We are team 8651 Wait for It… from Pearl, Mississippi. This is our eighth year competing in FTC! We’re excited about this season, and our goal is to make it to the World Championship in Houston! Will we do it? You’ll just have to Wait for It…
MEET THE MEMBERS
CHLOE
Hey y’all! I’m Chloe and I’m a Junior in high school. I joined Wait for it in 2019 when we were competing in Sky Stone, although I have been doing FTC since Rover Ruckus in 2018. This will be my fifth season doing robotics and my third season on design team. It’s safe to say that robotics has become a huge part of my life and I’ve loved every second of it. Before I was a part of FIRST, I didn’t know what direction I wanted to take with my life. FIRST has given me a passion for design and STEM. I now know I want to go into design for a career and I wouldn’t have discovered it without robotics. Another thing I’m passionate about is volunteering at my church. I work in our tech booth and also sing on our praise team. The main things I do outside of robotics are listening to music, making art, writing, and doing things with my church. Exploring creativity even outside of robotics is something I really enjoy, and I do it as much as I can. I can’t wait to see what this season holds and I’m ready to compete in our 2022-2023 FTC season!
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SAWYER
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KENNA
My name is McKenna Gregory. This is my final year of being on Wait For It…. Out of the three sub teams we have on Wait For It…, I am a part of the design team. The experiences I’ve had with FIRST and its community encourage me every day. Currently, I want to go to Mississippi College into the interior design department and work with digital aids like CAD which is similar to what I work with in my role in Wait For It…. I joined Wait For It… in 8th grade and it has continued to shape my life and interests today. |
DAVID
Hi! My name is David and I’m a senior in high school. I am 17 years old, and this is my second year on team 8651 “Wait For It…”, and this year, I moved from the build team to the program team. Now, Sawyer and I both work collaboratively to write code for the robots, but I still return to the build team to lend a helping hand every now and then. I am the lead pianist for a church’s youth group, and I love recording music whenever I can on GarageBand Mobile. In my free time, I love being with friends most of all. I often spend time programming in C# on Visual Studio or VS Code, and designing random useless ideas I have on SolidWorks or Blender for fun.
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ELIJAH
Hi, I’m Elijah. I am a thirteen years old in eighth grade. This is my first year participating in FTC team 8651 Wait For It… and am on the build team. I have really enjoyed being a part of a robotics team so far. Outside of robotics, I am in a church choir, and a college orchestra, and I love to draw, play cello, playing video games, and reading fantasy/fiction books. I really love the FIRST community, and the people working with FIRST, and will look forward to meeting people from all around the world!
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SIMON
Hi! My name is Simon, and this is my first year in FIRST! I am 13 years old and in the 8th grade at Saint Augustine School. Some things I like to do are ride my bike, play video games, and read books. I also love astronomy! I currently serve on the build team and I can’t wait for this year’s game, POWER PLAY!
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