SGS Robotics Team Wins Division at World Championships

Congratulations to the SGS Robotics Team #1595, whose 4-team alliance won the Turing Division at the FIRST World Championships in Houston on April 22.  That puts them in the top 24 of the 400 best high school robotics teams from around the world!  This was the first time an alliance of Washington state teams had won a division at Worlds.  The three other teams -- #1318 Issaquah HS, #2046 Tahoma HS in Maple Valley, and #2907 Mountainview HS in Auburn -- had all played with or against the Dragons at the Pacific NW District Championships.  Our Washington state alliance won their division quarterfinals, took two-out-of-three in the semifinals, and both finals matches.   See a Photo Gallery of the competition at Houston and view All Results for Team #1595, who finished with 56 wins and 23 losses in official play this season.  

The World Semifinals were staged on the field at Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros), renamed "Einstein Field" and hosting over 10,000 spectators.  Saint George's Alliance went 0-3 in the Semifinals, but finishing 6th in the world.  SGS also is one of just five teams worldwide to receive five blue banners for three district wins, the division win, and for earning a coveted Chairman's Award.  An amazing season for the Dragons!