Five robotics teams from Hamilton Heights Middle School (HHMS) will head to the 2024 Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium after successfully qualifying at various competitions held earlier this season.
This is the seventh year in a row that HHMS has sent multiple teams to the state-level competition. In fact, HHMS will have one of most teams represented in the state competition of all the school corporations that qualified.
(From left) Husky drivers Kaelynn Fidler, Illiana Bowyer, Camden Millikan, and Wyndham Jung from Teams 214A and 214D in competition at the Kalahari Signature Event earlier this year in Sandusky, Ohio. (Photo provided)
The Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship is the largest state robotics competition in the nation, with 350 robotics teams from elementary, middle, and high schools across the state competing. Teams are eligible to compete by winning a state-qualifying award at a local competition. HHMS teams qualified at the regular season tournaments earlier in the school year. They did so by winning Teamwork Challenges and Excellence Awards at area events.
“Our team members are some of the most dynamic students you’ll ever meet,” HHMS Robotics Teacher and Robotics Coach Lacy Bowyer said. “They put in the work every day and are highly skilled at what they do. They research what works and are always making modifications to stay competitive. I couldn’t be more proud to be leading this group of engineers.”
The best of the state’s robotics competitors will be on display and Heights returns to showcase its teams’ talents at the event on the largest stage Indiana has to offer. The Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship takes place on Saturday, March 23 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and is free and open to the public.
The public is encouraged to show support by helping cheer on the Hamilton Heights Middle School teams at the Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship.