First official FRC event in Vermont gets a snowy welcome at UVM

What a weekend!! Starting off with late-March snow didn't slow down our first ever UVM District Event. No wonder a Vermont team is called Bad Weather.

The University of Vermont hosted 32 teams from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and of course, Vermont!

Thank you to our special guests and speakers:

• Co-founder of Boston Scientific and visionary FIRST in Vermont champion, John Abele

• UVM Acting Provost & Senior Vice President, Linda Schadler

• UVM’s Acting Dean of CEMS, Mandar Dewoolkar

• UVM Assistant Professor & FIRST alum/mentor, Dr. Laura Treers

• GlobalFoundries Senior Project Manager, Otto Funke

• FIRST Chief Operating Officer, Chris Rake

All 9 home-state teams competed at the event, with the highest-ranked VT team being named the Vermont State Champion for 2025!

It's never too cold for ice cream up north: Ben & Jerry's was scooping free ice cream all weekend! We loved seeing Dr. Woodie Flowers featured on the robot-sized Americone Dream container, driving around the REEFSCAPE field.

We hope teams had a blast at this brand new event!

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Congratulations to our award-winning teams:

FIRST Impact Award: FRC 166, Chop Shop from Merrimack, NH

Engineering Inspiration Award: FRC 2370, IBOTS from Rutland, VT

Rookie All-Star Award: FRC 10138, VikingBot from Lyndon Center, VT

Dean's List Semi-Finalists: Edith T. from FRC 8544, Reinforcement from Sutton, MA, and Clay N. from FRC 9101, Green Mountain Robotics from Burlington, VT

Outstanding Volunteer Award: John Abele, Visionary FIRST in Vermont Champion

NE FIRST UVM District Event Champions:  FRC 5687, The Outliers from Portland, ME;

FRC 4909, Bionics from Billerica, MA

FRC 8544, Reinforcement from Sutton, MA

NE FIRST UVM District Event Finalists: FRC 839, Rosie Robotics from Agawam, MA;

FRC 166, Chop Shop from Merrimack, NH; FRC 3323, Potential Energy from Litchfield, NH

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 1729, Team Inconceivable! from Peterborough, NH

Judges' Award: FRC 95, Grasshopers from White River Junction, VT

Rising All-Star Award: FRC 5494, BizarBots from Holbrook, MA

Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 9101, Green Mountain Robotics from Burlington, VT

Team Spirit Award: FRC 3323, Potential Energy from Litchfield, NH

Excellence in Engineering Award: FRC 1073, The Force Team from Hollis, NH Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 7913, "Bear"ly Functioning from Bristol, NH

Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 6933, Archytas from Bethel, VT

Quality Award: FRC 839, Rosie Robotics from Agawam, MA

Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 4572, Barlow Robotics from Redding, CT

Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford: FRC 5687, The Outliers from Portland, ME

Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 8544, Reinforcement from Sutton, MA