America's Youth Prove They Can Deal With Aerospace Challenges Under bright blue skies, teams of middle and high-school students from across the country proved to one and all that they, indeed, have the right stuff. With spectacular weather and some of the finest professional and amateur rocket researchers and hobbyists in the world to overlook the proceedings, the 2010 TARC has been judged an unqualified success and we quite agree. A team from Penn Manor High School in Millersville, PA, took first place at the Eighth Annual TARC, Saturday, earning the title of national champion. The enthusiasm these talented students brought forth was truly electric. The four-member team won the world's largest rocket contest after spending months designing, building and test launching their model rocket. The Team America Rocketry Challenge kicked off last September with 669 teams from across the nation vying for a chance to compete among the top 100 qualifying teams at the finals held today outside of Washington, DC The first place team logged the winning score of 26.32. Each point represents a deviation from altitude and time aloft targets, so the lower the score, the better. Marticville Middle School from Pequea, PA, took second place with a score of 30.65, while Bob Jones High School from Madison, Ala., placed third with a score of 31.02. The first and second place teams belong to the same rocket club, Penn Manor Rocket Club, and were mentored by Brian Osmolinski. Osmolinski, a ...