PHOTO GALLERY: University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy middle school students compete in cardboard boat races Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool. The top three will go on to race against the High School students tomorrow morning.
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University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy volunteer Andrea Goodson, left, applauds students competing in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy's Cassie Browning, front, and Quin Curry, back, ride in their team boat pushed by Callie Goodson, left, and Toby Blankinship in the middle school cardboard boat championship race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy's Cassie Browning, front, and Quin Curry, back, celebrate winning the middle school cardboard boat championship race with teammates Callie Goodson, left, and Toby Blankinship Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool. First trough third place finishing teams will go on to compete against the high school teams on Thursday. (Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy's Franklin Riggen, left, Miguel Campos, center, Nathaniel Mancha, center right, and Shawn Greathouse carry their boat to the staring line so they can compete in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy Marcela Aguirre, center, and Brailiegh Logan, center right, ride in their team boat as Elysia Burney gives the final push as they competes in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy students carry their cardboard boat to the starting line so they can competes in a middle school cardboard boat championship race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy's Emma Snow, center, participates in a crowd wave before the start of a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy sixth graders Cayden Wade, front, helps pul his team boat filled with Matthew Borunda, right, and Ethan Burney as they competes in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy's Jaice Anderson carries his teams waterlogged boat after competing in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy's Salome Anaya, left, and Emmanuel Herrera, right, ride in their teams cardboard boat as Herrera reaches out for the pool edge to stop their race time as they competes in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy's Chris Edmond, center, reacts to his teams boat sinking as Landon Hollaway-Lasley attempts to push the sinking boat in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy coach Terry Julian gives instructions on a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy eighth graders Trinity Chavez, center, and Elena Edmond, right, ride in their team boat as teammate Jayla Clifton-Elis, back, helps push as they competes in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy seventh grader Rayleigh Morris, center, holds the from of her team cardboard boat as teammates help to propel her across the pool as they compete in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy students compete in a middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy students carry their boat after it sank in the pool while competing in the middle school cardboard boat race Wednesday at UTPB Swimming Pool.(Jacob Ford|Odessa American)
