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ROBOTICS
STATE TOURNAMENT
MAY 29, 2021
Virtual R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 1
WELCOME
to the CELEBRATION of CHAMPIONS
MISSION
STATEMENT
A s we celebrate the 2020-2021 state tournament seasons, I extend an
enthusiastic welcome, on behalf of our entire Board of Directors, to each
tournament attendee, whether in person or virtually. It is exciting to return to the
The Minnesota
State High School
League is a
tradition of celebrating students through competition at the highest level.
Our Championship Celebrations spotlight students who participate in MSHSL non-profit,
athletics and fine arts and choose to extend their day representing their school voluntary
and community. Your positive support of the commitment of these students is
validated in your attendance at this event. While each tournament may look association of public
different than it has in the past, the excitement and validation that are trademarks and private schools
of our tournaments remain.
The MSHSL recognizes the value of education-based activities. These activities
with a history of
are integral to each member school and research continues to demonstrate the service to
many benefits of participation. Our students in athletics and fine arts activities Minnesota youth
have higher grade point averages, miss less school, and have the potential for
greater success beyond high school than their classmates. Each competition since 1916. Its
provides the opportunity for students to develop teamwork skills, challenge their mission is to provide
abilities, compete with integrity, and learn together.
“Education and Leadership for a Lifetime” is the slogan of the Minnesota State
educational
High School League. This purpose is highlighted in the many acts of opportunities
sportsmanship found throughout these competitions. During the tournament, we through
encourage you to continue to recognize and positively support these actions.
While each high school season culminates in a state tournament or festival, we interscholastic
believe every game, contest, or performance throughout the year has been a athletic and
celebration of champions. Thank you for your season-long support of students, fine arts programs
athletes, coaches, directors, spirit squads, bands, parents, teachers, and
administrators. for students and
leadership and
support for member
Blaine Novak, President schools.
MSHSL Board of Directors
Fo l l o w U s O n l i n e :
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Robotics State Tournament
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Snow Removal Challenge:
In the Snow Removal Challenge, teams must follow the specific route to pick up Snowballs from key FRC
cities, store them in their Robot, and deliver them to the Finish Zone.
Snow Thrower Challenge:
In the Snow Thrower Challenge, teams must pick up Snowballs and shoot them into the PORT openings
in the shortest amount of time. Each Snowball scored into a PORT opening counts as a time reduction
bonus, with an added bonus for scoring that Snowball from one of the key Minnesota FRC cities.
2021 Team Numerical List
1816 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edina 3130 . . . . . . . East Ridge, Woodbury 5464 . . . . . . . . . . . Cambridge-Isanti
2052 . . . . . . Irondale, New Brighton 3630 . . Breck School, Golden Valley 5542 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buffalo
2175 . . Math and Science Academy, 3750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Badger 5626. . . . . Norwood-Young America
Woodbury
3883. . . . . . . . . Park, Cottage Grove 5913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pequot Lakes
2220. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eagan
4009. . . . . . . . . . . . . Duluth Denfeld 6146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawson-Boyd
2239 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hopkins
4198. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waconia 6749 . . . . . . . Eagle Ridge Academy,
2491 . . . Avalon/Great River Schools Minnetonka
4277 . . . . . . . . Robbinsdale Cooper
2502 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eden Prairie 7038 . . . . . . . . Totino-Grace, Fridley
4480 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Upsala
2509 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hutchinson 7257 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauk Centre
4511. . . . . . . . Providence Academy,
2823 . . . . . . . St. Paul Highland Park Plymouth 8347. . . . . . . . . . . . . New York Mills
2883. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warroad 4624. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owatonna 8516 . . . Legacy Christian Academy,
Andover
2977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Crescent 4728 . . . . . . . . . Rocori, Cold Spring
2987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farmington 5275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Prague
3018. . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Peter Area 5434. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faribault
Link to the State Robotics Archives: bit.ly/RoboticsArchive
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 5
★ Warroad
★ Badger
Duluth Denfeld ★
Pequot Lakes
94
★
★ New York Mills
35
Upsala
★
Sauk Centre ★ 94
Cambridge-Isanti ★
Rocori, Cold Spring ★
Buffalo ★ 94 35
Hutchinson ★ Waconia
★
Norwood-Young America ★
New Prague ★
St. Peter ★ ★ Faribault
★ Owatonna
90
35
La Crescent-Hokah ★
90
6 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T
Legacy Christian
Academy, Andover ★
Totino-Grace, Fridley ★ Irondale, New Brighton
★
Providence Academy,
Plymouth ★
Robbinsdale Cooper ★
Breck School, Golden Valley
★
★ Avalon/Great River
★ Hopkins
★ Math and Science
★ St. Paul Highland Park Academy, Woodbury
Eagle Ridge Academy,
Minnetonka ★ ★ East Ridge,Woodbury
★ Edina
Eden Prairie ★
Park, Cottage Grove ★
★ Eagan
★ Farmington
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 7
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TEAM 2491
Avalon/Great River School
Meet the NoMythic
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Kate Ward . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Captain Joren Schooley . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Lando Jongeward . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Captain Joseph Steinhauer . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations
Owen Clowney. . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Captain Liam Sykes . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Hugh MacLaughlin . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Captain Lily Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Phoebe Kirchner . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Captain Miles Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Alicia Graftt . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Nicholas Pearson . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Benjamin Hang . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Noah Holland . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Catherine Williams . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Rasmus Jacobs . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Jackxin Schirber . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Vasyl Shevtsov. . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Advisor: Michael Flood
Years as Advisor: 13 Robot: Revolution
Mentors: Chris Ward, Programming Mentor
Evan Tang, Programming Mentor
Kelli Aellen, Build Mentor
Mark Mongiat, Build Mentor
Mike Johnson, Build Mentor
Nicholas Aellen, Build Mentor
Robot: ROBOT
Seamus Herson, Build Mentor
Toby McAdams, Operations Mentor
Team Sponsors: Pace Analytical, Minnetronix Medical, Great River
School, Avalon, Quality Tool, TwinCityPlating
Team Has Competed Since: 2008
Team Website: www.2491nomythic.com
Team information provided by the school.
