Ten years

[Rick]

Team 121 will be entering thier tenth year.

Then (1996)
Original team number: 94
Original team name: The Islanders
Original High School: Middletown High School

Now (2005)
Team name: The Rhode Warriors
High Schools: Middetown High (1996), Portsmouth High (2004), Tiverton High (2005), Mt. Hope High (2005)

Robot names
96: Ragnarok
97: Aquatread (Everyones favorite)
98: Rhode Warrior I
99: Rhode Warrior II
00: Rhode Warrior III
01: Rhode Warrior IV
02: Rhode Warrior V
03: Rhode Warrior VI
04: Rhode Warrior VII
05: Rhode Warrior VIII

[Steve W]

Our first year at Woburn was 1995. We were in a competition called Canada First. We competed there for 3 years and then became the first (I believe) Canadian team to join FIRST were we have competed every year since. This will make our 11th year of entering robots but only our 8th at FIRST.

[JudyVandy]

Like 222, 84 has had some changes through the years. Chuck, however, has been our robot's name (or nickname) for nine years. We also were part of the same multi-school team as 222 in our first year, 1997. Almost 100 miles each way got kind of old, kind of fast! In 1998, WATTNESS originated, as SWATT, and then recently changed to Chuck 84, because our robot's name seems to be more recognizable than the former team name.

We may be approaching golden oldie status, too!

[meaubry]

We also are celebrating our 10th anniversary in the FIRST competition!
CD1, CD2, CD3 ... oh you get it, anyways - we have been kicking around the idea of collaborating (hope this is politically correct) in developing a "Class of 96" commemorative T shirt with any other 10th year anniversary teams that would be interested. Just haven't had time to find out which teams from 1996 are still around, so I'm glad that you started this thread.
Thanks

[Matt_Kaplan1902]

The SigmaC@Ts are celebrating our 10th season this year as well.

[Lisa Rodriguez]

RAGE is celebrating it's 11th year this year

and have gone through the names
SPIRIT of '96
COBRA
RAGE
RAGE II
RAGE

[Stephen Kowski]

my old team 312 is is on it's 11th year of competition. Many different sponsors, team names, team #s, and mentors. The school though has shipped a robot every year despite changes in sponsors and other things.

[ajlapp]

this will be year ten for me also. i started as a student in '96.

progression:

year 1 - team 1 - three dimensional services, now juggernauts, driver

year 2 - team 94 - lear corporation, now technojays i think, driver

year 3 - team 68 - truck town terror, now truck town thunder, driver

year 4 - team 221 - MI Roboworks, temporarily retired, driver, designer

(this was the team i started from scratch and built with friends in my basement!, i picked beatty and team rush in the finals....we lost to wildstang and placed fourth at nationals.)

year 5 - team 221 - MI Roboworks, i moved the team to Michigan Tech after i graduated high school, mentor, engineer

year 6 - team 221 - MI Roboworks, mentor, engineer

year 7 - team 857 - Superior Roboworks, changed the name and number when Tech officially sponsored the team, mentor, engineer

Year 8 - team 857 - mentor, engineer

year 9 - team 857 - mentor, engineer

year 10 - team 27 - came full circle and returned home to join team rush, though i was never on their team Kyle Hughes was one of my original mentors. i'm now back at the OSMTech Academy to mentor and design robots. probably not for long. look for team 221 to be resurrected in year 11.

reminds me, i have to change my signature!