WA State VEX IQ Middle School Championship

General Info

Welcome to the WA State VEX IQ Middle School Championship

The State Championship will take place again at CWU in Ellensburg at the Hogue Enginering building, and is hosted by CWU with support of the CWU GearUP program.

WA State VEX IQ Middle School Championships event is scheduled to be held on in conjunction with Elementary School VEX IQ Championships.

Championship Gear

We are pleased to annoucne again this year to opportunity for teams to puchase their own special Championship gear from SHIRTWORKS - teams should seriously consider placing pre-orders using the online store at: www.eshirtworks.com/VEX2018 Those orders can then be picked up the morning of the event at the event location. SHIRTWORKS will also have merchandise availabel during the event as long as supplies last.

Friday Night February 23rd - Science Night and PIT setup

Teams may come to Hogue Engineering building starting at 5:30PM Friday Night February 23rd until 7:00PM to drop-off their robots, and find their pits.  There is absolutley no competitive advantage todo so.

Friday Night is Robotics Science Night organized by by CWU Science Connection and CWU GEARUP program, teams already arrived in Ellensburg are encouraged to coem and join an evening program of fun and hands-on exploratory science in the bran new Science Compex at CWU.  This event starts at: 7:30PM (arrival at Science II Atrium is 7:15PM) and ends at 9:15PM  - all you need todo is to indicate if you are comign to particiapte by completeing the following Science Tours Google Form

World Championship Qualification

This event will qualify Washington VEX IQ teams to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, KY on April 29-May 1, 2018.  Washington VEX IQ Middle School has been alloted (9) VEX World Championship spots.  The following awards will earn the VEX IQ Elementary Robotics World Championship spots at the Washington VEX IQ Middle School State Championship:

• (1) Excellence Award
• (2) Teamwork Champions
• (2) Teamwork 2nd Place
• (1) Design Award
• (1) STEM Research Project
• (1) Robot Skills Champion

The remaining (1) VEX IQ Middle School World Championship spot will be allocated to the next qualified Middle School VEX IQ team from the Washington Robot Skills List.

If a team double qualfies for the VEX IQ Robotics World Championships, then the Regional Support Manager will use the Washington VEX IQ Global Skills list to determine the next qualified team from the appropriate grade level indicated on the VEX IQ Championship Qualifying Criteria. World Championship invitations from the World Skills Standings are issued by email after the results of the State Championship have been posted at events.vex.com, and will not be announced at the State Championship.

World Championship qualifying awards and invitations are issued to teams whether or not the teams have expressed an intention to attend the event. Unaccepted World Championship invitations are not offered or transferred to other teams.

If you have any questions about the qualification process, please contact your Regional Support Manager:

WIllem Scholten, [email protected], (206)-409-4168

Grade Level: Middle School

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes