Wawasee Robotics Excels In Tournament At Crown Point
Wawasee Robotics Excels In Tournament At Crown Point
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Wawasee Robotics Excels In Tournament At Crown PointCROWN POINT – The Wawasee robotics team won the tournament championship, robotics skills champion and qualified two teams for state tournament at Crown Point on Saturday.
“I’m proud of all our teams,” said Jed Wandland, head coach of the robotics team. “All our teams made the elimination bracket, and three were in the semifinals. In my 12 years as a coach I’ve never seen so many students from a single school perform so well.”
Wawasee had all 10 of its teams qualify for the elimination bracket. The Iron Pride also had first-, second-, third-, sixth-, ninth- and 10th-place finishes in Skills Challenge, a time trial to see how many points the robot can score by itself in one minute driver and one minute autonomous periods.
Wawasee Team 574C is ranked second in the world in this challenge and Team 574D is 45th, Team 574M is 67th, Team 574K is 432nd, Team 574E is 571st and Team 574J is 685th.
Last year, there were 10,000 teams in the world in Skills Challenge.
The Iron Pride will host its tournament on Saturday. Opening ceremonies begin at 9:15 a.m., following by qualifying at 9:30 a.m. The finals start at 3 p.m.
Wawasee Team Results
574D Immortal – (Cory Dunivan, Noah Beckner, Jack Collins, Wesley Hays, Nathan Smith) tournament champions; alliance captains, first place; second, Robot Skills (state qualifier); 45th in the world in Skills Challenge.
574C Centurion – (Micah Rassi, Evan Rassi, Joe Kelsheimer, Nick Murphy) tournament champion; 10th place, Robot Skills Champion (state qualifier); ranked No. 2 in world in Skills Challenge.
574M Amazon – (Alison Cole, Taylor Fiedeke, Keegan Cook, Tess Fancil) fourth place; third in Robot Skills (semifinals); ranked 67th in the world in Skills Challenge.
574K Athena – (Makenna Tharp, Norah Miller, Andrea Mickley) 15th place; sixth in Robot Skills; finals round of 12, ranked 432nd in World in Skills Challenge.
574J Xerxes – (Ethan Hays, Tyler Bailey, Gage Beezley) 17th place; 10th in Robotics Skills (quarterfinalist); ranked 685th in world in Skills Challenge.
574E Legion – (Connor Byrd, Ryan Scott, Jackson Coverstone) 19th place; ninth in Robotics Skills (quarterfinalists)’ ranked 571st in world in Skills Challenge.
574A Legends – (Joey Sunday, Even Gerding) 20th place, finals round of 12.
574G Iron Knight – (Colten Edger, Harry Doss, Brian Schlabach, Jossie Coy) 21st place; finals round of 12.
