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Oct. 17, 2008
Contact: Jill Hummels, School of Engineering, (785) 864-2934.
Contact: Jill Hummels, School of Engineering, (785) 864-2934.
High school students to compete in Pumpkin Chuckin’ Contest on Oct. 28
LAWRENCE — More than 200 high school students will send pumpkins soaring at the 2008 High School Design Competition, hosted by the University of Kansas School of Engineering.
Competition begins at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Eaton Hall, 1520 W. 15th St., on KU’s Lawrence campus. Lunch will be provided for all participants.
The annual competition allows teams of students in ninth through 12th grades to test their creative and technical talents as they design and build a small trebuchet that can send a petite pumpkin pillow flying. A trebuchet is a gravity-powered machine similar to a catapult that is capable of launching an object into the air.
Working in teams of two to four students at their schools, participants are designing, constructing and testing their trebuchet to accomplish three pumpkin chuckin’ objectives: land the payload as close as possible to a point of their choosing; land the payload as close as possible to a point announced on Oct. 28; and send the payload the farthest distance.
Teams are required to use some recycled materials in their construction. A special award also will be given to the team displaying the best use of recycled materials as determined by a separate committee.
Teams from 27 high schools and junior high schools registered for the event; each submitted a written report of all recycled materials used in their design.
Questions on the competition should be directed to Alexis McKinley Jones, (785) 864-3402, or studyengineering@ku.edu.
Students participating in the competition are listed with their teachers by school, level in school and team name.
| High School | City | Team Members | Grade | Team Name | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrton High School | Burrton | Kelyn Pohlman | 12 | Fluffy Pumpkin Flingers | Burrton HS Jessie Redinger |
| Burrton High School | Kara Boelk | 12 | Fluffy Pumpkin Flingers | ||
| Burrton High School | Tad Davis | 12 | Fluffy Pumpkin Flingers | ||
| Burrton High School | Brady Critchfield | 12 | Fluffy Pumpkin Flingers | ||
| Caney Valley High School | Caney | Chris Henry | 12 | The Avengers | Caney Valley HS Les Zoch |
| Caney Valley High School | Blaine Heady | 12 | The Avengers | ||
| Caney Valley High School | Brandon Blagg | 12 | The Avengers | ||
| Caney Valley High School | Dillon Barton | 11 | The Avengers | ||
| Caney Valley High School | Casey McCammon | 12 | Justice League | ||
| Caney Valley High School | Alex Taylor | 12 | Justice League | ||
| Caney Valley High School | Alan Carey | 12 | Justice League | ||
| Eudora High | Eudora | Heather Carder | 11 | EHS 1 | Eudora HS Pam David |
| Eudora High | Erin Sommers | 11 | EHS 1 | ||
| Eudora High | Ashley Laugerstrom | 11 | EHS 1 | ||
| Eudora High | Kaya Riemann | 10 | EHS 2 | ||
| Eudora High | Hannah Katzenmeier | 10 | EHS 2 | ||
| Eudora High | Josh Bakarich | 10 | EHS 2 | ||
| Eudora High | Mack Hartwell | 10 | EHS 3 | ||
| Eudora High | Anthony Mersmann | 10 | EHS 3 | ||
| Eudora High | Abby Mott | 11 | EHS 3 | ||
| Eudora High | Alex Mott | 11 | EHS 3 | ||
| Gardner Edgerton High | Gardner | Jordan Keehn | 10 | Flaming Hot Tamales | Gardner Edgerton HS Pam Gove |
| Gardner Edgerton High | Gabby Dellinger | 10 | Flaming Hot Tamales | ||
| Gardner Edgerton High | Daphne Whittaker | 10 | Flaming Hot Tamales | ||
| Gardner Edgerton High | Christian Warner | New Group | |||
| Gardner Edgerton High | Turner Shanks | New Group | |||
