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Team 422 - The Mech Tech Dragons

From Richmond, Virginia, USA
aka Afton Chemical/DuPont/Showbest/Gene Haas Foundation/Purnima Amin Physics and Design Center/Ryan Kaplan/The Intuitive Foundation/Cobotiq&Maggie L Walker Governor's Sch
Rookie Year: 2000
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Currently competing at:
CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard

Upcoming Matches

Match Red Alliance Blue Alliance
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Quals 41
2890 422 10004 9214 2068 122
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Quals 44
422 4286 9214 1086 346 3939
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Quals 50
2028 619 422 4099 3072 2363

Competition List:

Year Event Awards
2025 CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo
2025 CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard
2024 Rumble #9 With Cheese
2024 Chesapeake Robotics Icebreaker
2024 Daly Division
2024 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship
2024 CHS District Portsmouth VA Event District Championship Dean's List Semi-Finalist (Matthew T)
District Event Winner
Excellence in Engineering Award
2024 CHS District Ashland VA Event District Engineering Inspiration Award
District Event Finalist
2023 Rumble in the Roads
2023 Johnson Division Championship Division Finalist
2023 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (Samantha Wheeler Marrs)
2023 CHS District Glen Allen VA Event Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford
2023 CHS District Blacksburg VA Event Quality Award
2022 Rumble in the Roads
2022 CHSy Champs
2022 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding
2022 CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2 District Engineering Inspiration Award
District Event Finalist
2022 CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1 Quality Award
2021 FIRST Chesapeake District Awards Event
2021 Niobium Group - Game Design Challenge
2021 Game Design Challenge Event
2021 Samarium Group - INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge
2021 2021 Season Participation for CHS District Teams
2020 * CHS District Blacksburg VA Event (Cancelled) District Chairman's Award
2020 CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2019 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Kate Driebe)
2019 CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2019 CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy District Engineering Inspiration Award
2018 IROC
2018 Carson Division Championship Subdivision Finalist
2018 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship District Championship Winner
2018 CHS District Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding District Engineering Inspiration Award
2018 CHS District Northern Virginia Event District Chairman's Award
District Event Winner
Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories
2017 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
2017 CHS District - Central Virginia Event Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2017 CHS District - Greater DC Event sponsored by Accenture Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2016 Hopper Division
2016 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton District Championship Finalist
Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2016 CHS District - Central Virginia Event
2016 NC District - UNC Asheville Event District Event Finalist
Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2016 CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2015 Virginia Regional Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2015 Palmetto Regional
2014 Rumble in the Roads
2014 Archimedes Division
2014 Virginia Regional Regional Chairman's Award
Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2014 Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting FIRST Dean's List Finalist (Aarav Singh)
2013 Galileo Division
2013 Washington DC Regional Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
2013 Virginia Regional FIRST Dean's List Finalist (Matthew Aldridge)
Judges' Award
2012 North Carolina Regional Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
2012 Virginia Regional Regional Finalists
2011 Virginia Regional Coopertition Award
2011 Chesapeake Regional
2010 Virginia Regional
2010 New Jersey Regional Regional Finalist
2009 NASA VCU Regional
2009 New Jersey Regional Quality
2008 Newton Division
2008 NASA / VCU Regional
2007 Philadelphia Regional
2007 NASA / VCU Regional
2006 Palmetto Regional Delphi "Driving Tommorow's Technology" Award
2006 NASA / VCU Regional
2005 Chesapeake Regional
2005 NASA / VCU Regional
2004 Galileo Division
2004 NASA / VCU Regional Judges Award Friday
2003 Philadelphia Regional
2003 NASA / VCU Regional
2002 NASA Langley / VCU Regional Regional Winner
2001 NASA Langley Regional Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2000 National Championship
2000 NASA Langley/VCU Regional
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