Beech Tree News Network

On Saturday, May 12th, the Butler County High School Rocket Team 2 competed and placed 61st in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC 2012) at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia near Washington, D.C.  The team reached this national level after placing in the Top 100 of 674 other competing teams from across the nation after completing qualifying flights by April 2nd.

The Butler County team consisted of Tristan Elmore, Chase McCoy, Tyler Vincent, Sammy Hanson, Kang Chen, Matthew Embry, Chance Glass, and Raven Grubb and was sponsored by Mr. Robert Ayer, science teacher at BCHS.  The team placed 61st out of 101.  Ayer stated that the team’s rocket had a, “great launch and recovery.  It just went too high.”  The contest requirements are for the students to design and build a rocket that will climb to 800 feet and stay aloft for 43 to 47 seconds and use a parachute for a recovery device.

While in Washington, D.C., the team and their sponsor, as well as 10 parents, also toured the Holocaust Museum, the Washington Monument, the Smithsonian Museum of National History, and the Museum of American History.

The team thanks Butler County Board of Education for allowing us to compete and thanks the following contributing sponsors: TVA, Morgantown Freight, Dr. Todd Cohron, O.D., Green River Feed Mill Inc., and Ohio County Animal Clinic, PLLC.