The Mech Tech Dragons - Team 422 (History)

Team 422 - The Mech Tech Dragons

From Richmond, Virginia, USA
aka Cobotiq/Afton Chemical-New Market/Ryan Kaplan/Showbest/DuPont/Gene Haas Foundation/Purnima Amin Physics and Design Center/The Intuitive Foundation/The Herndon Foundation/Beacon Forensic/PTC/Tredegar Corporation/PTC&Maggie L Walker Governor's Sch
Rookie Year: 2000
Details on firstinspires.org

Competition List:

Year	Event	Awards
2026	Johnson Division
2026	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA	District Championship FIRST Impact Award Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (Mark Sailer)
2026	FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball	District Event Winner Innovation in Control Award sponsored by nVent
2026	FCH District Chesapeake VA Event presented by Newport News Ship Yard / Hampton Roads Community Foundation (Norfolk Southern)	District FIRST Impact Award District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (Sofia S) District Event Winner
2025	Rumble #10
2025	Chesapeake Robotics Icebreaker
2025	Indiana Robotics Invitational
2025	Newton Division	Championship Division Finalist
2025	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm	District Championship FIRST Impact Award FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Sofia S) District Championship Winner
2025	CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo	District Engineering Inspiration Award District Championship Dean's List Semi-Finalist (Sofia S) District Event Winner
2025	CHS District Portsmouth VA Event presented by Newport News Shipyard	District FIRST Impact Award District Event Winner
2024	Rumble #9 With Cheese
2024	Chesapeake Robotics Icebreaker
2024	Daly Division
2024	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship
2024	CHS District Portsmouth VA Event	District Championship Dean's List Semi-Finalist (Matthew T) District Event Winner Excellence in Engineering Award
2024	CHS District Ashland VA Event	District Engineering Inspiration Award District Event Finalist
2023	Rumble in the Roads
2023	Johnson Division	Championship Division Finalist
2023	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship	Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (Samantha Wheeler Marrs)
2023	CHS District Glen Allen VA Event	Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford
2023	CHS District Blacksburg VA Event	Quality Award
2022	Rumble in the Roads
2022	CHSy Champs
2022	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding
2022	CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2	District Engineering Inspiration Award District Event Finalist
2022	CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1	Quality Award
2021	FIRST Chesapeake District Awards Event
2021	Niobium Group - Game Design Challenge
2021	Game Design Challenge Event
2021	Samarium Group - INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge
2021	Season Participation for CHS District Teams
2020	* CHS District Blacksburg VA Event (Cancelled)	District Chairman's Award
2020	CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy	Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2019	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship	FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Kate Driebe)
2019	CHS District Portsmouth VA Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding	Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2019	CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy	District Engineering Inspiration Award
2018	IROC
2018	Carson Division	Championship Subdivision Finalist
2018	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship	District Championship Winner
2018	CHS District Hampton Roads Event sponsored by Newport News Shipbuilding	District Engineering Inspiration Award
2018	CHS District Northern Virginia Event	District Chairman's Award District Event Winner Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories
2017	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton
2017	CHS District - Central Virginia Event	Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2017	CHS District - Greater DC Event sponsored by Accenture	Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2016	Hopper Division
2016	FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton	District Championship Finalist Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2016	CHS District - Central Virginia Event
2016	NC District - UNC Asheville Event	District Event Finalist Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2016	CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event	Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2015	Virginia Regional	Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2015	Palmetto Regional
2014	Rumble in the Roads
2014	Archimedes Division
2014	Virginia Regional	Regional Chairman's Award Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2014	Alamo Regional sponsored by Rackspace Hosting	FIRST Dean's List Finalist (Aarav Singh)
2013	Galileo Division
2013	Washington DC Regional	Gracious Professionalism Award sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
2013	Virginia Regional	FIRST Dean's List Finalist (Matthew Aldridge) Judges' Award
2012	North Carolina Regional	Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
2012	Virginia Regional	Regional Finalists
2011	Virginia Regional	Coopertition Award
2011	Chesapeake Regional
2010	Virginia Regional
2010	New Jersey Regional	Regional Finalist
2009	NASA VCU Regional
2009	New Jersey Regional	Quality
2008	Newton Division
2008	NASA / VCU Regional
2007	Philadelphia Regional
2007	NASA / VCU Regional
2006	Palmetto Regional	Delphi "Driving Tommorow's Technology" Award
2006	NASA / VCU Regional
2005	Chesapeake Regional
2005	NASA / VCU Regional
2004	Galileo Division
2004	NASA / VCU Regional	Judges Award Friday
2003	Philadelphia Regional
2003	NASA / VCU Regional
2002	NASA Langley / VCU Regional	Regional Winner
2001	NASA Langley Regional	Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2000	National Championship
2000	NASA Langley/VCU Regional