Cast in Steel 2026 – Horseman’s Axe Results
Grand Prize Winner
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Mad Badger MetalCasters
OTHER CATEGORY WINNERS
Best Performance
1st Place University of Wisconsin-Madison “Mad Badger Metalcasters”
2nd Place University of Wisconsin-Madison “Mad-Town Axemen”
3rd Place Missouri University of Science and Technology “Marauders of McNutt”
Best Sand Casting
1st Place University of Alabama at Birmingham “Blazing Steel”
2nd Place Penn State Behrend “We Would Like to Axe You a Question”
3rd Place Texas State University “Bobcat Gussmeisters”
Best Investment Casting
1st Place University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “Milwaukee Molten”
2nd Place California State Polytechnic University, Pomona “License to Steel”
3rd Place Georgian Southern University “Partner in Crime”
Best Design and Process
1st Place Trine University “Steel Thunder”
2nd Place Grand Valley State University “Axecutioners”
3rd Place Wentworth Institute of Technology “31 Inces of OSHA Noncompliance”
Best Authentic Horseman Axe
1st Place University of Wisconsin-Madison “Mad-Town Axemen”
2nd Place University of Wisconsin-Madison “Mad Badger Metalcasters”
3rd Place Texas State University “Bobcat Gussmeisters”
Best Video
1st Place Georgia Southern “Partner in Crime”
2nd Place Pittsburg State University “Gorilla Warfare”
3rd Place University of Alabama at Birmingham “Blazing Steel”