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Team 254A

• Team Captains: Derrick Dominic & Roshan Patel
• Members: Kendall Searing, Charlie DePalmo, Daniel Fernandes, Ashton Chacon
• Season Record: 42-19-1

With an Excellence Award at Tracy, 254A qualified at its season opener for the fourth year in a row. Two weeks later, the team successfully defended the Robot Skills, Excellence, and Tournament titles it had earned at the Inaugural All-Star Challenge; three weeks after this, 254A teamed up with 254B to defend their Pan-Pacific Championship title. In January, 254A and B partnered up once again to win their home Bellarmine regional.

After some disappointing World Championship qualifying rounds filled with performance issues, 254A was invited to join 1337 and 1103 on Technology Alliance 2, winning four matches en route to its first divisional win ever. In the finals, 254A and 1337 suffered a close loss to Science division champions 44 and 1492Z. In their second match, 254A managed to score several tubes despite stiff defense in a 2-on-1 match against 44 and 1114M, but was resoundingly eliminated nonetheless. 254A finally shattered its World Championship woes when it was awarded the 2011 World Championship High School Excellence Award, the highest award awarded to a VEX Robotics team.

Poofs A finished its 2011 season having played exactly 254 matches since its inception; its 200th win was the one that clinched 254′s first VRC divisional title.

Tracy Tournament

• Record: 2-3-0 (Q:2-2-0, E:0-1-0)
• Robot: “Phoenix 1″
• Qual. Seed 11/25
• Alliance 7, Captain, Quarterfinalist
• Excellence Award Winner

All-Star Championship

• Record: 14-1-0 (Q:9-1-0, E:5-0-0)
• Robot: “Phoenix 2″
• Qual. Seed 1/32
• Alliance 1, Captain, Champion
• Excellence Award Winner
• Robot Skills 1st Place

Pan-Pacific Championship (HECO Division)

• Record: 14-5-0 (Q:6-1-0, E:8-4-0)
• Robot: “Phoenix 3 (Phoenix Lite)”
• Qual. Seed 3/56
• Alliance 3, Captain, Champion

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 7-3-0 (Q:2-2-0, E:5-1-0)
• Robot: “Phoenix 4 (Mongoose)”
• Qual. Seed 26/51
• Alliance 4, Pick 1, Champion

World Championship (Technology Division)

• Record: 6-5-1 (Q:3-5-1, E:3-0-0)
• Robot: “Cobra”
• Qual. Seed 69/104
• Alliance 2, Pick 2, Division Winner
• Excellence Award Winner
• Team Website 1st Place
• Division Community Award Winner

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Team 254B

• Team Captain: Drew Willner
• Members: Jonathan Lee, Reiley Weekes, Eric Caldwell, Joe Peifer, Elias Wu, Hiep Nguyen

Pan-Pacific Championship

• Record: 11-4-0 (Q:5-2-0, E: 6-2-0)
• Robot: “Ares I”
• Qual. Seed 10/56
• Alliance 1, Pick 1, Champion

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 9-0-0 (Q:4-0-0, E: 5-0-0)
• Robot: “Ares II”
• Qual. Seed 5/51
• Alliance 4, Captain, Champion

World Championship (Science Division)

• Record: 8-3-0 (Q: 7-2-0, E: 1-1-0)
• Robot: “Bludgeon”
• Qual. Seed 10/104
• Alliance 6, Pick 1
• Excellence Award Winner

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Team 254C

• Team Captains: Aaron Johnson & Tyler Sura
• Members: Andrew Gustaferro

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

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Team 254D

• Team Captain: Erik Anderson
• Members: Ankur Das, Bhargava Manja, Michael Searing, Mark Barneond, Winston Young, Taylor Njaka, Art Kalb, Zahi Hakim, Tyler Atherton, Gabe Dutra, Sean Ng, Shane Fay, Patrick Duffy, Andrew Sides

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

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Team 254E

• Team Captain: Chris Correa, Nikhil Desai
• Members: Connor Maliesky, Mani Gnanasivam, Caleb Nelson, Jonathan Chang, Anshul Ramachandran, James Garbagnati, Liam Hardiman, Gavin Drucker

Tracy NorCal VEX Tournament (10/30/10)

• Record: (Undefeated)
• Robot:
• Qual. Seed 1/30
• Alliance 1, Captain, Champion
• Robot Skills Finalist

Fairfield RoboVikes Tournament (12/4/10)

• Record: (Undefeated)
• Robot:
• Qual. Seed 1/26
• Alliance 1, Captain, Champion

