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Team 540 - TALON 540 Godwin Robotics

From Henrico, Virginia, USA
aka ShowBest Fixture Inc./Boeing/DuPont Spruance/Onshape by PTC/NASA&Mills Godwin High School
Rookie Year: 2001
Last competed in 2026
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Competition List:

Year Event Awards
2026 Rumble 11
2026 Hopper Division
2026 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by C-CAM, VSU, Go Tec, and NASA FIRST Leadership Award Finalist (Anandi S)
2026 FCH District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Ball District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (Kristine E)
District Championship FIRST Leadership Award Semi-Finalist (Anandi S)
District Event Finalist
Quality Award
2026 FCH District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Porvair Filtration District FIRST Impact Award
2025 Rumble #10
2025 Hopper Division
2025 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship presented by Qualcomm District Championship Engineering Inspiration Award
Woodie Flowers Finalist Award (Earl Hurlburt)
2025 CHS District Blacksburg VA Event presented by Volvo Gracious Professionalism Award
2025 CHS District Glen Allen VA Event presented by Herndon Foundation District Engineering Inspiration Award
2024 CHS District Glen Allen VA Event District Championship Dean's List Semi-Finalist (Aarushi R)
Team Sustainability Award sponsored by Dow
2024 CHS District Ashland VA Event Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen
2023 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Aryan Mhaskar)
2023 CHS District Glen Allen VA Event District Engineering Inspiration Award
District Championship Dean's List Semi-Finalist (Aryan Mhaskar)
2023 CHS District Blacksburg VA Event Gracious Professionalism Award
2022 CHSy Champs
2022 CHS District Greater Richmond Event #2 Day 2
2022 CHS District Greater Richmond Event #1 Day 1 Entrepreneurship Award
2021 FIRST Chesapeake District Awards Event FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Jusman Shokar)
2021 Chromium Group - Game Design Challenge Engineering Design Award
2021 Game Design Challenge Event
2021 Neon Group - FIRST Innovation Challenge
2021 FIRST Innovation Challenge Event presented by Qualcomm
2021 Season Participation for CHS District Teams
2020 * CHS District Blacksburg VA Event (Cancelled)
2020 CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy District Engineering Inspiration Award
2019 Rumble in the Roads
2019 IROC (ILITE Robotics Offseason Challenge)
2019 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship
2019 CHS District Blacksburg VA Event Team Spirit Award sponsored by FCA Foundation
2019 CHS District Richmond VA Event sponsored by Dominion Energy Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors
2018 Rumble in the Roads
2018 IROC
2018 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship
2018 CHS District Southwest Virginia Event sponsored by Anton Paar District Engineering Inspiration Award
2018 CHS District Central Virginia Event sponsored by Dominion Energy Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2017 Rumble in the Roads
2017 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Ojas Amberkar)
2017 CHS District - Central Virginia Event District Engineering Inspiration Award
2017 CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event District Event Winner
Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox
2016 Rumble in the Roads
2016 Tesla Division Entrepreneurship Award sponsored by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
2016 FIRST Chesapeake District Championship sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Andrew Miller)
2016 CHS District - Central Virginia Event Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
2016 CHS District - Southwest Virginia Event District Engineering Inspiration Award
2015 Rumble in the Roads
2015 Newton Division
2015 Virginia Regional FIRST Dean's List Finalist Award (Uday Patil)
Regional Finalists
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
2014 Rumble in the Roads
2014 Curie Division
2014 Virginia Regional Engineering Inspiration
Creativity Award sponsored by Xerox
2013 Curie Division
2013 Virginia Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
Innovation in Control Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation
2012 Virginia Regional
2011 Virginia Regional Finalist
2010 Archimedes Division
2010 Virginia Regional Website Award
2009 NASA VCU Regional
2008 NASA / VCU Regional Woodie Flowers Award (Mr James Lehman, Team 540)
2007 Galileo Division
2007 NASA / VCU Regional Regional Winner
2006 Curie Division
2006 NASA / VCU Regional
2005 NASA / VCU Regional
2004 NASA / VCU Regional
2003 NASA / VCU Regional
2002 Newton Division
2002 NASA Langley / VCU Regional
2001 NASA Langley Regional