10 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 3750
Badger
Meet the Gators Robot: Eclipse
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Avdyl Jasiqi . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . Team Captain, Programming Captain,
CAD, Build, Control Systems
Jack Burkel . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drive Captain, Build
Talon Hilligas . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design, Build, Scouting
Brooke VonEnde . . . . . 11 . . . . . . Scouting Captain, Project Manager,
Finance, Safety, Marketing,
Sponsorship, Awards
Aulona Jasiqi . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build, Human Player
Jasmine Christianson. . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media, Build, Programming
Hannah Rud. . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build, Scouting
Advisor: Valerie Truscinski
Years as Advisor: 5
Assistant Advisor: Alex Truscinski
Years as Advisor: 2
Mentor: Trevor Rhodes, Polaris Industries
Superintendent/Principal: Kevin Ricke, Badger High School
Activities Director: Stacey Warne, Badger High School
Team Sponsors: Medtronic, Polaris, Border State Bank
Team Has Competed Since: 2011
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 11TEAM 3630
Breck School, Golden Valley
Meet the Stampede
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Grayson Roberts . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain Build Liam McKay . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding
Emma Beveridge . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain Control Systems Nathan Walsh . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Nasym Kushner . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain Strategy Tor Evenstad . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Michal Janocko . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build/Coding Ava Bui. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding
John Cardwell . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance Sierra Golla . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding
Nathan DeMichaelis. . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding Mia Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding
Will Bae . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Mara Swanson . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding
Will Sweeney . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Calvin Vasicek . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Caroline Pirtle . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding
Mina Adabag . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Trisha Samba. . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Robot: Prince Rupert’s Drop
Amira Sinclair. . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Matthew Sigmond . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coding
Advisor: Ben Lampe
Years as Advisor: 5
Assistant Advisor: David Senner
Years as Advisor: 7
Mentor: Sam Varghese, Abbott
Head of School: Natalia Hernández, Breck School
Principal: Lenesa Leana, Breck School
Activities Director: Brett Bergene, Breck School
Team Sponsors: Oesterle Family, Roberts Family, Breck School, NASA,
Abbott, Precision Associates, Testhead Engineering
Team Has Competed Since: 2011
Team Website: www.breckstampede.org
Team information provided by the school.
12 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 5542
Buffalo
Meet the Roboherd Robot: Limon
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Beckett Jaeger . . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain
David Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Captain
Eli Ostvig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . Safety Captain / Build Team
James Jendro . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Kurt Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Willaim Schutte . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Brandon Patra . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Quinn Ohlemacher-Lonett . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Team
Stacy West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Hunter McClellan . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Zach Mazzuco . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Advisor: Ben Wandmacher
Years as Advisor: 7
Superintendent: Scott Thielman, Buffalo / Hanover / Montrose
Principal: Mark Mischke, Buffalo High School
Activities Director: Tom Bauman, Buffalo High School
Team Sponsors: TE Connectivity
Team Has Competed Since: 2015
Team Website: www.roboherd5542.com
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 13TEAM 5464
Cambridge-Isanti
Meet the Bluejackets Robot: Big Iron
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Xavier Anderson. . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications
Justin Bettendorf . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication
Levi Blumer . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication
Logan Carpenter . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication / CAD
Clayton Deitz . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication
Ethan Hill . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain / Fabrication
Owen Hill . . . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication
Kevin Hurtado . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication
Derrick Kuester . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications
Jack Larson . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Captain
Lane Madsen . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain / Programming
Joe Parsons . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication
Austin Shaffer . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications
Taylor Smith . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications
Steven Voto . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication
Will Weidenbach . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication / CAD
Advisor: Sheryl Kammerer
Years as Advisor: 2
Assistant Advisor: Heather Hill
Years as Advisor: 2
Programming Advisor: Jacob White
Years as Advisor: 2
Superintendent: Nate Rudolph, Cambridge-Isanti School District
Principal: Steve Gibbs, Cambridge-Isanti High School
Activities Director: Mark Solberg, Cambridge-Isanti High School
Team Sponsors: Cambridge-Isanti School District, Team Industries,
Walmart, Cambridge Pine City Orthodontics, Teamsters Local Union No.