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Team 254H

• Team Captain: Abhi Kumar
• Members: Kyle Schnoor, Kevin Ellis, Tyler Cuff, Austin Shin, Animesh Aggrawal

Fairfield Tournament

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Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

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World Championship

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Team 254S

• Team Captains: Bobby Tifft & Nagy Hakim
• Members: Adam Wilson, Francisco Sanchez, Nick Eyre, Matt Shales

Fairfield Tournament

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Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

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Team 254A

• Team Captain: John Mueller
• Members: Taylor Furtado, Kendall Searing, Avery Norris
• Season Record: 105-16-0

Team 254A started Season 2010 with a scare, nearly losing its first tournament due to qualification-round robot malfunctions. However, the robot’s sudden elimination turnaround was an indicator of what was to follow – Poofs A won four tournaments in four weeks (Beach Cities, Bellarmine, Fairfield, All-Star), dropping only three matches in the latter three. 254A returned to the Pan-Pacific Championship with a vengeance, going undefeated and leading an all-Poof alliance (254A, B, C) to victory in a huge 112-team pool.

Multiple improvements over Christmas break enabled the team to maintain its winning streak; the Poofs fought their way to a victory in Costa Mesa before finally being stopped by 1031, 254C, and 254D at a small hometown regional in February. 254A quickly recovered from the defeat, however, and roared back the following week to undefeated tournament victory at San Diego. The team capped their regular season run with a #1 seeding, 12-0 record, and an unprecedented 5 trophies (Tournament, Excellence, Robot Skills, Programming Skills, Think) at the National Championship.

Once again, the Poofs failed to live up to World Championship expectations, dropping two matches during qualification rounds and another two in eliminations to exit in divisional semifinals. However, the team was granted the Amaze and Unite Awards and placed second in the Robot Skills Challenge behind Team 44, Green Eggs. 254A ended its 2010 season having captured a record eight tournament victories, four Excellence Awards, and 21 qualifications. It had captained the winning alliance at three of the four international competitions: All-Star Championship, Pan-Pacific Championship, and the U.S. National Championship.

Beach Cities/SMI Tournament

• Record: 10-5-0 (Q:4-4-0, E:6-1-0)
• Robot: “The Alpha Release”
• Qual. Seed 19/34
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Champion

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 10-1-0 (Q:6-1-0, E:4-0-0)
• Robot: “The Alpha Release”
• Qual. Seed 2/20
• Alliance 1, Pick 1, Champion
• Excellence Award Winner
• Robot Skills 1st Place

Robovikes Fairfield Tournament

• Record: 10-1-0 (Q:6-0-0, E:4-1-0)
• Robot: “The Alpha Release”
• Qual. Seed 1/20
• Alliance 1, Captain, Champion
• Excellence Award Winner

All-Star Championship

• Record: 16-1-0 (Q:10-1-0, E:6-0-0)
• Robot: “The Alpha Release”
• Qual. Seed 3/24
• Alliance 3, Captain, Champion
• Excellence Award Winner
• Robot Skills 1st Place
• Programming Skills 2nd Place

Pan-Pacific Championship

• Record: 12-0-0 (Q:6-0-0, E:6-0-0)
• Robot: “The Alpha Release”
• Qual. Seed 2/90
• Alliance 2, Captain, Champion
• Robot Skills 2st Place
• Amaze Award Winner

OCRL/SMI Tournament

• Record: 5-2-0 (Q:1-2-0, E:4-0-0)
• Robot: “The Beta Release”
• Qual. Seed 17/27
• Alliance 1, Pick 1, Champion
• Programming Skills 1st Place
• Innovate Award Winner

Independence Tournament

• Record: 9-2-0 (Q:6-0-0, E:3-2-0)
• Robot: “The Beta Release”
• Qual. Seed 1/18
• Alliance 1, Captain, Finalist
• Robot Skills 1st Place
• Programming Skills 1st Place

RAPSA Tournament

• Record: 10-0-0 (Q:4-0-0, E:6-0-0)
• Robot: “The Beta Release”
• Qual. Seed 1/46
• Alliance 1, Captain, Champion
• Robot Skills 1st Place
• Programming Skills 1st Place

Championship of the Americas

• Record: 14-0-0 (Q:8-0-0, E:6-0-0)
• Robot: “The Beta Release”
• Qual. Seed 1/42
• Alliance 1, Captain, Champion
• Excellence Award Winner
• Robot Skills 1st Place
• Programming Skills 1st Place
• Think Award Winner

World Championship (Technology Division)

