Kicking off back-to-back weekends for FRC in Connecticut
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We were excited to see teams from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire at one of our longest-running events in the same venue! The Waterbury District Event wowed visitors while kicking off two weekends in a row of CT events.
Waterbury Public Schools have been an amazing supporter of FIRST since we first brought an event there in 2015. Thank you to our special guests for welcoming everyone to the competition: Wilby High School Principal Kenny Pierre-saint, Superintendent of Waterbury Schools Dr. Darren Schwartz, and Mayor of the City of Waterbury Paul Pernerewski.
As we've seen at so many events this year, a preview of the #1 alliance came during a qualification match on Sunday morning, where two teams put up a high score of 613. Breaking all records posted at URI the day before, they scored 637 in playoff match #7 for the current district high score!
We have events all over the region this weekend, from New Hampshire to Massachusetts to Connecticut. Good luck to the 114 teams competing!
Congratulations to our award-winning teams:
FIRST Impact Award: FRC 6328, Mechanical Advantage from Littleton, MA
Engineering Inspiration Award sponsored by SpaceX: FRC 999, MechaRAMS from Cheshire, CT
Rookie All-Star Award: FRC 11409, Alchemist's Return from Torrington, CT
FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalists: Kimberly T. from FRC 10133, Manhattan Monsters from Waterbury, CT, and Auritro D. from FRC 999, MechaRAMS from Cheshire, CT
Outstanding Volunteer Award: Ethan Pernal, Judge Advisor
Event Champions: FRC 6328, Mechanical Advantage from Littleton, MA;
FRC 176, Aces High from Windsor Locks, CT;
FRC 7907, Spartan Robotics from Whitefield, NH
Event Finalists: FRC 4909, Bionics from Billerica, MA;
FRC 7127, LongMetal from Longmeadow, MA;
FRC 4573, Barlow Robotics from Redding, CT
Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 2064, Panther Project from Southbury/Middlebury, CT
Judges' Award: FRC 558, Elm City Robo Squad from New Haven, CT
Rising All-Star Award: FRC 10133, Manhattan Monsters from Waterbury, CT
Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 7127, LongMetal from Longmeadow, MA
Team Spirit Award: FRC 7153, Aetos Dios from Manchester, CT
Excellence in Engineering Award sponsored by Littelfuse: FRC 3654, TechTigers from Middletown, CT Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 8889, Project W from Waterbury, CT
Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 230, Gaelhawks from Shelton, CT
Quality Award: FRC 173, RAGE Robotics from Tolland, CT
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 176, Aces High from Windsor Locks, CT
Autonomous Award sponsored by Google.org: FRC 4909, Bionics from Billerica, MA
Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 8085, MOJO from Milford, CT