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Madison Jr. High members are front Braxton Butler, Tristan Brandt, Rebekah McVey, back Madison Eaton, Brenda McCollum, Tyler Farthing, Cassidy Barnard and Sammy Bond

Burlington Robotics Meet

by Amy McClelland
January 22, 2009

Two Madison Elementary and eight Jr. High students participated in the Burlington Middle School Robotics Meet held Wednesday, January 14.. The robots were all built from a Lego Mindstorms kit which has a programmable RCX or NXT transmitter. Events in which the robots participated were: Capture the Flag individual, Capture the Flag Tournament, Maze Race, Ratio Run, 25Foot Run and 100 Foot Run. 58 teams from 22 schools(120 total students) had built and programmed a robot for the competitions.

Madison students were very successful in the competitions. MJH students, Braxton Butler and Madison Eaton were 1^st place winners of the Robotics Olympic Championship. This was a combination of all points earned during the meet. Another Madison team with Piper and Tristan Brandt placed 2^nd in the Robotics Olympic Championship and Sam Davis placed 6^th. With 58 teams competing this was an impressive accomplishment.

The following are the winners of the individual events: Braxton and Madison won 1^st in the individual Capture the Flag, 2^nd in Maze Race and 6^th in the Capture the Flag Tournament. Piper and Tristan were first in the 100 foot race and 3^rd in the Ratio Run.

Other students participating from Madison were Sammy Bond, Cassidy Barnard, Brenda McCollum, Tyler Farthing and Rebekah McVey.

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