The Illinois State Championships and the VEX World Championship have now been cancelled. These decisions were made because of concerns and restrictions in place due to COVID-19.
4454A and C will obviously no longer be attending the state championship this weekend as scheduled, and the 2019-20 season is now effectively over for all teams throughout VEX. The 2020-2021 game release date remains unchanged, but according to the RECF there will be a virtual reveal with more details to come.
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2 4454 teams have now qualified for state in mid March. 4454C qualified from their skills score of 10, the highest Illinois score at Mt. Vernon, and 4454A qualified from a score of 4, and from being in the top 5 Illinois teams in the qualification rankings.
All four 4454 teams competed at Mt Vernon Township High School this on December 6, 2019. Here's a quick recap of the results of that tournament: 4454A: 9th in qualifications, 4-2-0*, semi-finalists 4454B: 14th in qualifications, 3-3-0, finalists 4454C: 7th in qualifications, 4-2-0, quarter-finalists 4454D: 16th in qualifications, 3-3-0, eliminated in the round of 16. Some of the 4454 teams have a chance of qualifying for state from this tournament, pending Bill Ryno's decisions. Qualifications are complicated for this tournament because teams from out of state won all 5 of the qualifying awards, which they cannot qualify from. This will be updated once the spots have been allocated.
Edit: 4454A and 4454C have qualified for state. Clarification: there were several teams tied with a skills score of 4. The next tiebreaker was ranking after the qualifying rounds before the alliance selection. 4454D had also had a score of 4 but were not in the top 5 after the tiebreaker.
On November 2nd of 2019 teams 4454A, 4454B, and 4454C competed at the Rich East High School tournament. This competition had 38 other teams, notably 333, 355, and 60172.
4454A placed 9th in qualifications, 4454B placed 24th, and 4454C placed 13th. Here is a link to the final results of the competition. All 4454 teams advanced to eliminations, but 4454B and 4454C were eliminated in the round of 16. 4454A advanced to the semi-finals where they lost to the tournament finalists. Here is a video of one of 4454A's qualification matches: Below are the renders of our 4-Bar prototype, using v5. Our claw is using a unique system to launch balls into a passive intake, attached to this 4-Bar but not pictured.
On Saturday, Robominable competed at the Rich East competition, the first of the VRC tournaments of this year in Illinois. 4454A finished second in the qualifying matches, winning 5 in a row and ending with a 6-1-0 record, third in skills with a combined score of twelve, and was in the first ranked alliance. However, our alliance lost in the quarter finals. Here is a video of our closest match, where we win by knocking the other team of the center platform with seconds left. (L to R: Jack Vandermolen, Nathaniel Yurschak, Ben Helmkamp, Simon Detmer, Eric VanderNaald and Coach Wierenga)
The Timothy Christian Robotics team participated in the VEX World Robotics competition in Louisville, Kentucky from April 26-28. This was the team’s first appearance at the World competition. About 600 teams gathered from around the world, including teams from China, Mexico, Japan, Ethiopia, Russia, and Canada. The TC team finished the qualifying rounds with a 7-3 record, which placed them in the top 30% of the teams. They were selected as a captain of an alliance for the Divisional playoffs and formed a partnership with a Canadian team. They lost the single-elimination playoff match 114-94. The 5 seniors on the team were Jack Vandermolen, Nathaniel Yurschak, Ben Helmkamp, Simon Detmer, and Eric VanderNaald. The team sponsor is Mr. Tim Wierenga. Congratulations to this team of seniors for a great 4 years as TC's VEX Robotics Team for finishing off with a bang! On Saturday, February 24, 2018, teams 4454A and 4454B competed in the VEX Illinois State Championship held at Niles North High School. After qualifiers, 4454A was ranked 22 of 44 with 4 wins and 4 losses, while 4454B was 33rd with 2 wins and 6 losses. 4454A advanced to the 8-alliance elimination bracket by being selected by the fifth-seed alliance, composed of teams 355D and 355M. In the quarterfinals, alliance 5 won a hard-fought match-up against alliance 4, the teams on alliance 4 were 2360H, 355S, and 333H. In the semifinals, alliance 5 went up against alliance 1, made up of teams 355E, 321A, and 2360S, and once again eked out 2 out of 3 match wins in another close matchup. In the finals, alliance 5 lost to alliance 2, composed of 99371A, 1965A, and 1965R. 4454A's achievement of Tournament Finalist has qualified them for the 2018 VEX World Championship, held in late April. Team 4454A also received the Sportsmanship Award. For more information about the tournament, click here. Below is a video showing semifinal match 2 between alliance 1 (red) and alliance 5 (blue). On Saturday, January 20, teams 4454A and 4454B competed in the ISU VEX Competition, held at Illinois State University. 4454A finished the qualifying matches with 5 wins and 3 losses (9th of 25), and 4454B with 2 wins and 6 losses (19th of 25). Heading into the 8-alliance elimination bracket, 4454B was selected by the 4th seed alliance, while 4454A was chosen by the 3rd seed alliance. 4454A advanced to the semifinals with a win against the 5th alliance. In the semifinals, 4454A and their alliance won against the 7th seed alliance (who defeated the 2nd seed in a major upset), moving on to the finals. Alliance 3 was ultimately defeated in the finals by the top-seeded alliance, taking Tournament Finalist. For more information about the tournament, click here. Below is a video showing the Driver Control portion of Semifinals Match 3. 4454A and their ally, 321A, are on the blue color alliance this match. |
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