FLL Teams — FIRST LEGO League
WCCA Robotics fielded two FLL teams during the 2025–26 Unearthed season, which had an archaeology theme. FIRST LEGO League is a robotics competition for students in 4th through 8th grade where teams build autonomous LEGO robots, develop an innovation project, and demonstrate core values like teamwork and discovery.
🏆 FLL Championship Results
Marcus Bartholomew the Third Junior won the Champions Award and Robo Gators of the Lost Park won the Robot Performance Award at the Adventist Robotics FLL Championship on May 3!
View Tournament Results →Marcus Bartholomew the Third Junior
FLL Team #61349 · 3rd Year · National Champions 🏆
Our flagship FLL team completed its third year and continued its track record of excellence. Named after a LEGO shark from the FLL Submerged mission, Marcus Bartholomew the Third Junior became the heart and soul of WCCA Robotics. There is even a real shark named after Marcus!
Awards & Accomplishments
2024–25 Submerged Season
🌟 Florida Sunshine Invitational
- Rising All-Star Award
🏆 Adventist Robotics Championship Tournament
- Champion's Award — 1st place overall
🏆 Adventist Robotics Florida Qualifier
- Champion's Award — 1st place overall
- Robot Game Award — 1st place (250 points, highest score!)
- Coach/Mentor Award — Daniel Plaisted
2023–24 Masterpiece Season
🏆 Adventist Robotics Florida Qualifier
- Robot Game — 2nd place
- Innovation Project — 3rd place
Photos
Watch Our Team in Action
2025–26 Unearthed Season
The Unearthed season had an archaeology theme. Our team researched archaeological methods and challenges as it prepared for competition. Explore the team’s work on our GitHub wiki.
Innovation Project: COCOPlus Hydration Packets — a natural, freeze-dried coconut water hydration solution designed to keep archaeologists hydrated in extreme conditions.
Robo Gators of the Lost Park
FLL Team #64434
2025–26 · First Season · Homeschool Team
Our second FLL team was made up primarily of homeschool students and completed its first year of competition during the 2025–26 Unearthed season.
Innovation Project: The Protection Backpack — a portable weather shield to help archaeologists work comfortably in extreme conditions.
Tournament Results
Our FLL teams competed in Adventist Robotics tournaments. See detailed match results, video timestamps, and awards from the season:
M.A.R.C.U.S.
Our 2025–26 FLL teams used M.A.R.C.U.S. (Multiple Amazing Robot Code Usage Selector) — an open-source robot programming framework for SPIKE Prime that provides a menu-driven system for selecting and running mission programs during competition.
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