1145, Arrow Tank and Engineering, Cambridge Dental Center, Vista
Outdoor, Grandy Lions Club, Nancy Gammel, Kennedy Scales, Park
Manufacturing, Larson’s Autobody Inc., Cambridge Eye Associates, East
Central Energy, Target, Cambridge State Bank
Team Has Competed Since: 2007
Team information provided by the school.
14 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 6146
Dawson-Boyd
Meet the Blackjacks Our Robot
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Wylie Wiebe . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pit Crew
Darius Fenske . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing, Fundraising
Wyatt Wiebe. . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver, Pit Crew
Braydon Wendinger . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD, Programming
Parker Steinke . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance, Marketing, Driver
Cade Buer . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . Programming, Pit Crew, Driver
Justin Perkins. . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing, Programming
Jordon Perkins . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing, Fundraising
Trishana Maharaj . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . Marketing, Fundraising, Illustrating
Joseph Felton . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD, Apprentice
Elsie Wiebe . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fundraising, Illustrating
Brodey Steinke . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pit Crew, Driver
Kolten Peterson . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pit Crew
Gunnar Olson . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver
Gannon Andrews . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming, Driver
Alex Roszak . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apprentice
Broady Nelson . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apprentice
Abigail Arends . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apprentice
Advisor: Dustin Johnson
Years as Advisor: 6
Mentors: Rose Buer, Brett Buer, Tammy Wiebe, Will Wiebe, Loral Webster
Superintendent: David Hanson, Dawson-Boyd ISD 378
Principal: Ryan Stotesberry, Dawson-Boyd High School
Activities Director: Tony Aafedt, Dawson-Boyd High School
Team Sponsors: Dawson Community Foundation, Medtronic, Datalogic,
Dawson Fire Dept.
Team Has Competed Since: 2016
Team Website: dawsonboydrobotics.weebly.com
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 15TEAM 4009
Duluth Denfeld
Meet the Hunters Robot: Luma
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Madeline Bjonskaas. . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Captain
Per Johnson. . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Captain
Carter Wegler. . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Captain
Ryan Buhler . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Captain
Noah Westerberg. . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web Design
Grant Thompson . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build / Drive Team
Ava Anderson. . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build / Drive Team
Carter Wedin. . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Brady Johnson . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer-Aided Design
Sarah Shaffer . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Andrew Johnson . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Advisor: Andrew Gunderson
Years as Advisor: 8
Mentors: Jerry Walz, Stephanie Fehringer, Bruce Fehringer, Scott Wegler,
David Westerberg, Jeffrey John, Larry Paasch, Robert Jenko, Deb
Westerberg, Tara Williams, Susan Johnson, Brandon Jahn, Ian Walker,
Kaleb Robison, Nick Miller, Caleb Wedin, Matt Johnston, Emily Tusken
Superintendent: John Magas, ISD 709
Principal: Thomas Tusken, Denfeld High School
Activities Director: Tom Pearson, Denfeld High School
Team Sponsors: ISD 709, Pachel Foundation, Ameriprise, CW
Technology, Northland Foundation, Saturn Systems, Duluth Rotary 25,
Arrowhead Manufacturers and Fabricators Association, Superior Choice
Credit Union, Susan L. Coen State Farm, Arrowhead Machinists,
Arrowhead Robotics Coalition
Team Has Competed Since: 2012
Team Website: www.denfeldrobotics4009.org
Team information provided by the school.
16 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 2220
Eagan
Meet Blue Twilight
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Kyle (Max) Hansen . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain Nolan Sanouvong . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls
Cassandra Sievwright . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain John Stokesbary . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical
Ateeb Ahmad . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Zach Ulstad . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Co-Lead
Billie Alexander . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTR Co-Lead Olma Wakjira . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Thanu Boyapati . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Brady Williams . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical Co-Lead
Dylan Covey. . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical Ella Ziel de Cruz . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical
Ethan Diaz . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical Luca Ziel de Cruz. . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Co-Captain
David Eggleston. . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical Co-Lead
Daniel Ginzburg . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Design Lead
Aidan Jaikissoon . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical
Andrew Joy . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTR Robot: Mantis
Henry Kramer. . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3D Printing
Kai Meilahn-Kinard. . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical Co-Lead
Johnny Mezeritski . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Sri Mylavarapu . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Aditi Nair . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Co-Lead
Ethan Pak . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Sarah Peng . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Co-Captain
Mike Pipcorn . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Lawrence Salonga . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTR
Advisor: Dave Hendricksen
Years as Advisor: 14
Advisor: John Peterson
Years as Advisor: 11
Advisor: Steve Siirila
Years as Advisor: 15
Mentors: Jane Peterson, 3M; Tim Hendricksen, Target; Nick Aarestad,
Target; Christina Le, Target; Katie Hendricksen, Target
Superintendent: Mary Kreger, ISD196
Principal: Dr. Polly Reikowski, Eagan High School
Activities Director: Sandra Setter, Eagan High School
Team Sponsors: 3M, Thomson-Reuters, Seagate, Eagan Foundation
Team Has Competed Since: 2007
Team Website: www.team2220.org
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 17TEAM 6749
Eagle Ridge Academy, Minnetonka
Meet the tERAbytes Our Robot
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Spencer Mein. . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain
Tom Dudgeon. . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain
Alisa Sysoeva . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Arjan Ellingson . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Ben Montville . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Ethan Szymkowiak . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Advisor: Derek Lutz
Years as Advisor: 4
Mentors: Mark Olsen, Northrup Grumman
Aaron Ellingson, Cirtec Medical
Carter Olsen
Director: Jason Ulbrich, Eagle Ridge Academy
Principal: Erin Johnson, Eagle Ridge Academy
Activities Director: Kris Babler, Eagle Ridge Academy
Team Sponsors: Eaton Hydraulics, Northrup Grumman, Optum
Team Has Competed Since: 2016
Team Website: https://erarobotics.weebly.com/
Team information provided by the school.