| Gardner Edgerton High | Dillon Burroughs | New Group | |||
| Grandview (Mo.) High School | Grandview | Cody Price | 12 | Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies | Grandview (Mo.) HS Andy Leech |
| Grandview High School | Pierce Latini | 12 | Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies | ||
| Grandview High School | Janae Norwood | 12 | Fluffy Pink Monsters | ||
| Grandview High School | Kylie Paulson | 12 | Fluffy Pink Monsters | ||
| Grandview High School | Reggie Buckles | 12 | Fluffy Pink Monsters | ||
| Grandview High School | Tyrell Reed | 10 | Spider Pigs | ||
| Grandview High School | Henry Calles | 10 | Spider Pigs | ||
| Grandview High School | Steven Gumby | 10 | Powder Puffs | ||
| Grandview High School | Trent Shrider | 10 | Powder Puffs | ||
| Grandview High School | Shaq Stevens | 10 | Flaming Marshmellows | ||
| Grandview High School | Jerel Rimpson | 10 | Flaming Marshmellows | ||
| Grandview High School | Amir Stewart | 10 | Flaming Marshmellows | ||
| Grandview High School | Terry Lee | 10 | Flaming Marshmellows | ||
| Hayden High School | Topeka | Sam Hund | 12 | The Wildcat Bunch | Hayden HS Mark Finger |
| Hayden High School | Blake Wiebel | 12 | The Wildcat Bunch | ||
| Hayden High School | Ed Foreman | 12 | The Wildcat Bunch | ||
| Hayden High School | Michael Peterson | 12 | The Wildcat 4 | ||
| Hayden High School | Conor Milne | 12 | The Wildcat 4 | ||
| Hayden High School | Elliot Konrade | 12 | The Wildcat 4 | ||
| Hayden High School | Joseph Gronniger | 11 | The Wildcat 4 | ||
| Inman High School | Inman | Tim Martens | 10 | Inman High School | Inman HS Debra Vogt |
| Inman High School | Jacob Renner | 10 | Inman High School | ||
| Inman High School | Aaron Brown | 10 | Inman High School | ||
| Labette County High School | Parsons | Keith Geren | 12 | LC 1 | Labette Co HS Jenny Gartner |
| Labette County High School | Quinton Bogner | 12 | LC 1 | ||
| Labette County High School | Cole Penrod | 12 | LC 1 | ||
| Labette County High School | Polly Cavender | 12 | LC 2 | ||
| Labette County High School | David Stevens | 12 | LC 2 | ||
| Labette County High School | Jon Finley | 12 | LC 3 | ||
| Labette County High School | Jessica Runberg | 12 | LC 3 | ||
| Labette County High School | Megan Lake | 12 | LC 3 | ||
| Labette County High School | Mike Reeves | 12 | LC 3 | ||
| Labette County High School | Colten Angle | 11 | LC 4 | ||
| Labette County High School | Cameron Sale | 11 | LC 4 | ||
| Labette County High School | Justin Strickland | 11 | LC 4 | ||
| Labette County High School | John Hambleton | 11 | LC 4 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Lawrence | Brice Tracy | 12 | Lions #1 | Lawrence HS Charlie Lauts |
| Lawrence High School | Dylan Shmalburg | 12 | Lions #1 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Tyler Parker | 12 | Lions #1 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Alex King | 11 | Lions #1 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Louis Hamel | 12 | Lions #2 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Lucas Ingraham | 11 | Lions #2 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Jacob Grubbs | 12 | Lions #2 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Charles Frager | 12 | Lions #2 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Skyler Criswell | 12 | Lions #3 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Jacob Christelles | 12 | Lions #3 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Ricky Bellinger | 11 | Lions #3 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Kodi Masarik | 11 | Lions #4 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Jeff Miller | 12 | Lions #4 | ||
