Jen Cotungo (left) and co-captain Julie Walker compete in the women’s sprint race, one of nine events in the New England regional concrete canoe championships. Jen and Julie won the race, and the URI team won the championship.

URI Civil Engineering students show off the Rhode Hog, a 20-foot-long concrete canoe they designed and built. the uri team won its seventh consecutive New England Regional Concrete Canoe Championship in April at the University of Maine.