18 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 3130
East Ridge, Woodbury
Meet the ERRORs Robot: Kyber
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Tracy Yang . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain
Connor Wenthin . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Captain
Tomas Valdes. . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Maddie Howard . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Captain
Thomas Whistler . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Captain
Cody Atkinson . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Madeline Gerber . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Riya Bharti . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-captain
Giorgia Mattana . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Cheney Yao . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Jesse Robertson . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awards
Caleb Spielman . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer-Aided Drafting
Kyler Thompson . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Luke Spielman . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Asher Maudsley . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Ben Yang . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Co-captain
Sophie Hagemeier . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Dev Patel . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Nihal Cheema . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Advisor: Dennis Ware
Years as Advisor: 11
Mentor: Kerry Wenthin
Superintendent: Julie Nielsen, District 833
Principal: Jim Smokrovich, East Ridge High School
Activities Director: Sara Palodichuk, East Ridge High School
Team Sponsors: Northrop Grumman, Thomson Reuters, NASA, Wipaire,
Medtronic, Marathon, 3M
Team Has Competed Since: 2010
Team Website: www.error3130.org
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 19TEAM 2502
Eden Prairie
Meet Talon Robotics
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Daniel Georgioff . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Engineering Captain Navya Nambiar . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Ravisha Jaiswal . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Captain Riley Nordgren . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Ishan Shetty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Captain Daniel Nyland. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Justin Silewski . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Engineering Captain Rohit Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Ryan Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Lead Akhil Perla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Christopher Bastian . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Michael Proper. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Rahul Chimata . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Sameen Rahman . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Aradhana Choudhury . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Nate Seidler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Andrew Georgioff . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Lead Neel Shah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . Safety & Organization Lead
Pearl Jain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Shruti Shanmugasundaram . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Serena Jain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awards Lead Shreshth Shrivastava . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Vedanth Jonnalagadda . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Aarushi Singh. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fundraising Lead
Nidhi Kamath . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Lead Nicole Stolpestad . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach Lead
Adhiraiyan Kartheesan. . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Christian Tapernoux . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Lead
Andy Killorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Devh Thenepalli . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Abhinov Koutharapu . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Anirudh Vadrevu . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Aditya Kshirsagar. . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member Aedin Yu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Lead
Evan Lembke . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Samy Lulu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Ryan Mikol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . Scouting & Strategy Lead Robot: Orion
Sahana Murthy . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Member
Advisor: Sandy Olson
Years as Advisor: 7
Mentors: Robert Bastian, Mentor Council; Babu Chimata, Mentor Council;
Bryndon Lembke, Mentor Council; Jim Georgioff, Mentor Council; Chris
Olson, Build Mentor; Dan Alexander, Business Mentor; Michelle Maas,
Awards Mentor; Maria Murillo, Outreach Mentor; Stephanie Proper,
Fundraising Mentor; Debbie Mikol, Marketing Mentor; Robert Bastian,
Media Mentor; Matthew Cheeseman, Design Mentor; Babu Chimata,
Programming Mentor; Eric Lembke, Fabrication Mentor; Jon Schmitt,
Strategy & Scouting Mentor; Jim Georgioff, Safety & Organization Mentor
Superintendent: Dr. Josh Swanson, Eden Prairie Schools
Principal: Robb Virgin, Eden Prairie High School
Activities Director: Russ Reetz, Eden Prairie High School
Team Sponsors: Continental Engineering & Manufacturing (CEM), MTS
Systems Corp., Beckman Coulter Foundation, Eaton, Emerson
Team Has Competed Since: 2008
Team Website: www.team2502.com Team information provided by the school.
