Three Corporate Teams Entered the Competition, Including

The 2014 Popsicle Stick Bridge Competition was held on February 8th, 2014 at the Museum of Flight, and talk about Competition! With 70 teams from 15 schools totaling 200 students and 50+ teachers and parents, the event was the biggest yet, and the competition is getting stiffer! There were 35+ volunteers, plus numerous people behind the scenes making this event a success! Thank you to all who sponsored, donated, participated, volunteered, and supported in any way!

New this year, a College Prep Talk occurred with participating sophomores, juniors and seniors.
The winning team for the 2014 PSB event was Puget Sound Community School's Thing One team holding 1636 lbs, and weighing only 287 grams- that's 0.63 lbs! Very impressive!

Three corporate teams entered the competition, including:

-Buckland Taylor COWI

-URS Corporation

-Museum of Flight AV Staff

The winner of the corporate competition was Buckland Taylor COWI, who held 381lbs!

Summary of the 2013 Results:

·  Overall 1st Place: Puget Sound Community School – Thing One

·  Overall 2nd Place: Puget Sound Community School – Thing Two

·  Overall 3rd Place: Port Angeles High School – Above the Clouds

·  Strongest Bridge 1st Place: Port Angeles High School – SBG

·  Strongest Bridge 2nd Place: Coolidge Home School – The Coolidge Arc

·  Strongest Bridge 3rd Place: Holy Names Academy – Godzilla

·  Most Aesthetic 1st Place: Klahowya - Muskakraut

·  Most Aesthetic 2nd Place: Mount Tahoma High School – T-Bird

·  Most Aesthetic 3rd Place: Lynnwood High School - RMJ

·  T-Shirt Design Competition 1st Place: Monroe High School – Matthew Sanchez

·  Teamwork Award: Stadium High School Physsaaks and Physsaaks #1

The YMF would like to thank all of this year’s sponsors and supporters including:

·  Museum of Flight

·  Seattle Public Utilities

·  Anchor QEA

·  Brown and Caldwell

·  Condon-Johnson & Associates

·  Buckland & Taylor Ltd.-COWI

·  Jacobs Associates

·  GeoEngineers

·  WH Pacific, Inc.

·  Gray & Osborne

·  Golder and Associates

·  KPFF Consulting Engineers

·  URS Corporation

·  Parson’s Brinckerhoff

·  PerfectStix

·  All of our YMF volunteers and judges.

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This year’s prizes included: tickets to the Mariners, Seahawks Fan Packs, Amazon Gift Cards, and much more!

The following companies generously donated prizes to our winning teams: Root Sports, Tower Engineers, The downtown Seattle Seahawks Pro Shop, Red Mango at University Mall, Target, Cupcake Royale, and The Woods.