Our Team

We are an FTC team from the Waring School in Beverly MA. This is our fourth year as an FTC team, however many of our members competed together in our FLL program for several years.

Our mission is to build and spread a vibrant self-sustained STEM ecosystem in our immediate and greater community that is centered around success in FIRST programs.

Team Members

Francis Schaeffer

Coach
Alex Vaca

Design, Outreach
Annie Jacobsen

Scouting, Outreach, Mechanical
April Smith

Programming, Outreach
Avery Cooper

CAD, Design
Caroline Oringer

Programming
Dimitri Profis

Programming
Dylan Cook

Programming
Elaine Zheng

Design, CAD, Programming
Eli Streb

Programming, Design
Jack Fawcett

Design, CAD
Juliette Hale

Design, CAD
Oliver Bock

Programming, Outreach
Paolo Calderaro

Outreach
Solomon Bennet

Design, CAD

Awards & Achievements

Maryland Tech Invitational:
Winning Alliance Captain
Software Innovation and Quality Award Winner
Houston World Championships:
Inspire Award
Ochoa Division Champions
1st OPR
CHS Regional Championship:
Inspire Award
Semifinalist Alliance - Scarlett Division
Highest Avg. Match Score
MA Robostorm 7.2 Qualifier:
Winning Alliance Captain
Connect Award
CHS Glen Allen Qualifier:
Inspire Award
Winning Alliance Captain
Maryland Tech Invitational:
Software Innovation and Quality Award Winner
Hardware Mastery Award Finalist
Semifinalist Alliance First Pick
Houston World Championship:
Franklin Division Finalist Alliance Captain
Connect Award Finalist
MA State Championship:
Inspire Award
Highest Seeded Team
MA Unlimited Ducks Qualifier:
Inspire Award
Winning Alliance Captain
In the Ultimate Goal Season we held the world record in the remote game of 707 points. Video
Maryland Tech Invitational:
Hardware Mastery Award
Semifinalist Alliance
Detroit World Championship:
We earned a Worlds spot but it was canceled due to COVID-19
MA State Championship:
2nd Ranked Robot (Wolfpack)
3rd Ranked Robot (Lupine)
Control Award (Wolfpack)
Innovate Award (Lupine)
MA Qualifier 2: (Wolfpack)
1st Ranked Robot
Design Award
MA Qualifier 1: (Lupine)
1st Ranked Robot
Design Award
In the 2019 FLL season, we held the world record in Robot Game of 680 points. Video
Detroit World Championship:
We earned a Worlds spot but it was canceled due to COVID-19
MA State Championship:
Champions Award
1st Robot Game
Highest Score
Revere Qualifier:
Champions Award
1st Robot Game
Highest Score
Detroit World Championship:
22nd Robot Game
MA State Championship:
Champions Award
8th Robot Game
Revere Qualifier:
2nd place Champions Award