Art Rafts
Assistant Professor of Art Joe Gower shows the students the course for the race. Sugar Creek had a strong spring current.
From the running start the oarsmen and support crews are off to their life jackets, boats and then the water.
This barge, representing the 80s, was one of first to hit the water.
The two lead rafts tangle near the covered bridge at Clements Canoes just after the start of the race.
Mike Scott '10, Batman, negotiates the swift waters of Sugar Creek.
Ian Starnes, Gabriel Stancu, and the space ship driver Jake Huston, get their raft out of the water for first place.
Gower, and art major Nick Roudebush, wait for the final teams to emerge from the water.
Scott shows off the unique trophy for his team's win for best spirit.
At the end, all the boats found their final resting place in a Clements' dumpster. One student, shaking his head, walked away and said that "is three weeks of work."