Students win Chairman’s Award; invited to world championship in St. Louis
For the Cumberland Times-News Cumberland Times-News
2012 — OAKLAND — Garrett County’s High School FIRST Robotics Competition GaCo Team 1629 received top honors at the FIRST Buckeye Regional Robotics Competition in Cleveland.
The event was held last weekend at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center. Garrett County was the only Maryland team competing at the Ohio competition.
During the three-day event, team members competed with 58 other teams from surrounding states.
Teams were judged in many areas in addition to how well their robot placed during the competition, including robot control and design awards, team imagery, spirit and community impact.
Of the awards, Team 1629 received the Chairman’s Award, the most prestigious award that FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) offers in their regional competitions.
In addition to winning the Chairman’s Award, the team’s robot was the eighth-seeded robot after competing in 10 qualification matches that earned the team the right to compete in elimination rounds and survived to the semi-final matches before being eliminated at the Buckeye Regional.
The team receiving the Chairman’s Award, in view of the judges, is the team that best exemplifies the mission of FIRST. The FIRST mission is to change the way young people regard science and technology and to inspire an appreciation
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