20 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 1816
Edina
Meet The Green Machine
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Collin Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain Leo Wang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build
Prudence Russell . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain Jack Zentner . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build
Kennedy Olson . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Captain Ahshaam Abu . . . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software
Ian McVann-Henkelmann . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Captain Rachith Anasuri . . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software
Sam Ramirez. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Captain Alec Becker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . Business/Scrum Lead/Build
Richik Sinha Choudhury . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software Henry Dalton . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build
Nick Dimitrov . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software Naren Ghate . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build/Business
Ryan Koo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software Lead Evan Holly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build
Eric Ouyang. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build JJ Irons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication/Build
Sarah Swann . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build Adam Kaufman . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build
Michaela Vang . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication/Build Nico Leibert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software
Youtai Cui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software Colin Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build
Andrew Guzik . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build Adele Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . Computer-Aided Design Lead/
Neil Prajapati . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build Mechanical Build
Bryson Schenck. . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical/Build Alex Wicklund . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business/Software
Advisor: Alyson Purdy
Years as Advisor: 14 Robot: Zodiac 2
Mentors: Mark Lawrence, Operations Director; Laurie Shimizu,
Communications/Main Contact; Iain McIntyre, Carlson Caspers, Business
& Outreach Mentor; Michael Bowe; David Cook, Standby Systems; Elise
Cronin-Hurley, LiseyDreams; David Day, PTC; Pete Deutsch, Solutions
Design Group; Rachel Earl, Boston Scientific; Rebecca Earl, United
HealthGroup; Trent Fox, Iowa State; Peter Hartnett, Protolabs; Andrew
Hou, Purdue; David McGoff; Ruth McGoff, Cargill; Ryan McGoff; Riyan
Mendonsa, Seagate; Matt Mittag, Dupont; Jodi Ramirez, Edina Public
Schools; Donna Roemen, Jonah Rosenthal, University of Wisconsin-
Madison; Charlie Russell, Medtronic; Brandon Schenck, University of MN;
Jordan Schenck, Mortenson Construction; Yoji Shimizu, University of
Minnesota; John Skoglund, HID Global; John Snyder; Tanya Snyder, HID
Global; Ging Wiandt, Edina Public Schools; Michael Woolsey, SunPower
Superintendent: Dr. John Schultz, Edina Public Schools
Principal: Andy Beaton, Edina High School
Activities Director: Troy Stein, Edina High School
Team Sponsors: DuPont, Medtronic Inc., Tradition Companies, The Guzik
Family, HID Global, PTC, Cargill, Dunn and Semington, NASA, Seagate,
Solidworks, Edina Robotics Foundation, Edina Education Fund, Edina Team Has Competed Since: 2005-06
Public Schools, Jerry’s Do-it Best Hardware, Calvary Lutheran Church, Team Website: edinarobotics.com
Green Machine Superfans
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 21TEAM 5434
Faribault
Meet Falcon Robotics Robot: Luigi
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Elijah Sullivan. . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain / Safety Captain
Madi Yetzer . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co-Captain / Build
Miguel Romero. . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Aaron Bice . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
JoHannah Gehrke . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Tyler O’Neil . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Thomas Drenth . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Jonathan Gehrke . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Advisor: Matt Barron
Years as Advisor: 1
Assistant Advisor: Jason Engbrecht
Years as Advisor: 7
Assistant Advisor: Carl Malecha
Years as Advisor: 4
Superintendent: Todd Sesker, Faribault Public Schools
Principal: Jamie Bente, Faribault High School
Activities Director: Keith Badger, Faribault High School
*Team photo not provided by school
Team information provided by the school.
22 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 2987
Farmington
Meet Rogue Robotics
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Sam Carland . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Game Design/Management Dannalyn Orth . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmer
Alex Draeger . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Game Design/Aesthetics Captain Anthony Pham . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmer
Jacob Henderson. . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . Game Design/Management Evan Poore . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmer
Sydney Hendrickson . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Captain Ila Reedy. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmer
Sam Herrera . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmer/T-Shirt Cannon Andrew Tapio . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Captain/Pit-Boss
Oliver Jankovich . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wiring/T-Shirt Cannon Alex Treakle . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . Drive Team Captain, Wiring Co-Captain
Kyle Kadlec . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver, Build Alexis Venaro . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Game Design/Management
Abby Katzenberger . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management Captain Connor Watson . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build/T-Shirt Cannon
Nikko Knudsen . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmer Emma Watson . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Game Design/Management
Ella Kreger . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . Safety Captain, Wiring Co-Captain
Calvin Lemke . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmer
Michael Neuman . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wiring/T-Shirt Cannon
Ian Noss . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver, Build
Robot: Howie
Bridget Orser . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scouting Captain
Advisor: Spencer Elvebak
Years as Advisor: 8
Assistant Advisor: Patty Moening
Years as Advisor: 1
Assistant Advisor: Ann Kielas
Years as Advisor: 1
Mentors: David Orser, University of Minnesota
Heather Orser, University of St. Thomas
Corey Knutson, University of Minnesota Duluth
Eric Hendrickson, Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
Nicholas Hendrickson, Medtronic
Doug Kruse, City of Lakeville
Scott Neurauter, Epicor
Superintendent: Jason Berg, Farmington Area Schools
Principal: Dan Pickens, Farmington High School
Activities Director: Bill Tschida, Farmington High School
Team Sponsors: BTD, Collins Aerospace, Epicor
Team Has Competed Since: 2009
Team Website: www.team2987.com
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 23TEAM 2239
Hopkins
Meet the Technocrats Robot: Ilamda
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Annika Burman . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain/Team Member #1
Henry Scheible. . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain/Runner-Up
Ethan Gramowski. . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robot Medic
Erik DeVries Smith. . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Organization Czar
Nina Fontanella . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curious
Siri Sagedahl . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waypoint Finder
Isabelle Larson. . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Izzy/Crew Leader
Will Dirkswager . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trajectory Calculator
Ben Rosenquist . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logistics Lead
Jonah Kilker . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD Expert
Mentors: Jason Herzog, 5 Years
Jim Donadio, 4 Years
Kate DeVries Smith, 3 Years
Karen Kilker, 3 Years
Mark Herzog, 3 Years
Jimmy Donadio, 3 Years
Laura Irvine, 3 Years
Chris Satter, 2 Years
Paul Scheible, 2 Years
Rolf DeVries Smith, 2 Years
Bill Gramowski, 2 Years
Chuck DeVries, 1 Year
Superintendent: Rhoda Mhiripiri-Reed, Hopkins Schools
Principal: Crystal Ballard, Hopkins High School
Activities Director: Dan Johnson, Hopkins High School
Team Sponsors: Hopkins High School, Friends and Family, Sears
Imported Auto, Hopkins Education Foundation, Proud Grandparents
Team Has Competed Since: 2007
Team Website: www.technocrats2239.org
Team information provided by the school.
