Next Tournament - Shawshank Showdown

NEXT TOURNAMENT:

The "Shawshank Showdown"

Saturday, June 8, 2024

The Shawshank Showdown is the first in a series of "off-season" robotics tournaments for high school teams regularly participating in the FIRST® Robotics Competition. This single day event will feature the same high-energy, high-tech style of , international an " robotics tournament for high school teams regularly participating in the

s Miami Valley Regional is another in a series of high-energy, high-tech, international robotics tournaments where teams of students, mentored by adult professionals, work together to solve a unique engineering design problem. This year's tournament will feature 50 of the top high school robotics teams from nine (9) midwestern and southern states, as well as the People's Republic of China!

When:

April 4, 2024 - April 6, 2024

Where:

Cintas Center at Xavier University

1624 Musketeer Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45207

This season's Miami Valley is expected to draw over 1,500 high school students and their cheering fans to Xavier University's Cintas Center for the three-day event. Four (4) CMSD teams from the Great Lakes Science Center's Robotics Initiative will be among those competing at this event, Those teams are:

Team #8140 (The RoboManiacs from MC2 STEM High School);
Team #8145 (The Tech Warriors from East Technical High School);
Team #8222 (The Argonauts from Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School); and
Team #8243 (The AstroCircuits from John Marshall High School).

Spectators Welcome!

Be sure to catch all the excitement of this intense competition that showcases industrial-sized, mobile robots developed and operated by teams of high school students. Spectators can tour the "pits" to meet the teams and get a closer look at their robots! Later, you'll have an excellent view of the competition field as you cheer on your favorite teams from the comfortable stadium seating found throughout the arena!

Admission is free and open to the public. Click HERE to see the public agenda.