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JPL Annual Invention Challenge - 2006

Launch a Tennis Ball Contest

Entry No. School Name / JPL Leader Entry Title Team Name No. of Balls Time (seconds) Size (L x W x H; inches) Weight (lbs) JPL Finals Award
1 Granite Hills HS I.D.B 11 58.28 51x21x29 21 Most unusual
2 Granite Hills HS Team Panda 3 60 37x18x38 16
4 Los Angeles HS Romans Romans 0 60 20x16x54 63 Smallest
6 Frazier Mountain HS The Flaming Pigs The Flaming Pigs 15 6.47 35x33x44 89 School - 2nd
7 Monrovia HS AP Kids Monrovia HS 2 60 57x31x22 30
9 Academy for Academic Excellence Knights of All Things Science Knights of All Things Science 7 60 36x48x22 23
13 Monrovia HS Team Pie Monrovia HS 9 60 48x58x58 160 Largest
17 Costa Mesa HS NINE-IS Evil Ballerinas 7 35.03 22x26x40 225
18 Costa Mesa HS ELEVEN-IS Evil Ballerinas 9 58 55x29x58 98
19 Costa Mesa HS WHAT A RACKET! Evil Ballerinas 13 47.94 46x24x38 247 School - 3rd
22 Arcadia HS Trash Can or Bounce Albireo 3 29.56 42x42x29 937 Heaviest
26 La Canada HS A Momentary Lapse of Reason Dr. Strangelove 17 6.37 41x59x40 500 School - 1st-Most artistic
35 Monroe Magnet Middle School Xtreme Rocket Ball Launcher 1 Monroe Mariners 1 6 60 39x22x55 37
36 Crescenta Valley HS Constructive Chaos Falcon 6 60 50x24x55 86
38 South Pasadena HS Pierre SPSC 6 60 37x24x31 112
44 Gabrielino HS The Eagle Launcher Gabrielino 9 52.25 39x30x55 110
45 Ollivier Middle School Ollivier # 1 Carbon 0 60 55x22x53 31
46 Ollivier Middle School Ollivier # 2 Little Einsteins 6 60 55x16x52 33
47 Ollivier Middle School Ollivier # 3 Rangers 5 52.63 34x17.5x35 12 Lightest
57 Elsinore Middle School The Oblivion 0 60 41x17x53 36
58 Elsinore Middle School Sevi Tigers 5 3.51 48x59x35 120 Most creative
101 Don Noon Woodchuck 16 60 45x24x27 61 JPL - 1st
102 Richard Goldstein Arc of Triumph 12 60 49x23x49 51 JPL - 3rd
103 Kristan Ellis MSL-Mass Sphere Launcher 5 59.37 49x22x52 290
104 Audrey Doran L’il Stinker 7 0 60 31x41x54 108
105 Douglas Clark Chuck-in-a-Can 14 60 56x47x38 42 JPL - 2nd
107 Cleary Wong Tennis Gun 0 60 34x12x59 63

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