Broad Ford Elementary’s First LEGO League Team, the Technominds, claimed the top prize in mechanical design last week after besting over 70 teams from across the state in the Maryland FLL Championship Tournament. The competition, for students ages 9 to 14, was held in the activities center of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The 10-player teams were asked to focus on team building, problem solving, creativity, and analytical thinking, while competing to solve an engineering challenge modeled after a real-world problem. The team’s members are pictured above, from left, with their trophies. In the first row are: Peyton Missimer, Zach Rohrbaugh, Jessica Storck, Will Meagher, Katie Catulle, and Parker Meyer. In the second row are: Nick Ponceroff, Carter Bowers, Jordan Rohrbaugh, and Jamie Kight. Standing in the back are team coaches Angie Meyer, Kathy Meagher, and Jenny Neville.