Goodrich, Midland, Rochester Hills Teams Win Kettering's FIRST Competition
A three-team alliance of high school robotics teams from Goodrich, Midland and Rochester Hills won the Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition on Saturday, March 7, in Flint. The teams now qualify for the state championship games in Ypsilanti in April.
More than 2,000 people attended the two-day FIRST Robotics District contest, hosted in the Kettering University Recreation Center Friday and Saturday, March 6 and7. Forty of Michigan's most talented high school robotics teams competed to qualify for state and national championships and for a series of other awards.
Bob Nichols, co-chair of the district contest, called the event almost perfection.
"The quality of play and enthusiasm went up three notches from Friday to Saturday," Nichols said. "We had well over 1,000 people a day attend our event, an excellent opportunity for Kettering to show off their buildings and labs while providing opportunities for high school students to meet our faculty and our students. I send my congratulations to all our FIRST participants."
Nichols is Kettering's director of external relations. Pat Major of Goodrich served as the other co-chair of the district contest.
Winning the district championship was a three-team alliance:
* Team 70, More Martians from Goodrich High School,
* Team 245, Adambots from Rochester Adams High School and
* Team 2619, The Charge from Midland Public Schools.
The teams beat a three-team alliance, who received District Finalist Awards. They are:
* Team 65, the Huskie Brigade from Pontiac Northern High School,
* Team, 2586, Copperbots from Calumet High School and
* Team 2771, Code Red from Grand River Preparatory High School in Grandville.
The event's prestigious honor, The Chairman's Award, went to Team 33, the Killer Bees from Notre Dame Preparatory in Auburn Hills, for their blend of technological skill, entrepreneurial enthusiasm and community service that extends overseas.
Other awards and recipients are:
* Engineering Inspiration: Team 68, Truck Town Thunder from Pontiac.
* Rookie All-Star: Team 2771, Code Red from Grandville.
* Delphi's Driving Tomorrow's Technology: Team 548, Robostangs from Northville High School.
* General Motors Industrial Design: Team 70, More Martians from Goodrich.
* Motorola Quality: Team 245, Adambots from Rochester Hills.
* Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control: Team 1504, Desperate Penguins from Okemos High School and Lansing Christian High School.
* Xerox Creativity: Team 1718, the Fighting Pi from Armada.
* Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship: Team 27, Team Rush from Clarkston.
* Rookie Inspiration: Team 3060, the Fighting Tuna from Roeper High School in Birmingham.
* Johnson & Johnson Gracious Professionalism: Team 2619, The Charge from Midland.
* Imagery: Team 1025, Impi Robotics from Ferndale.
* Chrysler Team Spirit: Team 2771, Code Red from Grandville.
* Highest Rookie Seed, Team 2771, Code Red from Grandville.
* Underwriters Laboratories Industrial Safety: Team 2337, the Enginerds from Grand Blanc.
* Best Web Site: Team 245, Adambots from Rochester Hills.
* Judges' Award: Team 1, Juggernauts from Pontiac.
* Judges' Award: Team 862, Lightning Robotics from Canton.
Located in Flint, Kettering University is the home of the country's most advanced professional co-operative education program. For more on Kettering, visit: www.kettering.edu
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