The St. Mark’s robotics team, RoboRoar, won the Robot Performance Award and third place in the overall FIRST LEGO League State Championship.
“This is a huge accomplishment for our team of fifth graders who were competing against teams of seventh and eighth graders,” said Stewart Mayer, Makerspace director and robotics team sponsor. “It has been a long six-month journey with quite a surprise ending.”
In the competition, teams had to plan and build a robot out of Legos to accomplish certain tasks. RoboRear earned a spot in the state competition due to performing well in the regional qualifier earlier this year and competed virtually against the top 50 teams statewide due to spring break scheduling conflicts.
“Perseverance was key to the team’s success,” said Dr. Stephen Harder, head coach and father of team member Elliot Harder. “Small, early successes…
