Celebrating 10 years of the NE FIRST Hartford District Event with Hartford Public Schools
- Sam Spain
- Apr 1
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 10
The last REEFSCAPE district event to close out its results in New England was also at our only venue that has hosted a qualifying event EVERY year since 2014!
Hartford Public High School has hosted the Hartford District Event 10 times in 12 years, only taking a break when FRC itself did in 2020 and 2021. We are incredibly grateful for this partnership with school and district leadership!
Thank you to everyone who inspired our students during ceremonies:
HPHS Superintendent (and SCUBA diver!) Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez
CT Chief Manufacturing Officer Paul Lavoie
Medtronic Sr. Mechanical Engineer and FIRST alum/mentor Casey O'Connor
Our anthem performers, the HPHS band and team 178's quartet!
Teams were able to interact with the Medtronic Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system and WPI Admissions on Saturday, and Dillon from the Hartford Athletic and Unified Robotics on Sunday!
The two Unified Robotics teams were part of our amazing finals matches to end the day. We were excited to see a clean last match with both alliances scoring over 200 points. The HPHS home team was even part of the winning alliance!
Congratulations to our award-winning teams:
FIRST Impact Award: FRC 195, CyberKnights from Southington, CT
Engineering Inspiration Award: FRC 7153, Aetos Dios from Manchester, CT
Rookie All-Star Award: FRC 10266, Hopkins Galvanized Goats from New Haven, CT
Dean's List Semi-Finalists: Ananya R. from 195, CyberKnights from Southington, CT, and Yash C. from FRC 1350, The Rambots from Providence, RI
Outstanding Volunteer Award: Mikayla Fischler, FIRST Technical Advisor
NE FIRST Hartford District Event Champions: FRC 7407, Wired Boars from Wallingford, CT;
FRC 195, CyberKnights from Southington, CT
FRC 181, Birds of Prey from Hartford, CT
NE FIRST Hartford District Event Finalists: FRC 5142, RoboDominators from New Haven, CT;
FRC 7153, Aetos Dios from Manchester, CT; FRC 175, Buzz Robotics from Enfield, CT
Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors: FRC 4048, Redshift from Westborough, MA
Judges' Award: FRC 1350, The Rambots from Providence, RI
Rising All-Star Award: FRC 9710, Discovery PolyBotz from Springfield, MA
Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow: FRC 178, 2nd Law Enforcers from Farmington, CT
Team Spirit Award: FRC 155, Techno Nuts from Berlin, CT
Excellence in Engineering Award: FRC 3654, TechTigers from Middletown, CT Gracious Professionalism Award: FRC 558, Elm City Robo Squad from New Haven, CT
Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation: FRC 5142, RoboDominators from New Haven, CT
Quality Award: FRC 175, Buzz Robotics from Enfield, CT
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent: FRC 7127, LongMetal Robotics from Longmeadow, MA
Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford: FRC 7407, Wired Boars from Wallingford, CT
Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen: FRC 1099, Disco Techs from Brookfield, CT
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