24 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 2509
Hutchinson
Meet the Tigerbots
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Jon Evenson . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Amanda Rettig . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Cole Gartner . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Kasen Roling. . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Katie Sperl . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach Quinton Macmullen . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Carter Drey . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer-Aided Drafting Teagan Young . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Cecilia Schmitz . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Cole Rahne . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Megan Lipke . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Relations Chase Maher . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Wayne Heller . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Victor Otte . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Conrad Kadelbach . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Animation Logan Paehlke . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
John Heller. . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Michael Christensen . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer-Aided Drafting
Noah Sturges . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Tanner Sperl. . . . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer-Aided Drafting
DJ Scheele. . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Riley Sperl . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Tyler Deming . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Grace Swaja . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Captain
Sam Reiter . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Advisor: Jeffrey Smith
Years as Advisor: 15
Assistant Advisor: Kyle Schroeder
Years as Advisor: 8
Mentors: Nate Christensen, Alumni Robot: Tigerbot
Savannah Collins, MITGI
Brian Drey, 3M
Tina Drey, Self-employed
Erik Olson, Alumni
Ross Peterson, MITGI
Ken Rahne, 3M
Dan Scheele, 3M
Roger Schmitz, Fortiori
Glen Sladek, Ag Systems
Bryan Smithee, 3M
Chris Sperld, 3M
Superintendent: Daron Vanderheiden, Hutchinson Public Schools
Principal: Robert Danneker, Hutchinson High School
Activities Director: Thayne Johnson, Hutchinson High School
Team Sponsors: 3M, MITGI, Uponor
Team Has Competed Since: 2008
Team Website: https://sites.google.com/a/isd423.org/frc2509/
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 25TEAM 2052
Irondale, New Brighton
Meet Knightkrawlers Robotics
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Josiah Baker . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Team Carolynn Nielsen . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations Team
Corben Baugher . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Team Renee Olds . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Team Co-Captain & Human Player
Lexi Birken . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Team Xander Pichner . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Max Bly . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team Abel Piper . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Nick Brogdon . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team Alice Ramon . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Team
Sam Buck . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Team Matthew Ryan . . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . Team Co-Captain & Build Team
Ben Edwards Bonilla . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations Team Dylan Salerno . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Chris Hardwick . . . . . 12 . Scouting/Strategy Captain & Controls Team Mike Santiago. . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Caleb Hill . . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Team Walter Schoolcraft . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Team
Matt Huesman . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Team Katie Sjobeck . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Subteam Captain &
David Huynh . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Team Secondary Driver
Dylan Huynh . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team Ian Thayer . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Amelia Johnson . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team Jose Torres-Rivas . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations Team
Maria Johnson. . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . Public Relations Subteam Captain Charlie Trombley . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Team
Tony Krystofiak . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team Sol Ulaszek . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Graham Kyhl . . . . . . . 11 . Build Subteam Co-Captain & Primary Driver Ciocci Venterea . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Team
Eric Malone . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team Zander Wilson . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Tristan Matheson. . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Subteam Captain
Michael Nguyen. . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Subteam Co-Captain
Robot: Scorpion
Advisor: Kyle Fuchs
Years as Advisor: 1
Advisor: Dahsol Lee
Years as Advisor: 2
Mentors: Mark Anderson, Salesforce; Pete Awker, Graco; Katie Bach,
Medtronic; Dan Berkland, MN Management and Budget; Nate Cmiel,
Mounds View Public Schools; Scott Davis, QONQR; Elyssa Edgeton,
Medtronic; Sara Frisco-Hemmer, 3M; Bryan Herbst, Target; Chris
Johnson, Park Printing; Michelle Johnson, M Health Fairview; Luke
Moss, Aldi; Dave Nielsen, Children’s Hospital and Clinics; Steve Pesklo,
M Health Fairview
Superintendent: Chris Lennox, Mounds View Public Schools
Principal: Carol Kampa, Irondale High School
Activities Director: Chris Fink, Irondale High School
Team Sponsors: Jeff Lou, Groves Foundation, Irondale High School, 3M,
Medtronic, Graco, Now Micro, NASA, Boker’s Inc., Comcast, SoftLake
Solutions
Team Has Competed Since: 2007
Team Website: www.team2052.com
Team information provided by the school.
