State Tournament Award Winners 2002

Director’s Award (overall best performance is four elements: robot design, robot performance, research presentation and teamwork)

#2295 Royal Blue Pride - Weare Middle School, Weare

Technical innovative Design (most original approach to solving the challenge)

#2295 Royal Blue Pride

Technical Robust Design (best mechanical design)

#1405 Mach 6 - Manchester Church of Christ, Manchester

Technical Programming (program that best bridges the gap between robot hardware and team strategy)

#861 Inverse Kinematics (IKe) - Elm Street Junior High, Nashua

Research Presentation (best reflects an understanding of the issues and scientific disciplines involved in the challenge theme)

First Place: #2295 Royal Blue Pride
Second Place: #1265 Mindstorms Mayhem - Homeschoolers, Milford

Teamwork (team that best demonstrates partnership, respect and problem solving skills with other teams)

#1262 Fast Precision Electronics - Hudson Memorial School, Hudson

Rookie Award (rookie team that best shows promise)

#1312 Team Tiger - Pelham Kids, Pelham

Team Spirit Award (team that most enthusiastically demonstrates a commitment to the challenge)

#2062 LEGO Chicks - Girls Inc., Manchester

Against All Odds

#3777 Bulldogs - Campton Elementary School, Campton

Pit Award (most creative work station)

#3069 Techno-Geeks - St Patrick School, Jaffrey

Creative Award

# 1770 50937 - Concord

Well Spoken Award

# 859 Electric Jelly Donuts - New Searles Elementary, Nashua

Team: Danielle Gaudette, Carolyn Pugliano, Ryan Rush, Tommy Keefe, Dalton Ringey and Phil Silva. Advisors are Linda Pugliano and Bill Doll

Performance Awards

First Place: #1265 Mindstorm Mayhem - Homeschoolers from Milford, Merrimack & Bedford
Second Place: #1405 Mach 6 - Manchester Church of Christ