Welcome to the South Dakota State VEX IQ Championship!

Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

Tentative Agenda – Subject to Change

IMPORTANT! If your team will be late, you must call the Event Partner (Jerry Sorum 605-366-7199).  If your team is not checked-in on time and no communication has been made, the match schedule will be run without your team and they cannot compete. 

Team Judging will be held in the pit area. If a team has not arrived by 9:30am when judging begins, teams will be visited at the end.  Please make yourselves available to the judges when they show up at your Pit table. If you have a match upcoming shortly or are running skills, respectfully inform the judges and agree on a time when you will meet with them at your pit table. 

8:30 am – Doors open, Registration, Pits Open
8:30 am – Robot Inspection Opens
9 am-- Skills Fields Open (Inspected teams only)
1 pm-- Skills Closes

10:45 am--Drivers Meeting

11:00 am – Qualification Rounds Begin

12:30-1 pm Lunch (Concessions available; no outside food allowed)
3:00 pm – Qualification Matches End
3:30 pm – Finals Matches (Top 10 teams will compete in finals)

4:00 pm-- Awards and closing

Volunteer

This event is fully volunteer run. Please visit the Sign-Up Genius:  or contact our Volunteer Coordinator Jerry Sorum 605-366-7199 for information on volunteering for this event.

No experience is required for many volunteer positions. Some volunteer positions can be split between two adults for a morning & afternoon shift. Or, you can volunteer for a whole day depending on the volunteer role. Lunch will be provided for all-day volunteers.

Visit the REC Foundation website at www.roboticseducation.org/volunteer to check out position descriptions and find volunteer training materials:

• Judges
• Referees/Scorekeepers
• Inspectors
• Emcees
• TM Operators
• Queuing
• Team Check-in
• Volunteer Check-in
• Field Reset
• Setup crew
• Breakdown crew

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

The tournament will go on unless the interstates are closed for bad weather.  Teams will need to use their best judgment on safe travel.

Refund and Payment Policies

If an individual team or organization cancels after registering for the tournament there will be no refund. If a tournament should be canceled for any reason there would be a refund minus the $5 to cover the RECF cost. If teams or organizations are worried about losing money, they are encouraged to register closer to the event.

Date: 2-Mar-2024

Travel Info

The tournament will be at the Canton High School. 

Canton High School

800 N Main St

Canton SD 57013

Judging Format

• All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.