| Lawrence High School | H. Kottwitz | 11 | Lions #4 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Jared Wilson | 12 | Lions #5 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Vienney Phiomavong | 12 | Lions #5 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Austin Strout | 12 | Lions #5 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Tyler Click | 12 | Lions #6 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Tyler Bailey | 12 | Lions #6 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Chris Carden | 12 | Lions #6 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Darrin Sorem | 10 | Lions #7 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Ross Johnson | 10 | Lions #7 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Emily Davidson | 10 | Lions #7 | ||
| Lawrence High School | Collin Belcher | 10 | Lions #7 | ||
| Marysville High School | Marysville | Marysville HS Millie Laughlin | |||
| Marysville High School | Marysville | Garrett Lister | 12 | Dead Head Destroyers | |
| Marysville High School | Nic Stoll | 11 | Dead Head Destroyers | Marysville HS Mary Ann Bower | |
| Marysville High School | Connor Crist | 10 | Dead Head Destroyers | ||
| Marysville High School | Jas Hassan | 10 | Pumpkin Lumps | ||
| Marysville High School | Michael DiDominzio | 12 | Pumpkin Lumps | ||
| Marysville High School | Dominick Martin | 10 | Pumpkin Lumps | ||
| Marysville High School | David Glowacki | 11 | Bench Warmers | ||
| Marysville High School | Arron Coultis | 11 | Bench Warmers | ||
| Marysville High School | Jacob Zutterman | 11 | Bench Warmers | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Eskridge | Aaron Rudeen | 12 | MV 1 | Mission Valley HS Tracey McGann |
| Mission Valley High School | Jesse Bays | 11 | MV 1 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Ryne Cook | 11 | MV 1 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Jeremiah Mercer | 11 | MV 1 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Sherri Hanke | 11 | MV 2 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Brooke Niehues | 11 | MV 2 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Brandon Youngs | 12 | MV 3 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Becky Gleason | 12 | MV 3 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | April Lewis | 12 | MV 3 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Hannah Rush | 12 | MV 3 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Andrew Singleton | 12 | MV 4 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Matt Mick | 12 | MV 4 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Ashley Meek | 12 | MV 4 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Dylan Kraus | 11 | MV 5 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Jesse Rutledge | 12 | MV 5 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Dalton Branch | 12 | MV 5 | ||
| Mission Valley High School | Amber Logan | 12 | MV 5 | ||
| North High School (Wichita) | Wichita | Matthew Watkins | 11 | Lop de Guerre | Wichita North HS Kim Nelson |
| North High School | Raymond Doubrava | 11 | Lop de Guerre | ||
| North High School | Stanley Chan | 11 | Lop de Guerre | ||
| North High School | Adam Cameron | 11 | Lop de Guerre | ||
| North High School | Alberto Reyes | 12 | The Horde | ||
| North High School | Charles Roberts | 12 | The Horde | ||
| North High School | Clayton Carson | 12 | The Horde | ||
| North High School | Nick Green | 12 | The Horde | ||
| North High School | Rebecca Williams | 11 | Redskin 10's | ||
| North High School | Dalia Hernandez | 12 | Redskin 10's | ||
| North High School | Breanna Smith | 10 | Redskin 10's | ||
| North High School | Alexi Thackery | 11 | Redskin 10's | ||
| Piper High School | Kansas City | Joel Jones | 12 | Piper Team A | Piper HS Cooker Rydquist |
