TDHS Robotics Team Made it to Final Four of the U.S Open
Robotics teams Irrelevant and System Overload from The Dalles advanced to the Final Four of the World Finals VEX Competition in Dallas, TX. Pictured: Abijah Patterson, Angel Garcia, Theo Sandoz, Chuck Webber, Makalya Williamson, Ian Castaneda, Colin Schecter, Jack McAllister, Lu Seapy.
From TDHS Coach Chuck Webber:
Day #1 Update, March 29th:
After slow starts from both teams, both went on long runs of wins to end Day #1 of qualifications. System Overload is ranked 5th at 8-2 and irrelevant is ranked 17th at 5-4. Both teams are poised to advance to the 32-team elimination rounds tomorrow.
Qualification time at the US Open VEX Robotics Championship
Day #2 Nationals Update, March 30th:
Both teams advanced in their divisions to the elimination rounds, irrelevant as the #15 seed in Blue, and System Overload as the #5 seed in the Red. Facing a tough matchup in their first match, irrelevant lost in the round of 16.
System Overload won their first match as the favored seed and then upset the #4 seed in the round of 8. Iin the division semifinals, Overload upset the #1 seed.
In the division finals, they lost a very close match to the eventual overall champions of the event.
Making the Final Four of the U.S. Open is definitely something to be proud of and there will be some new hardware for the trophy case at TDHS on Friday.
Pictures and videos will get posted once we get everything uploaded and decompress a bit.
VEX World Championship is the world’s largest robotics competition with over 800 teams competing. There are more than 24,000 VEX teams from over 60 countries that participate in over 2,500 events worldwide.
