Members of the University of Nevada–Reno’s Mackay School of Earth
Sciences and Engineering mining team in action during the 29th
International Collegiate Mining Competition in Tucson, Arizona
Nevada–Reno Teams Prevail at Collegiate Mining Contests
On March 24, Mackay’s mining team won the world championship at the 29th International Collegiate Mining Competition. The event was held in Tucson, Ariz. On March 1, the Mackay School entered a team in the Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)/National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) Student Design Competition for the first time. The Mackay student team won the entire competition, which was held in Denver.
In the International Collegiate Mining Competition, Nevada’s six-person team bested 14 other men’s teams, including four teams from Australia and a team from Great Britain. The competition included events such as hand-mucking, hand-steeling, timber sawing, track laying, and gold panning. Members of the team included Noah Millett, Garrett Schult, Jeff Shoffner, Rusty Turner, Sam Saunders, and Wes Leedy.