26 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 2977
La Crescent-Hokah
Meet the Sir Lancerbots Robot: Harold
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Adam Grunwald. . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Lead
Matt Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robot Build Lead
Ana Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Lead
Rhiana Bublitz . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach Lead
Cody Helke . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Team
Leah Thesing. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing
Jack Kruetzman. . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Lead
August Kerns . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Leo DeLong. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Tetsuya Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Team
Kamden Forrester-Budde. . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Team
Lucas Dykman . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Team
Advisor: Mark Moulton
Years as Advisor: 13
Assistant Advisor: Randy Hafner
Years as Advisor: 11
Mentor: Kurt Grunwald, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Superintendent: Kevin Cardille, La Crescent-Hokah School District
Principal: Steve Smith, La Crescent-Hokah Senior High
Activities Director: Josh Mailicoat, La Crescent-Hokah Senior High
Team Sponsors: Acentek, Mathy Construction, Ashley Furniture,
La Crescent Community Foundation, Thorson Graphics, Peerless Chain,
La Crescent Community and Friends of the Sir Lancerbots
Team Has Competed Since: 2009
Team Website: www.lacrescentrobotics.com
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 27TEAM 8516
Legacy Christian Academy, Andover
Meet the Wired-Up Robot: Leo
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Charlie Block . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ariana Cimbura . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Christian Conway. . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ben Stroyny . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Noah Pel . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Raymond Hoffman . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Madeline Koenig . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tezra Rudzitis . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Emily Brandt . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anna Stromberg . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Emily Pearce . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaci Lynch . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wes Minks . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jackson Manske . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bailey Walters . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Josie Mellick . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advisor: Joshua Coleman
Years as Advisor: 1
Mentor: Todd Kruse, Delta ModTec
Superintendent: Jake Mulvihil, Legacy Christian Academy
Principal: Shawn Lohse, Legacy Christian Academy
Activities Director: Nathan Bellefeuille, Legacy Christian Academy
Team Sponsors: Delta ModTec
Team Has Competed Since: 2021
*Team photo not provided by school
Team information provided by the school.
28 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 2175
Math and Science Academy, Woodbury
Meet the Fighting Calculators Robot: Logan
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Karina Dovgodko . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain
Sam Dunbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD Lead
Greta Engelstad . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain
Dakota Grundeen Strehlow . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Theo Kroells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategy Lead
Ojaswini Thodupunoori . . . . . 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Lead
Luke Bartle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Lead
Jelena Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Code
Grace Nhan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Code Lead
Rowan Raverty. . . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Alayna Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain
Lauren Britten . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Lead
Owen Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build/Code
Nalani Vang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Game Design
Nicholas Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Code
Sam Walters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Game Design
Advisor: Noah Langseth
Years as Advisor: 6
Assistant Advisor: Ben Visness
Years as Advisor: 7
Co-Director: Tom Johnston, Math and Science Academy
Activities Director: Shannon Froberg, Math and Science Academy
Team Sponsors: 3M, Marathon, Harvey Vogel
Team Has Competed Since: 2007
Team Website: www.fightingcalculators.org
*Team photo not provided by the school
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 29TEAM 5275
New Prague
Meet the T.I.M.E Bots
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Grace Madson . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain Jack Gilles . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Simon Mathiowetz . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mechanical Lead Ashton Jorejsi . . . . . . . . 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach, Chairman's
Luke Oellrich . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . Sponsorship & Finance Lead Tyler Jahn . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Ava Phillippi . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . Safety & Training Lead, Chairman's Sydney Mancini . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach, Chairman's
Stephen Whipple . . . . . 12 . . . . . Community Impact Lead, Chairman's Dawn Parks. . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mascot, Build
Lucas Ferguson . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls Lead Caid Peterson . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls, Build
Gabriel Ellis . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD Lead T.J. Pexa . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD, Build
Garion Carmichael . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mascot, Build Jeffrey Price . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD, Build
Sophie De Jong . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach Aurora Seger . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mascot, Build
Ryan Erickson. . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls, Build Allen Voss . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls, Build
Marcus Ferguson . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAD, Build Aiden Wagner . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls, Build
Advisor: Dan Cross
Years as Advisor: 3 Years as Mentor: 6 Robot: Beanus Chadeth
Assistant Advisor: Troy Whipple
Years as Advisor: 1 Years as Mentor: 3
Superintendent: Tim Dittberner, New Prague Area Schools ISD 721
Principal: Nicole Adams, New Prague High School
Activities Director: Brad Skogerboe, New Prague High School
Team Sponsors: New Prague Area Schools, CVF Racing, Patty’s Place,
DalekoArts, Jabil
Team Has Competed Since: 2014
Team Website: www.timebots5275.com
Team information provided by the school.
30 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 8347
New York Mills
Meet The Broken Eagles Robot: Justin
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Hunter Cooley . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Cale Rudolph . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driver
Jace Rudolph . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Josi Mindermann . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Research
Victoria Bauck . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design
Tyler Roush. . . . . . . . . . 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fundraising
Te’o Lecoustre. . . . . . . . 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach
Brogan McWethy . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scouting
Tristen Carlson . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety
Advisor: Nick DeVillers
Years as Advisor: 2
Assistant Advisor: Tim Erp
Years as Advisor: 1
Mentors: Taylor Ericksrud, Kitmasters
Noah Erickson, Brunswick
Paul Deyonge, BTD
Superintendent: Blaine Novak, New York Mills Public School
Principal: Michelle Young, New York Mills High School
Activities Director: Matt Radniecki, New York Mills High School
Team Sponsors: Raptor Machining, Pentair, BTD, Mark’s True Value,
NYM Lions
Team Has Competed Since: 2020
Team Website: https://www.nymills.k12.mn.us/
Team information provided by the school.
