11 months, 5 robots and 2 tournaments after winning the 2011 Vex World Championship, Green Egg Robotics has found its identity for the 2012 Gateway season. On March 25th, the team travelled down to Central Connecticut State University in New Britain for the 4th annual CTEA Connecticut Vex State Championship. Student members Leland and Zac with support from mentors Josef and James guided Fred V (version 5) to its first VRC Championship of the season.
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| Championship Alliance of Teams 902A, 677 and 44 |
GER was one of only 2 teams to go undefeated in the qualifying round in which 35 teams were competing. Team 677 of Montclair , NJ., a perennial powerhouse from the mid-Atlantic region was the only other undefeated team and was seeded 1st at the end of the qualifiers. They chose teams 44 (GER) and 902A from Mansfield Middle School to round out the alliance. The group of 3 managed to win the finals in 2 matches over the talented alliance comprised of 30C from Montville Township High School, 5319A from Woodstock High School and 4680B from Somers High School.
Team 44 won the Innovate award for their robot Fred V and it's "out of the box" design. Next scheduled: the 2012 VEX World Championship in Anaheim , CA on April 19-21, 2012.
