Who We Are
“We enjoy and celebrate what we do!”
CometBoTs Team #14493
We are a FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team out of Santa Rosa, California. We are the only team operating in Sonoma County and we participate in the CA-NorCal North East League
Our team is a mixture of 6th-8th graders who each bring unique gifts to every team training session. We believe that gender diversity and intellectual diversity are vital to the success of our team and believe that our shared mission strengthens our team’s overall performance.
We have been competing with two other middle school teams and eleven high school teams, and work very hard to succeed. Our goal is to model gracious professionalism, and to enjoy and celebrate what we do, as well as model our mission statement:
“We are the Builders of Tomorrow...changing our globe one idea at a time.”
MEET THE TEAM
Arman - 8th Grade
Strategy/
Communication
Cooper - 8th Grade
Co-Lead Software
Peter - 8th Grade
Strategy/Scout
Sawyer - 8th Grade
Strategy/Event MC
Troy - 8th Grade
Co-Lead Software
Zoe - 8th Grade
Software
Chris - 7th Grade
Software/Driver
Harper - 7th Grade
Hardware/Driver
Ollie - 7th Grade
Hardware/Driver
Sabine - 7th Grade
Marketing/Branding
Xander - 7th Grade
Team Captain/Lead Hardware/Driver
Adelia - 6th Grade
Marketing/Branding
Aditya - 6th Grade
Software
Alex - 6th Grade
Hardware
Avi - 6th Grade
Hardware/Human Player
Delphine - 6th Grade
Strategy/Scouting
Ford - 6th Grade
Hardware/Driver
Helen - 6th Grade
Strategy
Ione - 6th Grade
Strategy/Human Player
Yixuan - 6th Grade
Hardware
Cindy Rodenbaugh
Coach
Tina Souza
Coach
Nick Haemel
Hardware Coach Mentor
Carlos Rivas
Software Coach Mentor
Jared Richard
Engineer Mentor
Laura Swart
Engineer Mentor
Nick Catelani
Engineer Mentor
Edward Jicha
Engineer Mentor
Kenny Hamann
Alumni Mentor
Lex Meyer
Alumni Mentor
Nicholas Tevendale
Alumni Mentor
Micah Baskin
Alumni Mentor
Avalon Griswold
Alumni Mentor
Kaden Keith
Alumni Mentor
Jen Rivas
Team Mom