculty volunteers:

1. Maria-Victoria Charles
2. Ryan Charles
3. Peggy Umphres
4. Gary Young
5. Sharon Shapiro
6. Carl Scanbrick
7. Patrick Staley
8. Myriam Moody

2011 Walk on Water Competition Final Results:

Fastest shoes:

1. La Jolla High School – Team Bauhaus
2. La Jolla High School – Team Lusitania
3. Mark Twain High School – Team The Phoenix

Most Creative shoes:

1. Mark Twain High School – Team The Phoenix
2. San Pasqual High School – Team Super Nerds
3. San Diego State University – Team Boat Weiser

Best use of Recycled Material Usage:

1. San Diego State University – Team Chuck Norris
2. Crawford High School – Team Navigator 1.0
3. San Diego State University – Team Boat Weiser

Videos can be found at the San Diego MESA Alliance YouTube channel –Walk on Water playlist.

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