Eleven student teams competed on Saturday, October 12, 2013 with pumpkin launchers they designed and built.  The Long Shot team took first place in distance and MACH 1 took first place in the accuracy competition:

9th Annual IIT Pumpkin Launch Results:

Distance:

1. Long Shot (361 feet)

2. Keep On Chunkin’ (205 feet)

3. NSBE (172 feet and one inch)

Accuracy:

1. MACH 1 (99%)

2. Keep On Chunkin’ (96.7%)

3. Long Shot (95%)