SBPLI FIRST® LEGO League Championship Award Winners Announced

April 2, 2019
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Members of FIRST LEGO League Team #38503 “Techno Queens” of Jericho and FIRST LEGO League Team #33410 “Taco Brothers” of Garden City pose together on the competition floor with their LEGO robots at the SBPLI FIRST® LEGO® League Championship Tournament, which was held at Longwood High School on March 3

(Middle Island, NY) — Longwood High School was once again home to the School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI) FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League Long Island Championship Tournament, which took place on March 3. The event challenged Long Island middle school students to demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship and sense of community.

FIRST LEGO League Team #92, the “Sea Lions,” of Seaford, took home the First Place Champion’s Award and will be attending the World Festival in Detroit, Michigan on April 24-27. FIRST LEGO League Team #33410, the “Taco Brothers,” of Garden City, secured the Second Place Champion’s Award and will be attending the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on May 16-19.

FIRST LEGO League Team #4756, “Diamond Cube,” of Jericho, took home the Programming Award and FIRST LEGO League Team #33410, the “Techno Queens,” of Jericho, secured the Innovative Solution Award, as well as the Global Innovation Award. Both of these teams will be attending the Mountain State Invitational in West Virginia on July 12-14.

After eight weeks of research and design, 200 teams competed in six Qualifiers for an opportunity to be one of 39 teams to participate in the Championship Tournament. This season’s challenge was INTO ORBITSM, and teams chose and solved a real-world problem faced by humans during long-duration space exploration within our sun’s solar system. They also built, tested, and programmed an autonomous robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Throughout their experience, the teams operated under the FIRST signature set of Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®.

The FIRST LEGO League competition is judged in three areas: project presentation; overall robot performance, design and programming; and teamwork, with a consideration of the FIRST LEGO League Core Values. The highest honor went to the team that best succeeds in these areas and exemplifies the spirit and values of the program.

Listed below are the awards that were presented during the SBPLI FIRST LEGO League Championship on March 3:

Award Team Number Team Name Town
Champion's Award (First Place) 92 Sea Lions* Seaford
Champion's Award (Second Place) 33410 Taco Brothers** Garden City
Robot Performance (First Place) 27741 Think Outside the Earth Jericho
Robot Performance (Second Place) 5357 Imagination In A Nutshell Jericho
Alliance Award (Score: 140) 37507 WALL-E Workers New Hyde Park
Alliance Award (Score: 140) 37857 Time Travelers Island Park
Research 11363 Bear Force One Stony Brook
Innovative Solution 38503 Techno Queens*** Jericho
Global Innovation 38503 Techno Queens*** Jericho
Judge's Award 14823 Teach Me How To LEGO Baldwin
Presentation 16174 Meteorites Hicksville
Mechanical Design 6116 Rocky Point Robo Eagles Rocky Point
Programming 4756 Diamond Cube*** Jericho
Strategy & Innovation 1087 BRAINSTORMERS Bayport
Inspiration 5357 Imagination in a Nutshell Jericho
Teamwork 37506 Microchip Cookies Plainview
Zebra Award 11362 Solar Flare Bears Stony Brook
Gracious Professionalism 27743 The Robosaurus Stony Brook

* Denotes teams advancing to the FIRST World Festival in Detroit, Michigan on April 24-27, 2019.

** Denotes teams advancing to the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on May 16-19, 2019.

*** Denotes teams advancing to the Mountain State Invitational in West Virginia on July 12-14, 2019.

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