Saint James School Builds the B . E . S . T .
Saint James School won 1st Place Creative Design , 3rd Place for the BEST award , and two additional exhibit awards at the BEST Robotics Competition in Auburn , October 28 , 2017 . Robotics Coaches Mrs . Eichelberg , Dr . Ousley , and Mr . Hawk are pictured with the 2017 Saint James School Robotics Team .
Saint James School Builds the B . E . S . T .
The Saint James School Robotics Team competed at the War Eagle B . E . S . T . ( Boosting Engineering Science and Technology ) Robotics competition on October 27th and 28th , against 22 other teams from east central Alabama and west Georgia . The Saint James team earned high commendations in four different categories during the competition .
The dedicated group of students brought home several awards from B . E . S . T .: The Founder ’ s Award for Creative Robot Design , First Place ; Exhibit and Interview Award , Third Place ; Team Exhibit Design & Construction Award , Third Place ; and B . E . S . T . Award , Third Place . Additionally , the Saint James Team received awards of 4th Place in Engineering Notebook , 4th Place for Marketing Presentation , and 5th Place for Spirit and Sportsmanship .
“ Saint James had several Robotics Team members graduate last May , and only three of the seventeen current members had ever participated in B . E . S . T .,” said Mrs . Vicky Eichelberg , Robotics Teacher & Sponsor . “ I was so impressed with the dedication and commitment of this year ’ s team to work hard and do their jobs well ,” she continued . “ Being one of top B . E . S . T . Award teams is no easy task . They all deserve big congratulations . I am very proud of them .”
The Saint James Robotics Team includes Janice Cho , Greyson Cruse , Hayden Cruse , Jake Hastings , Trinity Hunter , Nayoon Kang , Edward Kim , Jin Kim , Luke Kim , Minji Kim , Sam Lee , Mitch Mathews , Will Moore , Andrew Nam , Alex Orellana , Gayeon Paek , Jonghyun Park .
For further information about the B . E . S . T . robotics program , contact Saint James School Robotics Teacher & Sponsor , Vicky Eichelberg , veichelberg @ stjweb . org or visit www . wareaglebest . org and www . southsbest . org .
Montgomery Catholic Cross Country Team Finishes Strong at AHSAA
November 11 , 2017 , the Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Cross Country team competed at the AHSAA State Championship at the Oakville Indian Mounds XC Course . Both the Catholic Girls and Boys teams walked away as the state ’ s 4A runner-up !
The Catholic girls were led by junior Amaris Tyynismaa . Finishing first , at 17:14.37 , Tyynismaa found herself almost a minute and a half ahead of the second place finisher , securing her fourth consecutive individual State Championship . Isabelle Cochran , a junior , finished strong at 19:58.58 , securing sixth place overall . Teammates Grace Leslie , Hanna Kate McGee , Katie Galvin , Annabel Starrett , Katelyn Stark , Chloe Smith , Virginia Speirs and Sarah Beth Littrell all finished the race , helping earn the Montgomery Catholic girls their second consecutive State Runner-up trophy .
For the Catholic boys , junior Manny Caceres finished first among the Catholic boys with a time of 16:57:52 ( 11th place overall ), and freshman Hollis Johnson finished in 17:00:54 and teammates Grant Walker , Zachary Kroeger , Joseph Schmidt and Austin Cleghorn all finishing under 17:50:00 . The boys secured the runner-up position with the help of Cole Pierce , Sam Leslie , Chris Valencia and Ryan Janson , all who finished in the top 86 .
It has been a great season for the Racing Knights , making their coaches Ed Wright , Hollis Johnson and Coy Hunter very proud of the hard work by the 2017 Catholic Cross Country Team .
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