Rolla student become 3rd-fastest human-powered college student alive
According to a Rolla Daily News article:
That's almost 60 MPH, on flat ground, no tailwind, completely under human power. Not bad!
Read more about the 2007 Human-Power Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain here.
Human-powered vehicle racer Jerrod Bouchard, a senior in mechanical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recorded the third-fastest time ever by a college student last week in the World Human Power Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain, Nev.
Bouchard's best official attempt in four tries on the 5-mile straightaway in Nevada was 58.29 mph. According to Mike Mowett, a statistician for the Human Powered Vehicle Association, the 61.49 mph record was set in 1993 by Jeff Solt, a national class sprinter who rode a University of California-Berkeley bike. Between Solt and Bouchard is Ron Layman, who recorded a time of 59.89 mph for the California Polytechnic University team in 2004 at Battle Mountain.
That's almost 60 MPH, on flat ground, no tailwind, completely under human power. Not bad!
Read more about the 2007 Human-Power Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain here.
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