Results from the 2009 Rubber Band Contest

2009 CONTEST RESULTS (click on the inventor's name to see their invention)

First Place

• Max Aifer - Arlington, Virginia - "The Plant Sitter"

Second Place

• Grant Neil - Kirkland, Washington - "The Rip Band"

Third Place

• Jared Mann - Christiansburg, Virginia - "The Power Tree"

Semi-finalists (in alphabetical order)

• Austin Ates - Longwood, Florida - "Rubber Band Powered Air Boat"
• Abigail Bonett - North Brunswick, New Jersey - "The Rubber Band & Orchestra"
• Raegen Bransteter - Celina, Ohio - "No Sew Easy Curtains"
• Nathan Gardner - Middleburg Heights, Ohio - "Disher Gripper"
• Henry Griffiths - Hudson, Ohio - "Stretchy Shapes"
• Rachel Maioriello - Magnolia, Ohio - "The Splat"
• Jaymen Neff-Strickland - Urbana, Ohio - "Safe Flap Candle"
• Michael Schuller - Middleburg Heights, Ohio - "Rubber B-Ball"
• Jhena Smith - Canton, Ohio - "Rubber Band Generator #1"
• Olivia Snyder - Navarre, Ohio - "The Rubber Band Ribbon Tier"
• Trevor Springer - Findlay, Ohio - "The Pentagonal Projectile Game"
• John Swaim - Longwood, Florida - "Digital Strength & Flexibility Optimizer"