| Piper High School | Isaac Jordan | 12 | Piper Team A | ||
| Piper High School | Lindsey Klapper | 12 | Piper Team A | ||
| Piper High School | Kevin Schnirch | 12 | Piper Team A | ||
| Piper High School | Joey Valenti | 10 | Piper Team B | ||
| Piper High School | Chayce Wynn | 10 | Piper Team B | ||
| Piper High School | Peter Yadrich | 11 | Piper Team B | ||
| Piper High School | Becca Ferguson | 10 | Piper Team C | ||
| Piper High School | Courtney Gunnels | 10 | Piper Team C | ||
| Piper High School | Chloe Lockman | 10 | Piper Team C | ||
| Piper High School | Caitlin Teters | 11 | Piper Team C | ||
| Piper High School | Gerell Douglas | 10 | Piper Team D | ||
| Piper High School | Miles Kitchen | 10 | Piper Team D | ||
| Piper High School | Thomas Ortiz | 10 | Piper Team D | ||
| Piper High School | Jackson Wagner | 10 | Piper Team D | ||
| Piper High School | Luke Miller | 9 | Piper Team E | ||
| Piper High School | Zach Smith | 9 | Piper Team E | ||
| Remington High School | Whitewater | Zach Glover | 12 | G-Unit | Remington HS Crystal Tiller |
| Remington High School | Robby Sattelmeier | 12 | G-Unit | ||
| Remington High School | Alison Janzen | 12 | G-Unit | ||
| Remington High School | Cort Mosiman | 12 | The Launchers | ||
| Remington High School | Angela Thiessen | 12 | The Launchers | ||
| Remington High School | Ashlie Koehn | 12 | The Launchers | ||
| Remington High School | Amanda Regehr | 12 | The Jousting Elements | ||
| Remington High School | Chelsey Thiessen | 12 | The Jousting Elements | ||
| Remington High School | Phillip Sanders | 12 | The Jousting Elements | ||
| Remington High School | Halie Stenli | 12 | The Slingers | ||
| Remington High School | Cory Beck | 12 | The Slingers | ||
| Remington High School | Alan Frazell | 12 | The Slingers | ||
| Remington High School | Grant Hill | 12 | The Shindigs | ||
| Remington High School | Margo Regier | 12 | The Shindigs | ||
| Remington High School | Hadassah Tillotson | 11 | The Shindigs | ||
| Remington High School | Whitney Harvey | 12 | The Long Nine | ||
| Remington High School | Gary Mitchell | 12 | The Long Nine | ||
| Remington High School | Emily Toews | 12 | The Long Nine | ||
| Remington High School | Jeremy Brunner | 12 | The Technetiums | ||
| Remington High School | Andrew Price | 12 | The Technetiums | ||
| Remington High School | Faith Slaymaker | 12 | The Technetiums | ||
| Remington High School | Alisha Ball | 12 | The Golden Gourds | ||
| Remington High School | Dustin Fee | 12 | The Golden Gourds | ||
| Remington High School | Kari Thiessen | 12 | The Golden Gourds | ||
| Riley County High School | Riley | DJ Yuhn | 12 | Riley County 1 | Riley Co. HS Dunia Harmison |
| Riley County High School | Christian Schroeder | 11 | Riley County 1 | ||
| Riley County High School | Kinsey Hauck | 12 | Riley County 1 | ||
| Riley County High School | Erin Cammel | 12 | Riley County 2 | ||
| Riley County High School | Megan Arpin | 12 | Riley County 2 | ||
| Riley County High School | Lindsey Jones | 12 | Riley County 2 | ||
| Seaman High | Topeka | Brad Strathman | 12 | Viking 1 | Seaman HS Martin Shaffer |
| Seaman High | Megan Henderson | 12 | Viking 1 | ||
| Seaman High | Quinton Berggren | 12 | Viking 2 | ||
| Seaman High | Brett Whisler | 12 | Viking 2 | ||
| Seaman High | Jean Chinal | 12 | Viking 3 | ||
| Seaman High | Clay Wyant | 12 | Viking 3 | ||
| Seaman High | Josh Christiansen | 12 | Viking 4 | ||
| Seaman High | Mike Wollin | 12 | Viking 4 | ||
| Seaman High | Shelby Marshall | 12 | Viking 5 | ||
| Seaman High | Tim Lake | 12 | Viking 5 | ||
| Seaman High | Emilie Dowding | 12 | Viking 6 | ||
| Seaman High | Jhami Guffey | 12 | Viking 6 | ||