R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N T 31TEAM 5626
Norwood-Young America
Meet the Nu-matic Ninjas Robot: Orewhay
NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Cole Becker . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain/Programming Lead
Jonah Coffel. . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain/Build/CAD
Ivan Davis . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Trystan Duck . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media/Build
Greta Feist . . . . . . . . . . 11 . Safety Captain/ Electrical/ Graphic Design
Tiyler Gratz. . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Animation/ Video Editing
Elizabeth Becker . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . Animation Lead/ Video Editing
Nathan Panning . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build/CAD
Holly Feist . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build/CAD /Programming
Treyton Gratz . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build/CAD
Brandon Tellers . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Collin Willems . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build/CAD
Advisor: Lynn Panning
Years as Advisor: 7
Assistant Advisor: Tom Erickson
Years as Advisor: 7
Mentor: Darin Feist, Civil Engineer at Donohue & Associates
Superintendent: Tim Schochenmaier, Central High School / ISD #108
Principal: Tom Erickson, Central High School
Activities Director: Ron Erpenbach, Central High School
Team Sponsors: Cargill, Emerson, Medtronic, VFW Post 1783,
Central Boosters Club, Orange Ball Creative, Jerry’s Frame, LLC
Team Has Competed Since: 2015
Team Website: https://numaticninjas.wixsite.com/centralrobotics5626
Team information provided by the school.
32 R O B O T I C S S TAT E T O U R N A M E N TTEAM 4624
Owatonna
Meet the Rebel Alliance
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Nic Pilcher . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Captain Lileigh Nguyen . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Alex Hamilton. . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Maxum Nguyen . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical
Calisha Vang . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Jack Ruiter . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Nolan Baker . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Co-Lead Karrin Sackett . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business
Alex Beadell . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Lead David Smith . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Elijah Bissonette . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical Ayden Evenson. . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Jacob DeHaan . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical Carter Hanson. . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Trenton Lower . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Captain Rohit Poduval . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Dylan Meiners . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Program Lead Ruthy Weckman . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Landon Olson. . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Evan Parker . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build Co-Lead
Gavin Walerius. . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Scott Weckman . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategy Robot: Zion II
Kinzie Carlson . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business
Gavin Caron. . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Aiden Engel . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Joe Hellerud. . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Hailey Kjersten. . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business
Emmett Krueger. . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Build
Josaphine Nguyen . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business
Advisor: Valorie Rose
Years as Advisor: 9
Assistant Advisor: Brian Beadell
Years as Advisor: 2
Mentor: Allen Engel, Computype
Superintendent: Jeffrey Elstad, Owatonna Public Schools
Principal: Kory Kath, Owatonna Senior High School
Activities Director: Marc Achterkirch, Owatonna Senior High School
Team Sponsors: ISD 761 Foundation Grant, Bosch, Federated Insurance,
American Legion Post # 77, R & K Electric, Wenger, Amesbury Truth,
Daikin
Team Has Competed Since: 2012
Team Website: www.owatonnarobotics4624.com
Team information provided by the school.
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Park, Cottage Grove
Meet the Data Bits
NAME GRADE FUNCTION NAME GRADE FUNCTION
Alex Vanasse . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Programming Samuel Storm . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Gwen Martin. . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Public Relations Trey Wilhelm . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Ben Casper . . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Elliot Wilkinson. . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Ben Engelstad . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Brandon Chantamarinh 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations
Jack Lawson . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Madeline Cone. . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations
West Mann . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Liam Koster . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations
Jacob Nelsen . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer-Aided-Design Quentin Quilt . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations
Noah Schall . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Samantha Roth . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Relations
Ben Storm . . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Dom Johannsen. . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategy
Ellie Turvold . . . . . . . . . 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabrication Shawn Perkins . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strategy
Jeffrey Benedict . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Leon Do . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Robot: Dave
Rick Fillmore . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Jacob Flaherty . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Esther Lankow . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Ethan Reichel. . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Logan Robinson. . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming
Lead Mentor: Dean Hoyt, Programming
Years as Advisor: 2
Lead Mentor: Chris Braun, Fabrication
Years as Advisor: 3
Mentors: Rodney Braun, Programming
Steve Haugse, Programming
Sean Hoyt, Programming
Jim Huber, Fabrication
Mike Irving, Fabrication
Chris Lankow, Programming
Mirza Naveed, Public Relations
Chris Nelsen, Computer-Aided-Design
Josh Taterka, Strategy
Katie Taterka, Public Relations
Superintendent: Julie Nielsen, South Washington County
Principal: Todd Herber, Park High School
Activities Director: Philip Kuemmel, Park High School
Team Sponsors: 3M, Schneider Electric, NASA, Solidworks
Team Has Competed Since: 2011
Team Website: www.databits3883.com Team information provided by the school.
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