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2011

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

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

Team 254C

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

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

No Data

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

No Data

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

Bellarmine VEX Tournament (1/15/11)

No Data

Team 254H

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

Fairfield Tournament

No Data

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

No Data

World Championship

No Data

Team 254S

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

Fairfield Tournament

No Data

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

No Data

2010

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

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.

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

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.

Team 254E

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

Bellarmine Bay Area Tournament

No Data

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

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

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

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

2009

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

2008 (FIRST Tech Challenge)

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