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Robotics Team Wins 3 Awards; a 5th Robot Qualifies for State Championship

Ranney students won three top awards at the latest robotics meet, competing with 24 robots from around the state.  
Ranney’s Robotics team won three awards at the January 10 Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies meet. Twenty-four robots from schools around the state competed; six of those robots were led by Ranney student teams (see list below).

Ninth-graders Rylan Foy and Ryan Lubin (members of our “M” team) came in first place after the qualifying rounds. “This is an amazing accomplishment for ninth-graders competing in their second competition ever,” said Robotics Club Advisor Chiara Shah. “This team has now qualified for the New Jersey State Championship, joining four other teams who have previously qualified (Teams A, B, D, and J).”

During the finals, Foy and Lubin selected Vasilios Nicholas ’16, Jack Fink ’16 and Andrew Denton ’18 (D team) as partners, and it was this pairing that led the team to come in just 8 points away from a championship win in the very last match. “It was a rare loss caused by an unfortunate fluke,” said Mrs. Shah. “A cube didn’t fall properly when the robot released it.”

Our D Team won an Amaze Award. The judges called the team’s robot an “offensive juggernaut, earning high scores in both driver skills and programming skills.” The D Team robot also earned an impressive score in the programming challenge, tying another robot for first place.

Our A Team (Raymond Moser ’15, Amy Winkler ’15 and Chris Glenn ’18) won a Build Award for its robot’s “solid mechanical construction, professional and clean look and attention to details.”

And finally, our J Team (Dana Schioppo ’17 and Will Zheng ’18) won an Excellence Award, the highest honor a robot can earn, for best overall robot in the competition. The judges said the J Team had an “outstanding interview and comprehensive design notebook.” The J Team had a few mechanical glitches during several matches; otherwise, the team likely would have been the robot to beat. The team was disappointed in its 12th place finish but pleased to have received the Excellence Award.

Ranney Robotics has won 11 awards during the 2014-15 season, which is still underway. With four more events leading up to the State Championship, we are poised to dominate New Jersey VEX Robotics for the second year in a row.

Ranney School will be hosting its second VEX competition of the season on January 17. Come out and support our teams! Thirty-five robots are registered to attend, making this the largest event so far this year. “I am extremely proud of the excellent sportsmanship shown by our M and D teams before the final match. They donated their one time-out to their opponent when their opponent needed extra time to get ready for the championship match,” said Mrs. Shah.

Rankings after the January 10 competition qualifying rounds:
• 1st Team M Rylan Foy and Ryan Lubin
• 3rd Team D Vasilios Nicholas, Jack Fink, Andrew Denton and Jacob
Guss (not present)
• 5th Team F Jillian Ross, Aidan Denver-Moore and Nick Ross
• 10th Team A Raymond Moser, Amy Winkler and Chris Glenn
• 12th Team J Dana Schioppo, Will Zheng and Mike Zheng (not present)
• 19th Team K Ben Iglesia and Will Fabricant

Other Robotics team students present on Saturday but not competing:
• Team B Brandon Gioggia, Coleen Ross and Ava Papetti
• Team G Kiran Shah and Chip Johnson
• Team H Zach Sullens, Kyle Lubin and Nicole Rasmussen
 
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