Kirkland students help LWSD team win four awards for designing robots

A FIRST Tech Challenge robot design team made up of Lake Washington School District students received four awards this season.

A FIRST Tech Challenge robot design team made up of Lake Washington School District students received four awards this season.

The team was the captain of the District Finalist Alliance and won the Eastside League Champions Award, as well as third place for the Inspire Award at the North Inter-league Championship on Jan. 12. The team qualified for the FTC Washington State Championship on Jan. 26 where they won the Washington State Championship Control Award.

Team members of “Powered By Goldfish” included Maggie Robinson of Redmond High School, Roland Munsil of Lake Washington High School, Diego Alvarez of Juanita High School and Aidan Hurst of the International Community School and was coached by Cesar Alvarez, Mark Hurst and Dan Robinson.