Tri-Rivers participates in MTC Vex Robotics

“We had more than 140 participants and fans at the first Marion Technical College Vex Robotics Qualifier on Friday, March 4 in the Alber Center,” said Ritch Ramey, College Tech Prep Engineering Technology instructor for Tri-Rivers. The event was sponsored by MTC and the Northwest Ohio STEM grant provided by Honda of America.

Ramey said, 14 teams—from Tri-Rivers, River Valley, Harding, Upper Sandusky, Toledo and Cleveland schools— competed.  “TRCC finished third and two RV teams and one team from Upper Sandusky finished in the best scoring teams as well. A River Valley team won the competition.”
By having the contest at MTC we were able to promote the need for Technical Education in our community for National Engineers Week, explained Ramey. Ramey thanked judges, sponsors and contributors.

The Tri-Rivers team members that will represent TRCC at the SkillsUSA State Vex Mobile robotics are: CJ
Schneider, Isaac Rife and Isaac Dewiel.
Ramey said, “Moving the contest to MTC allowed us to attract a larger group of participants and parents. Next year I expect the event to grow even more. Students from other area schools who attended  plan to compete next year.”