| Seaman High | Kelly Zachariasen | 12 | Viking 7 | ||
| Seaman High | Kourtney McNorton | 12 | Viking 7 | ||
| Seaman High | Jacob James | 12 | Viking 8 | ||
| Seaman High | David Stevens | 12 | Viking 8 | ||
| Shawnee Mission South | Overland Park | Ben Prueter | 11 | SM South Raiders | Shawnee Mission South HS Kristen Wolfe |
| Shawnee Mission South | Matt Mesko | 11 | SM South Raiders | ||
| Shawnee Mission South | Patrick Olsen | 11 | SM South Raiders | ||
| Shawnee Mission South | Jon Monsese | 11 | SM South Raiders | ||
| St. Marys High School | St. Marys | Matthew Flerlage | 9 | St. Marys High | St. Marys HS Sarah Sanders |
| St. Marys High School | Riley White | 9 | St. Marys High | ||
| Valley Heights High School | Marysville | Charles Crumbley | 12 | Chuck n Jake | Valley Hgts HS Mary Ann Bower |
| Valley Heights High School | Jake White | 12 | Chuck n Jake | ||
| Valley Heights Jr/Sr High | Blue Rapids | Jayson Fickbohm | 12 | The Flingersourses | Valley Hghts Jr/Sr High Dan Palmateer |
| Valley Heights Jr/Sr High | Jacob White | 12 | The Flingersourses | ||
| Valley Heights Jr/Sr High | Blake Zimmerling | 9 | The Flingersourses | ||
| Valley Heights Jr/Sr High | Aaron Boeschling | 10 | The Flingersourses | ||
| Wamego High School | Wamego | Chris Alexander | 10 | Red Raiders | Wamego HS Jennifer Nider |
| Wamego High School | Conner McManus | 10 | Red Raiders | ||
| Wamego High School | Chance Kahle | 9 | Red Raiders | ||
| Wellsville High | Wellsville | Jayci Prough | 10 | WHS 1 | Wellsville HS Pam Davis |
| Wellsville High | Katelyn Barthol | 10 | WHS 1 | ||
| Wellsville High | Hillary Knudsen | 10 | WHS 1 | ||
| Wellsville High | Tracy Calhoon | 10 | WHS 1 | ||
| Wellsville High | Dyllan Calderwood | 10 | WHS 2 | ||
| Wellsville High | Trenton Meyer | 10 | WHS 2 | ||
| Wellsville High | Guerrero Lopez | 9 | WHS 2 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Pomona | Cody Miller | 12 | WFHS 1 | W. Franklin HS Susan Zentz |
| West Franklin High School | Devin Wray | 12 | WFHS 1 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Eliana Williamson | 11 | WFHS 1 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Travis McClain | 12 | WFHS 1 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Cameryn Roberts | 12 | WFHS 2 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Corey Williams | 12 | WFHS 2 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Justin Simms | 12 | WFHS 2 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Steven Slavens | 12 | WFHS 3 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Cord Cunningham | 11 | WFHS 3 | ||
| West Franklin High School | Kyle Nitcher | 11 | WFHS 3 | ||
| West Franklin/Lyndon HS | Ottawa | Matt Reib | 9 | Tige-con | W. Franklin/Lyndon HS Forrest Brandt |
| West Franklin/Lyndon HS | Forrest Fowler | 9 | Tige-con | ||
| West Franklin/Lyndon HS | Paul Williamson | 9 | Tige-con | ||
| West Franklin/Lyndon HS | Coleby Carey | 9 | Tige-con | ||
| West Junior High | Lawrence | Daniel Clausing | 9 | The West Men | West Jr. High Pamel Simpson |
| West Junior High | Jacob Craft | 9 | The West Men | ||
| West Junior High | Andrew Craig | 9 | The West Men | ||
| West Junior High | Noah Benham | 9 | The West Men | ||
| West Junior High | Brooke Fox | 9 | The West Ladies | ||
| West Junior High | Sisira Srisutiva | 9 | The West Ladies | ||
| West Junior High | Emily Melton | 9 | The West Ladies | ||
| West Junior High | Anna Dietz | 9 | The West Ladies | ||
| Winfield High School | Winfield | Adam Beeman | 11 | The Three Amigos | Winfield HS Carey Lybarger |
| Winfield High School | Cooper Brahn | 11 | The Three Amigos | ||
| Winfield High School | Thomas Nguyen | 11 | The Three Amigos |
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