Our Philosophy: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." (Leonardo da Vinci)

History

Team 254C was founded at the start of the 2008 - 2009 Elevation season by students at Bellarmine College Prep; none of its original members had any prior experience with Vex and very frew were familiar with robotics as a whole. 254C continually performed well at its tournaments, reaching the quarterfinal round in its first competition. At the 2009 world championship, 254C seeded 11th and captained an alliance which reached the divisional quarterfinals. Since the beginning of 254C's competition history, it has been the unfortunate victim of radio interference for reasons still not fully discovered; a hindrance that now ceases to exist with the recent adoption of a Wi-Fi control system.

254C kicked off with an unexpected start in the 2009-10 season reaching the semifinal and final rounds in its first two consecutive tournaments, while also qualifying for the World Championship with a victory in Programming Skills. It won its first tournament victory at the All Star Championship in Orlando, FL competing as 254S and its second at the Central Valley Regional the following weekend. 254C solidified its place as one of the most successful VEX teams in the world with its victory at one of the largest robotics tournament in the world, Hawaii's Pan Pacific Championship.  And, most recently, the team surprisingly won a local regional playing in the final match against our good friends team 254A, giving the second rendition of our robot its first qualification. With this fourth victory, the team is currently 2nd in the world in terms of regional victories, behind fellow Cheesy Poofs 254A. 

Members

2009: Elevation

• Derrick Dominic (B, P, C, M, Cap)
• Roshan Patel (B, D1, Co-Cap)
• Tyler Sura (B, C)
• Omar Arid (B, D2)
• Ryan Barekat (B, M, S, D2)

2010: Clean Sweep

• Derrick Dominic (B, P, C, D2, Cap)
• Roshan Patel (B, D1, Co-Cap)
• Aaron Johnson (B, D2,  M)
• Ashton Chacon (B, D2)

• Ryan Barekat (B, M, S)

• Tyler Sura (B, C)
• Bryan Ku (B)
• Mark Iskarous (B)

• Taylor Furtado - Honorary (D1)

• Kai Xiao - Tentative (B)
• Kshithij Shrinath - Tentative (B)

Awards

Team 254C is 88-47-0 on the field.  For a tournament-by-tournament breakdown, please click here.

Team 254C has qualified for World Championships at six regionals, winning four. The team won the Tournament title at the Inaugural All-Star Challenge as well as the Second Pan-Pacific Championship.  

Robots

Each ★ denotes one qualification for that year's World Championships.

Contact

Derrick Dominic, Captain: derrickdominic@gmail.com

This page is for the most part duplicated on the 254C Wiki on VexForum. Besides the detailed tournament data, this page contains all public information about VRC Team 254C.