Patchogue-Medford High School students participated in the 2003 Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Bridge Building Contest. Three hundred bridges were entered in this year’s competition and Patchogue-Medford’s students had eight bridges in the top seventeen.

• Michael Eckardt - 1st Place
• Conor Nugent - 4th Place
• Lei Wang - 5th Place
• Thomas Kerrigan - 9th Place
• Jonathan Morales - 10th Place
• Christopher Marin - 11th Place
• Lawrence Moore - 13th Place
• John Manley - 17th Place

Michael's 14.6 gram bridge held more than 3,400 times its mass. Michael is representing Suffolk County in the National Bridge Contest for the second year in a row. This year's contest will be held in Chicago. Congratulations to these fine students for their outstanding performance in this year's contest.

Note: First three, pictures to the left are of Michael Eckardt and his bridge, the fourth picture is Mark Radoulovitch and his bridge. The rest of the pictures are misc. photos demonstrating how the bridges are tested.