• Record: 9-4-0 (Q:6-2-0, E:3-2-0)
• Robot: “The Omega Release”
• Qual. Seed 21/98
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Semifinalist
• Unite Award Winner
• Amaze Award Winner
• Programming Skills 2nd Place
• Team Website 3rd Place

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Team 254B

• Team Captain: Drew Willner
• Members: Winston Young

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 5-5-0 (Q:4-3-0, E:1-2-0)
• Robot: “The Cube”
• Qual. Seed 10/20
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist

Pan Pacific Championship

• Record: 6-4-0 (Q:3-3-0, E:3-1-0)
• Robot: “The Doctor”
• Qual. Seed 60/90
• Alliance 2, Pick 2, Champion

Ceres II Tournament

• Record: 3-4-0 (Q:3-2-0, E:0-2-0)
• Robot: “Ghetto Betsy 2.01″
• Qual. Seed 10/27
• Alliance 5, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist

World Championship (Technology Division)

• Record: 4-4-0
• Robot: “The Weeble”
• Qual. Seed 52/98
• Did not play in elminiations.

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Team 254C

• Team Captains: Derrick Dominic & Roshan Patel
• Members: Aaron Johnson, Ashton Chacon, Ryan Barekat, Tyler sura, Brian Ku, Mark Iskarous

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 7-5-0 (Q:5-2-0, E:2-3-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode I (Atlas)”
• Qual. Seed 5/18
• Alliance 3, Captain, Semifinalist
• Judges’ Award
• Robot Skills 2nd Place
• Programming Skills 2nd Place

Robovikes Fairfield Tournament

• Record: 10-4-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:5-3-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode I (Atlas)”
• Qual. Seed 3/20
• Alliance 3, Captain, Finalist
• Programming Skills 1st Place

All Star Championship

• Record: 8-6-0 (Q:5-6-0, E: 3-0-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode I (Atlas)”
• Alliance 1, Pick 1, Champion
• Robot Skills 2nd Place

Ceres I Tournament

• Record: 11-1-0 (Q:5-0-0, E: 6-1-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode I (Atlas)”
• Qual. Seed 2/28
• Alliance 2, Captain, Champion
• Robot Skills 2nd Place
• Programming Skills 2nd Place

Pan Pacific Championship

• Record: 7-3-0 (Q:4-2-0, E: 3-1-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode I (Atlas)”
• Qual. Seed 33/90
• Alliance 2, Pick 1, Champion

San Ramon Tournament

• Record: 3-4-0 (Q:2-2-0, E: 1-2-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode I (Atlas)”
• Qual. Seed 13/26
• Alliance 5, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
• Robot Skills 1st Place

Independence Tournament

• Record: 5-7-0 (Q:1-5-0, E: 4-2-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode II (Basilisk)”
• Qual. Seed 13/16
• Alliance 2, Pick 1, Champion
• Robot Skills 2nd Place

Ceres II Tournament

• Record: 7-5-0 (Q:2-3-0, E: 5-2-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode II (Basilisk)”
• Qual. Seed 19/27
• Alliance 4, Pick 1, Finalist

Tracy Tournament

• Record: 6-8-0 (Q:2-3-0, E: 4-4-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode II (Basilisk)”
• Qual. Seed 10/14
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Finalist
• Excellence Award Winner

World Championship (Technology Division)

• Record: 5-5-0 (Q:4-4-0, E:1-1-0)
• Robot: “Beast Mode III (Chimera)”
• Qual. Seed 57/98
• Alliance 3, Pick 2, Semifinalist

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Team 254D

• Team Captain: Erik Anderson
• Members: PJ Goesseringer, Zahi Hakim, Ankur Das, Michael Searing, Jay Iyer, Patrick Duffy, Shane Fay, Michael Kang, Bhargava Manja

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 3-4-0
• Robot: “Mr. Zombie”
• Alliance 4, Pick 2, Quarterfinalist

Independence Tournament

• Record: 3-5-0 (Q:1-5-0, E:2-0-0)
• Robot: “The Shredder”
• Qual. Seed 17/18
• Alliance 2, Pick 2, Champion

Ceres II Tournament

• Record: 2-4-0 (Q:1-4-0, E:1-0-0)
• Robot: “The Shredder”
• Qual. Seed 23/27
• Alliance 2, Pick 2, Quarterfinalist

World Championship (Technology Division)

• Record: 5-3-0
• Robot: “Om Nom Nom”
• Qual. Seed 38/98
• Did not play in eliminations.

