Courtesy Photo Alpena Community College Concrete Tech students took their concrete canoes to the pond in front of Northern Lights Arena on Monday and proved that concrete can float. The concrete canoes project was a part of the lab portion of the Concrete Tech program’s precast/prestressed concrete class. Students divided into two teams and each team made their own canoe. One group was named Team Merica and had a red, white and blue paint job; the canoe weighed in at roughly 550 lbs. The second group was named the Misfits and had a black and orange paint job; their canoe weighed in at roughly 500 lbs. The two student project canoes were joined in the water by a faculty-constructed concrete canoe piloted by instructors Kennedy and Tim Onstwedder. Retired Concrete Tech Instructor Kevin Sylvester acted as honorary race starter. The faculty team of Kennedy and Onstwedder started the race strongly, made the turn without mishap, and glided across the finish line to a dry first-place finish. The two student canoes also finished the race on top of the water, but not so gracefully.