Solar Cup
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The Solar Cup is a competition for high schools involving the construction of Solar Powered Electric boats and racing them on Lake Skinner outside of Temecula, California. Each participating school receives $3,000 from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and its member cities and water agencies. Boats are built from identical kits of marine-caliber wood provided by Metropolitan. Single-seat boats are 16 feet long,and weigh about 250 pounds. Solar Cup begins with sign up in December, and includes a boat-building event and several workshops focusing on technical aspects such as drive trains, electrical systems, solar power collection and steering systems. Teams are also required to meet deadlines for submitting illustrated reports on these systems. 2007 is the fifth year of the Solar Cup and contains a veteran and a rookie division that divides the competition between newcomers and schools that have participated before.
The competition is a scored event, divided up into several categories: Technical Reports, Workshops, Visual Displays, Qualifying Times, Endurance Distance, and Sprint Times. Combined, all of these categories add up for a 1000 maximum possible points. 41 teams competed in 2007.
[edit] 2007 1st Place Awards
Veteran Awards:
Overall- Diamond Bar - 980.631 pts.
200-Meter Sprint- Charter Oak
Solar Endurance- Diamond Bar
Technical Report- Diamond Bar
Visual Display- Canyon Springs
Rookie Awards:
Overall- Pamela Park (Duarte) - 707.513 pts. 200-Meter Sprint- Arlington
Solar Endurance- Damien
Technical Report- Lakeside
Visual Display- Lakeside
[edit] Teams
This is the list of schools sending teams to Solar Cup 2007. An * indicates a rookie team.
Adolfo Camarillo High School
Anaheim High School
Arlington High School*
Ayala High School
Banning Alternative Education High School*
Canyon High School
Canyon Springs High School
Chaparral High School
Charter Oak High School
Claremont High School
Damien High School*
Diamond Bar High School
Diamond Ranch High School
El Monte High School
El Toro High School
Gabrielino High School
Garey High School
Great Oak High School
Jurupa Valley High School
La Puente High School
Lakeside High School*
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Los Altos High School
Manual Arts High School*
Millikan High School
Montclair High School*
Murrieta Valley High School
Nogales High School
Norco High School
Paloma Valley High School*
Pamela County Park (Duarte)*
Rancho Cucamonga High School*
Rancho Verde High School
Rubidoux High School*
San Dimas High School
San Fernando High School
San Gorgonio High School*
San Jacinto High School
Sunny Hills High School Solar Cup Team 2007*
Upland High School
Warren High School
Past MWD Solar Cup winners
2003-Canyon High School (Anaheim)
2004-Canyon High School (Anaheim)
2005-Canyon High School (Anaheim)
2006-Diamond Bar High School
2007- Veteran: Diamond Bar High School
- Rookie: Pamela County Park (Duarte)
This competition was inspired by the Solar splash competition of University level. The Pamela County Park Team was made up entirely of students from Duarte High School.
