Chill Out takes ninth place out of their division at national competition

By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor • April 27, 2017

©HAWKEYE image credit: Ciara Laney

Chill Out beams after they receive the creativity award and set a competition record at the regional competition.

The Robotics team, Chill Out, competed in the FIRST robotics World Championship competition in Houston, Texas last week, from Wednesday to Sunday. In the end, the team placed nine out of 64 teams in their division.

There were 400 teams overall, Robotics President Ian Davidson said, split into six different divisions. Each division was on a different field named after a renowned scientist. Chill Out was on the “Hopper field” named after computer scientist Grace Hopper. The team played 10 matches against unknown schools around the globe, taking ninth overall. Davidson said the members of Chill Out worked hard, especially for their first time qualifying for the World Championship.

“Coming out nine of 64 teams looks pretty good in our eyes,” Davidson said, referring to the team as a whole.

Also, the team members were able to attend workshops and sessions between competition and matches. Davidson said the non-seniors would definitely be able to incorporate vision and tracking of their robot for next year.

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Stephi Smith is one of the co-Editors-in-Chief of the Hawkeye. Her official title is Executive Editor. This is Stephi’s fourth year on the Hawkeye. Last year, she created a Hawkeye Snapchat account with the hopes of advancing the organization’s coverage of online and social media reporting. Prior to serving as Editor, she was the News Editor her junior year and Copy Editor her sophomore year, as well as taking the lead on the Crime and Police beat. During her sophomore year, she attended the JEA National Convention in Washington, D.C. where she learned she wanted to be a journalist. Since then, she’s fallen in love with reporting and reported on many different kinds of stories, from School Board meetings to sexual assault on campus. Next year, Stephi will be attending the University of Missouri with a major in Journalism. As a career, she hopes to report on either crime, government and politics or education.

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Chill Out takes ninth place out of their division at national competition

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