The Flyers/Flinn Flyers

03/17/2024

The Flinn Flyers finished up their 2023-24 season this weekend in Fairmont, at the 2024 West Virginia State Championship: VIQRC Elementary Division.

A total of 60 teams have been competing over the last two days.

In Robot Skills, B Team placed 44th, C Team 9th, D Team 12th, and E Team 37th.

The top 30 teams (15 alliances), competed in finals. B, C, & D Teams made it to finals. B Team finished in 10th place, C Team in 2nd, and D Team in 3rd.

C Team not only won the 2nd Place Teamwork Champion Award, but they also were awarded the Think Award. 🏆

Congratulations to all 4 teams on a successful season!

Also, congratulations to Tessa, Charlie, and Taylor (A Team). They competed earlier in the week at the 2024 West Virginia State Championship: VRC Middle School Division and won the Innovate Award. 👏🏻

03/15/2024

The Flinn Flyers are competing in Fairmont today and tomorrow at the 2024 West Virginia State Championship: VIQRC Elementary. Practice matches are underway and the teamwork qualification matches will begin after lunch. Tune in to twitch to watch the matches live.

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03/12/2024

The Flyers are competing in the West Virginia State Championship: VRC Middle School competition today! You can follow along at the link below.

Check out West Virginia State Championship: VRC MS

https://www.twitch.tv/wvrobot

02/23/2024

The Flinn Flyers competed in the KCS "Night of Champions" VIQRC ES Invitational at The Clay Center this evening and all 4 teams finished strong. This event was by invitation only and the teams that qualify, must have won an award at a previous event or they have a high state skills ranking.

There were 16 teams competing, with 8 teamwork challenges to compete in finals.

In the Teamwork Challenges, B Team finished in 6th place, C Team in 1st, D Team in 2nd, & E Team in 3rd.

In Robot Skills, B Team finished in 6th place, C Team in 1st, D Team in 2nd, & E Team in 9th.

B Team was awarded the Design Award, C Team won the 1st place Teamwork Challenge Champion Award, the Robot Skills Champion Award and the Excellence Award. D Team was awarded the 2nd Place Teamwork Challenge Champion Award. 🏆

Abby, Tessa, Charlie, & Taylor were also awarded the Volunteers of the Year Award, for their time and assistance during events throughout the season.

Congratulations to everyone! Next stop will be next month for states at Fairmont.

02/11/2024

B, C, & D Teams traveled to Wayne County High School today, to compete in the Wayne County VEX IQ Elementary Qualification Tournament.

Out of 26 teams, the top 12 in teamwork challenges competed in finals.

Out of the 6 alliances competing in the teamwork challenge finals, B Team finished in 5th place, and both C & D Teams in 1st.

In Robot Skills, B Team finished in 10th place, C Team in 1st, and D Team in 5th.

C & D Teams were both awarded the 1st place Teamwork Challenge Champion Award. C Team also won the Design Award as well as the Robot Skills Champion Award. D Team completed the day by winning the Excellence Award. 🏆

Way to go Flinn Flyers! 👏🏻

02/09/2024

The Flinn Flyers competed in their third KCS VIQRC Elementary School League Event today and they did a phenomenal job. Their scores were averaged in with the scores from their first two league events and Flinn walked away with 5 of the 9 awards offered.

In Teamwork Challenges, B Team finished in 10th place, C Team in 1st, D Team in 2nd, and E Team in 9th.

In Robot Skills, B Team finished in 12th place, C Team in 2nd, D Team in 4th, and E Team in 8th.

B Team was awarded the Design Award, C Team won the Teamwork Challenge Champion Award AND the Excellence Award, and D Team won the 2nd Place Teamwork Challenge Award AND the Innovate Award.

All 4 teams have qualified for 2024 WV State Championship that will be held in Fairmont, next month.

Great job Flinn Flyers!

02/04/2024

This robotics season is an exciting time for The Flyers! 60269A is all about change this year. Tessa Jordan returns to continue A team’s legacy, with the addition of Charlie Swain from B team, and new team member Taylor Neal. With this new team, comes a whole new robotics class moving from VEX IQ to VEX VRC! New robots, new competition, new team, but the same amazing coaches!

The Flyers competed in their very first VRC competition on February 1st, and they went ready to win! The Flyers placed 3rd overall in teamwork and 2nd in skills. Fun fact…the semifinals were made up of an all Sissonville group of kids. What a great testament to our community!

The Flyers had an amazing night by bringing home the Excellence Award! This is the highest award presented at any VEX Robotics Competition. This extraordinary night, qualified The Flyers for the state competition next month! Not bad for their first competition! Keep up the amazing work!

Thanks to DuPont Middle School for hosting The ‘Blizzard Bot Battle’ KCS VRC Competition.

01/28/2024

The Flinn Flyers competed in the KCS VIQRC Elementary School Qualification Tournament today at Herbert Hoover High School. All 4 teams did exceptionally well and represented Flinn like champs.

Out of 41 teams competing, the top 24 in teamwork challenges competed in finals. Each of our four teams made it to finals.

Out of the 12 alliances competing in the Teamwork Challenges, B Team finished in 2nd place, both C & D Teams in 3rd and E Team in 10th.

In Robot Skills, B Team finished in 8th place, C Team in 3rd, D Team in 4th, and E Team in 5th.

B Team walked away with the 2nd place Teamwork Challenge Champion Award. 🏆

The kids even had a few familiar faces cheering them on throughout the day. Abby, Tessa, and Charlie, volunteered their time to help with the skills challenges.

Congratulations Flinn Flyers! 👏🏻

01/13/2024

The Flinn Flyers competed in their second KCS VIQRC Elementary School League Event today. Their scores were averaged in with the scores from their first league event that was held in November. Each team has improved their scores and with the exception of C Team keeping their 4th place ranking, the other three teams moved up in ranking from their previous competition.

All four teams participated in the robot skills challenge for the first time and each one of them finished strong.

Their third league event will be held next month and those scores will be averaged in with the first two events to determine final rankings and awards.

In Teamwork Challenges, B Team finished in 12th place, C Team in 4th, D Team in 5th, and E Team in 18th.

In Robot Skills, B Team finished in 5th place, C Team in 2nd, D Team in 4th, and E Team in 8th.

Great job Flinn Flyers!

11/20/2023

The Flinn Flyers kicked off their 2023-24 season this past Friday at the KCS VIQRC Elementary School League Event. Flinn has 4 new teams this year and this event was a good practice run to get them up and running for the new season. Out of 35 teams participating, B Team finished in 19th place, C Team in 4th, D Team in 10th, and E Team in 21st. Great job Flinn Flyers!

05/19/2023

05/08/2023

The Flyers would like to thank the NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium / NASA EPSCOR for their donation and support to the team.