INDIANAPOLIS — The Franklin Central High School Auto Flashes were the winners of the VEX Excellence Award at the 2nd Annual City of Indianapolis VEX Robotics Championship (IndyVRC) presented by Roche Diagnostics at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Students from the winning team will receive scholarships from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a 5 foot tall trophy, and will travel to Anaheim, California for the VEX Robotics High School World Championship.
Arsenal Technical High School Math and Science Magnet Academy, the McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology, and Providence Cristo Rey captured the VEX Tournament Champion awards for winning the alliance competition. Alliances are made up of three teams and they work together to score the most points against other alliances throughout the rounds of finals.
In the middle school program, Speedway Junior High won the first ever City of Indianapolis VEX IQ Excellence award. Paramount School of Excellence and Fall Creek Valley Middle School won the VEX IQ Teamwork Championship.
The IndyVRC is the largest city-wide VEX robotics competition in the country. This year 48 high school teams and 40 middle school teams competed.
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