1028X consists of (from left to right) Alice Chan ‘22, Ashley Rivas ‘23, and Ian Zhang ‘21. Team member Ian Zhang feels that the highlight of this year’s robotics season for him was “[defeating] Nebraska state champion teams at the BT scrimmage.” 1028X has had an excellent season, including their stellar performance at the BT Scrimmage Tournament—where they defeated state championship winning teams—and their consistent effort at tournaments throughout the 2020-2021 Change Up robotics season. They will wrap up their season by competing at the Omaha North High School Showcase Event in mid May.

1028S consists of (from left to right) Francesca Vidal ‘24, Sidra Miller ‘24, and Jacob Harding ‘24. Francesca Vidal explains that “The highlight of robotics was getting to participate in different competitions during covid. Covid made it uncertain that we were going to have a full season this year, but despite that, we got a full robotics season and got to attend many competitions.” 1028S is a freshman team, and they worked tirelessly throughout the entire season to improve their robot in addition to attending numerous tournaments. They will compete in the Omaha North High School Showcase Event in mid May.

1028R consists of (from left to right) Jason Yan ‘21, Ian Jenkins ‘22, Henrik Nelson ‘22, Chris Schinzel ‘22, and Frankie Soto Tighe ‘23. When asked about the highlight of his robotics season, Frankie Soto Tighe explained that he thinks that "the best part of the year has been the new experiences provided by COVID-19 and the ways in which the tournaments and other such interactions have been changed to accommodate the new world we find ourselves in.” Robotics tournaments this season were altered due to COVID-19, but also were able to largely preserve the most cherished elements of tournaments, including teamwork with alliance partners and intense two team versus two team matches. 1028R has earned two skills champion awards, one skills runner up award, and three tournament champion awards. They will finish their robotics season by competing in the Omaha North High School Showcase Event in mid May.

1028Z consists of (from left to right) Aishani Srikumar ‘21, Akshay Mehta ‘22, Josh Randolph ‘22, Jack Cenovic ‘22, and Crystal Huang ‘21. 1028Z has earned four excellence awards, one design award, one judges award, three skills runner up, and one tournament champion award. Akshay Mehta says that the highlight of his season so far has been a scrimmage tournament at Gross Catholic: “I really liked competing in a scrimmage at Gross Catholic High School. It allowed me to make new friends and meet a variety of robotics competitors from across the state. The competition was very low-key, and it allowed us to all kind of help each other by spreading our robotics ideas. It was honestly a very exciting experience.” 1028Z will compete in the VEX Live Remote Tournament World Championship in late May, which they qualified for by winning the Community Award Online Challenge Sponsored by Google. They also plan to compete at the Rumble in the Rockies Showcase Event in Farmington, Utah this June.