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Team 254E

• Team Captain: John Paton
• Members: Joseph Vokt, Arvind Srinivasan, Anselm Mak, Josh Cohen, Matt Weems, Jonathan Chang

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

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World Championship (Science Division)

• Record: 8-3-0 (Q:7-1-0, E:1-2-0)
• Robot: “E-Volution”
• Qual. Seed 3/98
• Alliance 3, Captain, Quarterfinalist

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Team 254F

• Team Captain: Kendall Searing
• Members: Bhargava Manja, Gareth Chen, Omar Arid, Bobby Tifft, Michael Youngdahl, Matt Shales

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 5-5-0 (Q:4-3-0, E:1-2-0)
• Robot: “Wall and Floyd”
• Qual. Seed 11/22
• Alliance 7, Captain, Quarterfinalist

Ceres Tournament

• Record: 4-4-0 (Q:2-3-0, E:2-1-0)
• Robot: “Wall and Floyd”
• Qual. Seed 19/27
• Alliance 4, Pick 2, Finalist

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Team 254S

• Team Captain: Nick Eyre
• Members: Adam Wilson, John Mueller, Nagy Hakim

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Robot: “Blackjack”
• Alliance 2, Pick 2, Finalist

Fairfield Tournament

• Record: 6-2-0 (Q:4-2-0, E:2-2-0)
• Robot: “Blackjack”
• Alliance 4, Pick 1, Semifinalist

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Team 254Z

• Team Captains: John Mueller & Charlie DePalmo
• Members: Mark Barneond, Daniel Fernandes, Nikhil Desai

Ceres I Tournament

• Record: 4-4-0 (Q:2-3-0, E:2-1-0)
• Robot: “ΣX (Sigma Chi)”
• Qual. Seed 15/28
• Alliance 1, Pick 2, Finalist

San Ramon Tournament

• Record: 3-4-0 (Q: 1-3-0, E: 2-1-0)
• Robot: “ΣX (Sigma Chi)”
• Qual. Seed 18/24
• Alliance 2, Pick 2, Champion

Independence Tournament

• Record: 7-2-0 (Q: 5-1-0, E: 2-1-0)
• Robot: “The Backbreaker”
• Qual. Seed 4/18
• Alliance 3, Captain, Semifinalist

Tracy Tournament

• Record: 7-2-1 (Q: 3-2-0, E: 4-0-1)
• Robot: “Zed”
• Qual. Seed 7/15
• Alliance 1, Pick 1, Champion
• Robot Skills 1st Place

World Championship (Science Division)

• Record: 4-6-0 (Q:4-4-0, E:0-2-0)
• Robot: “Zed”
• Qual. Seed 45/98
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
• Amaze Award Winner

Team 254A

• Team Captain: John Mueller
• Members: Taylor Furtado, Tyler Santos-Matson, Kendall Searing
• Season Record: 31-11-1

In its first 2009 tournament, Team 254A achieved its first #1 seeding and completed its first undefeated tournament in Tampa. Despite fielding a strong, unique design, the Poofs fell to the eventual championships in the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship. With a shoddy, incomplete design, Poofs A finaled at the inaugural Bellarmine regional – the strongest showing by any Cheesy Poof team. Historical World Championship bad luck followed the Poofs to Dallas, where their seemingly powerhouse #2 Simbot-Poof-Exothermic Alliance fell in the first round of eliminations to a Robodog/Robowrangler trio.

Tempest ‘n Tampa Tournament

• Record: 12-0-0 (Q:8-0-0, E:4-0-0)
• Robot: “Rambo”
• Qual. Seed 1/12
• Alliance 1, Captain, Champion
• Gracious Professionalism Award Winner

Pan-Pacific Championship

• Record: 7-3-0 (Q:6-1-0, E:1-2-0)
• Robot: “RoboRanger I”
• Qual. Seed 10/88
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
• Amaze Award Winner
• Programming Skills 2nd Place

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 7-6-1 (Q:4-4-0, E:3-2-1)
• Robot: “The Cheesy Failure”
• Qual. Seed 10/18
• Alliance 4, Pick 1, Finalist
• Amaze Award Winner

World Championship (Science Division)

• Record: 5-2-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:0-1-0)
• Robot: “RoboRanger II”
• Qual. Seed 7/130
• Alliance 2, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
• Create Award Winner

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Team 254B

• Team Captain: Drew Willner
• Members: Daniel Fernandes, Winston Young, Charlie DePalmo

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 5-5-0 (Q:5-3-0, E:0-2-0)
• Robot: “Chicken Stick”
• Qual. Seed 5/18
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
• Programming Skills 2nd Place
• Robot Skills 2nd Place

