Robotics team T-Rx 145 wins major award at regionals

UTICA – T-Rx 145 FIRST Robotics team competed in the FIRST Power Up Central New York Regional at SUNY Polytechnic Institute from March 1 to March 4 bringing home the Imagery Award as well as ranking among the top-10 teams overall in the 35-team regional.

Comprised of students from Norwich, Sherburne-Earlville, Unadilla Valley, and Gilbertsville-Mount Upton, Team T-Rx went 7-5 in its 3v3 qualification matches to reach the quarterfinal round.

Eight alliances were formed for the regional playoffs and although Team T-Rx's Alliance 6 lost its two quarterfinal matches, the team went on to win an individual team honor, the Imagery Award, awarded to a team that has exhibited attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance.

Team T-Rx features NHS students Abigail Elwood, Austin Benenati, Ayden Hagar, Brandon Cardoza, Cody Burlew, Derek Rubottom, Gabrielle Eddy, Graham Rudy, Houston Edwards, Jeanine Gonzalez, Jonathan Matlack-Grey, Josiah Shaver, Kerri Smith, Lucas Caesar, Matthew Giglio, Michael Hayes, Natalie Benenati, Samuel Solomon, Stephen Munro, Wesley Mills and Zac Marsh.

Sherburne-Earlville students Andrew Schaefer, Angel Shelley, Conor Ryan and Romeo Rapp also contributed to the team’s success, as did other local students Bayleigh Davis, Corey Wilson, Deegan Chase, Evan Wesolowski, Gabriel Wood, Harley Madden, Kyle Davis, Oliver Kuhn and Paul Corgnell.

Team T-Rx mentor Chris Klatt said the team is hoping to be invited to participate in the national competition in Detroit, but beyond that the team does not have any other competition plans.

For more detailed results from the 35-team regional, visit the website www.frc-events.firstinspires.org/2018/NYUT. For more information on the T-Rx's robotics season, visit www.trx145.net. For more information on FIRST Robotics, visit www.firstinspires.org. Additional information can also be found on the T-Rx 145 Facebook page at www.facebook.com/USFirstTeam145.

Pictured: Robotics coach Jonathan Ryan poses with the T-Rx 145 Drive Team of Wes Mills (Norwich), Conor Ryan (Sherburne-Earlville), Andrew Schaefer (S-E) and Oliver Kuhn (Unadilla Valley) this past weekend at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. The team, which featured 20 students from the Norwich City School District and four from Sherburne-Earlville, won the Imagery Award for attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance. (Courtesy of Norwich City School District)

– Grady Thompson, Sun Staff Writer

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