Covington Catholic High School will host the 4th Annual Colonel Classic Robotics Tournament at the Covington Catholic High School gymnasium at 1600 Dixie Highway in Park Hills on Saturday, January 5.
As many as 50 middle school and high school teams are expected to compete in the “VEX Robotics Competition” event.
It is the first VEX event in Kentucky for 2019 and begins the home stretch to the State and World VEX Tournament.
At least 5 teams will qualify at this event for the Kentucky state tournament in the spring.
VEX Robotics competitions are presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation.
From www.vexrobotics.com: “In the VEX Competitions, teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams in a game-based engineering challenge. Classroom STEM concepts are put to the test on the playing field as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more. Tournaments are held year-round at the regional, state, and national levels; local champions go on to compete against the best in the world at VEX Worlds each April!”
A Covington Catholic Robotics team competed in the 2017 World event, which produced a world record as the largest robotics tournament, with 500 teams in the high school division.
CovCath’s ten matches included teams from the US, Taiwan, Colombia, and Mexico.
The 2017-18 VEX competition is called In The Zone.
Details and Rules for In The Zone are here.
The schedule for the CovCath Colonel Classic Robotics Tournament (subject to change) on January 5 is:
7:30 am Doors Open
8:00 am Inspection Begins and skill runs can be done after inspection
9:00 am Drivers Meeting
9:30 am Opening with National Anthem
9:40 am Event Qualifying Begins
11:30 – noon Lunch
Noon – Qualifications Continue
3:00 pm Event Alliance Selection
3:15 pm Finals Begin
4:30 pm Event Ends
Spectators are welcome; the event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Bob Lind (STEM Director, Robotics/Engineering Club Moderator, and teacher at Covington Catholic) at blind@covcath.org.
Covington Catholic High School is a 2016 Blue Ribbon of Excellence award-winning college preparatory high school located in Park Hills, Kentucky, and operates within the Catholic Diocese of Covington.