University of Texas, El Paso, Team Itzamna

UTEP has take the name Team Itzamna, for the Mayan god of wisdom. The 2021 competition was rough. They started out with five or six members but had four drop out during the prep weeks – leaving just TWO of them, Rudy and Antonio to carry the load.

And carry the load they did, putting in huge hours and huge amounts of effort. They never gave up and they successfully crossed the finish line – in second place! I’m really looking forward to seeing what they can do with this new competition architecture and more training.