Great experience for Team 1305 at World Championship

A strong showing for Team 1305 at the 2016 FIRST Robotics World Championships in St. Louis, Missouri.

The local contingent took their robot Sophie into the 75 team tournament and got to the semi-finals before losing to the eventual World Champions.

Outside of the actual competition the students had a chance to hear from prominent keynote speakers including NASA Administrator Major General Charles Bolden and US Secretary of State of Science and Technology Dr. Vaughan Turekian.

The robot drive team consisted of four individuals, including Hayden Kelso (Build Manager), William Fraser, Kenna Tisseur and Dylan Lebel.

Chairman’s students included Team Captain Ben Reevie, Business Manager Jessica Kelso, Harikesh Panchal and Lyndsey Bradford. Safety Captain, Britney Lebel, earned Safety Star of the Day on Saturday for her commitment to promoting safety to all teams, especially the many rookies.

The team was well supported by other members in attendance who played key roles over the week including: McKay Larmer, Dalton Houlder, Maiya Durocher, Nico Gacitua, Alex Hilliard, Nick de Boer, Johan Rayburn, Jared Kelso, Liam Derosier, Kira Buckton and Bailey Lebel.