El Refugios Catapults

During our team retreat Juan Carlos divided us into two groups to create a catapult that would launch a baseball the farthest. Guess who won?

Their Catapult...


Our Catapult...



We had some disagreement on the definition of a catapult, so I looked up the word on dictionary.com:

cat·a·pult
–noun
1. an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
2. a device for launching an airplane from the deck of a ship.
3. British. a slingshot. –verb (used with object)
4. to hurl from a catapult.
5. to thrust or move quickly or suddenly: His brilliant performance in the play catapulted him to stardom.
6. British.
a. to hurl (a missile) from a slingshot.
b. to hit (an object) with a missile from a slingshot.