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Brentwood Academy students have earned the opportunity to compete against teams from around the world in the VEX Robotics Education and Competition Foundation championship.
The world championship, which will begin April 23 in Kentucky, will showcase the students’ creativity, engineering and teamwork through a robotics demonstration.
Five teams from BA will join Chattanooga Christian School, Franklin Road Academy, Jackson Area Robotics, Johnson County High School, St. George’s Independent School and Nashville’s Cyber Dragons to represent the state.
Students from Canada, China, Japan, Ireland, Lebanon and Puerto Rico as well as the U.S. will compete in the world championship.
Brentwood Academy students Alex Nguyen, Anna Grace Wooten, Tate Cho and Emily Melton have advanced to the VEX world championship. (Photo: Submitted)
BA has qualified for the VEX world competition every year since the start of its robotics program, according to a news release from the school.
“What began as a program six years ago with one team of five high school students has grown into a program of 11 teams with 50 students in middle school and high school, grades 6-12,” said Chris Allen, one of the tournament coordinators at BA. “The state of Tennessee will be well represented at the worlds competition this year.”
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These BA high school and middle school student teams were selected to move on to the world championship and received the following awards:
- Eli Passmore, Samuel Robertson, Jackson Fuller – high school tournament semifinalist
- Hank Roberson, Katie Ann Edgeworth, Brock Powell, Jon Mason Billington – high school Build Award
- Patrick Melton, Gus Elliott, Matthew Lambreth, Ladd Edgeworth – high school Excellence Award
- Ben Fisher, Sam Hyatt, Emerson Simpson – middle school Robot Skills Champion and Build Award
- Tate Cho, Emily Melton, Alex Nguyen, Anna Grace Wooten – Excellence Award and Middle School TN State Tournament Champions.
The Excellence Award is considered the highest award in VEX Robotics competitions.
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