 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE N.R. 171, 4/26/00 Date: April 26, 2000
WOODBRIDGE HIGH ROBOTICS TEAM SCORES
A team of students, teachers and community volunteers from Woodbridge
High School finished third of 268 teams in the qualifying portion of the
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics
competition held in April at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The
students, who participated in the project as an extra-curricular activity,
spent six weeks of after-school time fabricating and programming a robot
to competition specifications.
The Woodbridge team at the Nationals consisted of 25 students, three teacher advisors and four volunteer engineers. The team finished third of 268 teams in the qualifying portion of the competition. They were 6-1 in the seven qualifying matches. Before being eliminated, Woodbridge was one of the top 16 qualifying teams in the championship round. The Prince William County School Board will recognize Woodbridge High School’s Robotics Team for their accomplishments on May 3. At that time, the students will conduct a demonstration of their robot. The following students, teachers and community volunteers participated in the project. (Note: some of the project participants were unable to attend the national competition in Orlando.) Students: Michael Bizik, Tim Blenner, Neil Bowman, Chona Cavett, Johnnie Chan, B.J. Chiadioni, Christopher Craig, Ramine Daneshmond, James Dreher, Jason Efkeman, Dan Elwing, Molly Farrell, Casey Frazier, Jason Gillespie, Tara Graul, Beth Haber, Andrea Hallman, Jay Krushinski, Mike Lyng, Evelyn Manley, Louis Marroquin, Mathieu McIntosh, Kelia Nichols, Kelly Nugent, Kristofer Skidmore, Ivy Trohanov, Matthew Uhle, Chris Valentin, Randy Williams, Zac Wyant and Yang Zhang. Teachers: Tom Cindric, Mike Pallo, Don Maeyer, Gene Dew, Larry Livingston, Patty Kemp, Nick Zurko, Bill Carreiro, Allen Main and Gerry Cavanaugh. Community Volunteers (Engineers): Pam Forshay, Orron Kee, Harry Keller, Donald Rainville, Mike Snell, and Rick Zong. |