The largest VEX Robotics Competition in NJ this year was held on Sunday, Feb. 4 and Ranney School had two more Upper School teams qualify for States, bringing the total number of teams that have qualified to seven (out of nine).
The Ranney Upper School P Team – Anthony Virone and Katie Peardon, won a “finalists” trophy and qualified for States in the field of 59 teams, just missed winning the competition by just a few points. Team C also qualified for States.
The seven Ranney Upper School teams that have qualified for States:
Team A: Chris Glenn, Chip Johnson, Kayla Shah
Team C: Alex Klatsky, Sandy Wilderotter
Team D: Jacob Guss, Andrew Denton, Ryan Lubin, Jack Bacher
Team F: Brooke Schmelz, Lara Chu, Zining Wang
Team G: Kiran Shah, Toby Savage, Rowan Cassidy
Team M: Rylan Foy, Kevin Yu, Connie Hall, Mike Zheng
Team P: Anthony Virone, Katie Peardon
The seven Upper School Robotics Teams will be competing against 41 others from around New Jersey. Nationals (CREATE US OPEN) will be held April 4-8 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Each school is limited to sending four teams.