Siatech Tournament

• Record: 7-3-0 (Q:5-2-0, E:2-1-0)
• Robot: “Ghetto Betsy”
• Qual. Seed 6/22
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Semifinalist

San Ramon Tournament

• Record: 10-1-0 (Q:6-0-0, E:4-1-0)
• Robot: “Ghetto Betsy”
• Qual. Seed 1/17
• Alliance 1, Captain, Finalist
• Robot Skills 1st Place

World Championship (Technology Division)

• Record: 8-3-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:3-2-0)
• Robot: “Ghetto Betsy”
• Qual. Seed 9/130
• Alliance 5, Pick 1, Division Finalist

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Team 254C

• Team Captains: Derrick Dominic & Roshan Patel
• Members: Tyler Sura, Omar Arid, Ryan Barekat

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 6-4-0 (Q:6-2-0, E:0-2-0)
• Robot: “Danger”
• Qual. Seed 4/18
• Alliance 3, Captain, Quarterfinalist

Siatech Tournament

• Record: 9-3-0 (Q:6-1-0, E:3-2-0)
• Robot: “Danger”
• Qual. Seed 5/22
• Alliance 3, Captain, Semifinalist
• Amaze Award Winner

San Ramon Tournament

• Record: 8-3-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:3-2-0)
• Robot: “Danger”
• Qual. Seed 3/17
• Alliance 2, Captain, Semifinalist
• Robot Skills 2nd Place

World Championship (Science Division)

• Record: 5-2-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:0-1-0)
• Robot: “Danger”
• Qual. Seed 11/130
• Alliance 8, Captain, Quarterfinalist

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Team 254D

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

Team 254D was the title of Sandal I, a robot entered into this tournament to fill the 17th spot in the 18-team regional. It was built in a week by Kendall Searing and Tyler Santos-Matson with the aid of Taylor Furtado, and driven by Matt Weems and Kendall Searing.

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Team 254E

• Team Captain: John Paton
• Members: Joseph Vokt

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

• Record: 8-2-0 (Q:7-1-0, E:1-1-0)
• Robot: “e-Rex”
• Qual. Seed 3/18
• Alliance 1, Pick 1, Semifinalist

Siatech Tournament

• Record: 11-4-0 (Q:5-2-0, E:6-2-0)
• Robot: “e-Rex”
• Qual. Seed 7/22
• Alliance 4, Captain, Champion

World Championship (Science Division)

• Record: 7-3-0 (Q:4-2-0, E:3-1-0)
• Robot: “e-Rex”
• Qual. Seed 58/130
• Alliance 6, Pick 1, Semifinalist

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Team 254F

• Team Captain: Kendall Searing
• Members: John Mueller, Taylor Furtado, Omar Arid

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

Team 254F was the number of Barn of Steel, a robot entered into this tournament to fill the 18th spot in the 18-team regional. It was built in a day by John Mueller and driven by Taylor Furtado.

Siatech Tournament

• Record: 2-7-0 (Q:2-5-0, E:0-2-0)
• Robot: “Shopping Cart”
• Qual. Seed 15/22
• Alliance 6, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist

San Ramon Tournament

• Record: 5-2-1 (Q:4-1-1, E:1-1-0)
• Robot: “Shopping Cart”
• Qual. Seed 4/17
• Alliance 3, Captain, Quarterfinalist

World Championship (Science Division)

• Record: 1-5-0
• Robot: “Shopping Cart”
• Qual. Seed 124/130
• Did not play in elminiations.

Team 567 (FIRST Tech Challenge)

• Team Captain: John Mueller
• Members: Michael Chrisman, Kendall Searing
• Season Record: 21-6-0

Competing as Team 567 in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), the Cheesy Poofs won their first ever regional, going 5-0 after software issues and an 0-2 start. After a disappointing quarterfinal exit in Las Vegas, the Poofs seeded fourth in the 2008 World Championship and reached the divisional semifinals as the first pick of Team 1114A (then 339), Simbotics.

Norcal Tournament

• Record: 6-2-0 (Q:3-2-0, E:3-0-0)
• Robot: “Fat Boy”
• Qual. Seed 16/31
• Alliance 1, Pick 1, Champion
• Amaze Award Winner

Las Vegas Tournament

• Record: 6-2-0 (Q:6-1-0, E:0-1-0)
• Robot: “Fat Boy”
• Qual. Seed 2/24
• Alliance 2, Captain, Quarterfinalist
• Amaze Award Winner

World Championship

• Record: 9-2-0 (Q:6-1-0, E:3-1-0)
• Robot: “Fat Boy”
• Qual. Seed 4/50
• Alliance 3, Pick 1, Semifinalist