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New world speed records were set earlier this month in both men's and women's divisions of the International Submarine

Races, an engineering design competition that challenges the creativity of underwater inventors and entrepreneurs.

One and two-person teams from the U.S.,

Canada and the Netherlands battled it out against the clock in the week-long biennial event held at one of the world's largest indoor tanks -- the Naval Surface Warfare

Center's Carderock Division David Taylor

Model Basin in Bethesda, MD.

Omer 5, a sleek two-person submersible from the University of Quebec's Ecole de

Technologie Superieure (ETS) in Montreal,

Canada, set a new two-person speed record of 7.061 knots. The Canadians' women's team also set a new record of 5.885 knots.

The fastest high school speed mark was set by SubLime, a team from Spring Hill High

School in Hernando County, FL, that clocked a run of 4.81 knots. A SubLime woman team member also claimed the record speed, 4.828 knots, in the one-per- son design category.

Judges awarded the top prize for the Best

Overall Performance to a submarine called

New Speed Record Set at International Sub Races news 6 MTR September 2005

Competitors gathered at Naval Surface

Warfare Center's

Carderock Division

David Taylor Model

Basin in Bethesda, MD, for the International

Submarine Races. (Photo Credit: Mariby Johns for ISR)

Participating teams • Everett Community College, WA US Merchant Marine Academy Sussex County Technical School, NJ Virginia Tech Florida Atlantic University University of Washington Hernando County (FL) Schools Villanova University University of Michigan Millersville University University of Quebec (ETS), Montreal

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Texas A&M University Technical University of Delft, Netherlands Independents: Don Burton, Bruce Plazyk, Wheaton Submarine Works (2 subs)

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