A team of local high school students that is mentored by SUNY Polytechnic Institute students was part of the winning alliance of teams at a regional robotics competition in Cleveland, Ohio, announced SUNY Poly.

SUNY Poly’s FRC Team 5030, The Second Mouse, along with teams from Columbus, Ohio and Clifton, N.J., comprised the alliance that was declared champions at the FIRST Robotics Competition Buckeye Regional last week. FIRST is For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.

​The three teams were among 55 teams from across the Midwest, New York, Maryland, and Canada in a series of challenges at the event in Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center, said SUNY Poly.

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