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Posted: 6:46 AM Jun 18, 2007
UW-Madison Wins Canoe Competition
UW-Madison wins the National Concrete Canoe Competition, again.
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And you thought badgers were land animals.
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For the fifth year in a row, UW-Madison won the National Concrete Canoe Competition over the weekend in Seattle.
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The Wisconsin team used a 179-pound, natural gray canoe, named the Descendent, to capture the "America's Cup of Civil Engineering" prize.
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The University of Florida came in second with a blue, orange and gray, 135-pound canoe called the Gladigator.
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Wisconsin will now be invited to participate in the 30th annual Dutch Concrete Canoe Challenge in the Netherlands in September.
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