Some people play with their food, others build with it.
More than 250 local and international competitors gathered at Okanagan College in Kelowna on Friday for the 28th annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition.
The competition tests the ability of the bridges, which are made out of spaghetti and other types of pasta, to withstand weight.
Middle school and high school students from Osoyoos, Salmon Arm, Lumby, Kelowna and Enderby participated in the event.
Some students say the competition was more challenging than they thought it would be.
“When I first started, I didn’t think the bridge would be that bad,” said Bryan Demchuk from Osoyoos Secondary School. “But when you start to think about it, it’s actually quite hard.”
“It’s way harder. In our class, we had a couple weeks to try and design ours, but here we only have a matter of hours,” said Kirianna Longsworth, a student at Okanagan Mission Secondary School.
But Longsworth adds the competition has opened her eyes to science and engineering.
“I know more about it and it’s more interesting to me now,” she said.
The contest also had a heavyweight category for older and more serious competitors, which ranged from students from Okanagan College to a competitor from Hungary.
Ultimately the top honour went to Johnathan Halbgwachs, a grade 9 student from Charles Bloom Secondary School in Lumby.
His bridge was able to withstand 209 kilograms of weight.
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