Hundreds of engineering students over the weekend to race concrete sleds down a hill in London.
Teams from roughly 20 universities nationwide gathered the annual Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race.
Each teams building and testing their own toboggans to send down a snowy hill.
Owen Kirk, captain of the UBC Okanagan team, said it was a thrill to be part of the race. His 22-person team won the top prize of the year — the King of the Hill award.
The game is divided into three parts — a drag race to judge for speed, a slalom race to judge the steering of the toboggan and a final race of winners from those brackets to determine the King of the Hill.
According to the GNCT rule book, the corporate sponsor will announce the prize for each of the award at a later date.
“Winning King of the Hill for the first time at UBCO was such a joy and a great way to cap off my engineering degree,” Kirk said with a smile on his face.
