Our Team

We are an FTC team from the Waring School in Beverly MA. This is our Fifth 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

  • Dylan Cook

    Captain, Programming Lead

  • Avery Cooper

    CAD Lead

  • Alex Vaca

    Outreach

  • Caroline Oringer

    Vision Code Lead, Scouting Lead

  • Jack Fawcett

    Outreach Lead

  • Juliette Hale

    Build Lead

  • Kieran Mattingly

    Experimental Code Lead

  • Solomon Bennet

    Video Editing Lead

  • Annie Jacobsen

    Outreach

  • Elaine Zheng

    Design, CAD, Programming

  • Reagan Sewards

    Mechanical

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

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2019-20

2018-19

2017-18