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Truck Pull Doubles Participation at 2nd Annual Event

The slowest team was also the most stylish, wearing heels during the pull.

A total of 52 teams competed in the second-annual Anne Arundel Community College Truck Pull on Thursday—more than doubling last year's participation of 20 teams.

The teams hauled a FedEx truck over a finish line using a rope and brute strength, competing for speed, and in one case, style.

The winner of the event was a student team calling themselves, well, The Winners. The team pulled in a time of 10.97 seconds, besting the second-place team, Thrown2Gether, by a tenth of a second.  The slowest team was Hell on Heels, who despite their 22-second finish, pulled with style and grace while wearing heels. That's an accomplishment in and of itself, just not one that can be placed on a scoreboard.

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Watch a video of Hell on Heels in action during the truck pull here.

The truck pull is an event hosted by the community college's transportation department to promote classes and integration with related jobs. The pull itself is what people rally around, but the other half of the parking lot was occupied by representatives from a variety of transportation related organizations and businesses from around Maryland.

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Representatives from the Annapolis Transportation Department, and the State Highway Administration were on hand with vehicles they use in their line of work.

Kipp Snow, who helped organize the event, said last year's pull drew a number of students to the program. He said he hopes it exemplifies that the transportation business is about more than trucks and cargo.

"We wanted to showcase some of the options students have," Snow said. "And maybe bring some awareness that the industry is not just being a truck driver  or a longshoreman at port. There are many more opportunities that exist."

To view a list of the times scored by faculty and student teams, visit the AACC Facebook page.


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