The results are in!!

We had the awards banquet tonight, and here are the results, hot off the presses!

• There were 49 teams in the race this year.
• 44 of those teams finished - 5 did not finish, including two that had to make emergency landings due to engine problems (one of them in a field), and one that had a medical issues.
• The winning team was an Embry Riddle collegiate team, which was nice since we began and ended the race at the Embry Riddle campuses in Prescott and Daytona Beach.
• The top ranking team of our Eastern PA teams was Alicia and Heather (team 31), who placed ninth!!!! As top ten winners, they got medals and prizes, and we are absolutely delighted for them!!
• The other Eastern PA teams are Mary and Juliet - 24th; Alison and Linda - 25th; Barbara and Ethel - 40th. We couldn't be prouder to have four successful completed teams and one top ten team in our Chapter. It's a great day!
• Alison and Linda got awarded a leg prize (fourth on the second leg), for which we received a medallion and $20!
• There is one more interesting wrinkle to report.... Of the 44 finishing teams, 36 teams got one or more penalties, and only 8 got no penalties. We were one of those 8 teams, meaning that we ran a completely clean, penalty free race. As such, we and the other 7 teams were eligible for the Claude Glasson award, also known as the "Turtle Award", which is given to the slowest penalty free completer team. You guessed it - we won the Turtle Award!!!! For this we were given $100 and two little clay turtles, which we will treasure always!

Here are Alicia and Heather with their medals

The leg prize we won

Our big cash winnings

And, finally, our big award!!!