Thanks to Jianfeng Jiang and the parents of the First Lego League Team 71595 Brick Storm from East Cobb for the following information, photos and video:
We are excited to share wonderful news about a group of outstanding Cobb County elementary students (names listed below) living in East Cobb. These students formed a robotics team, FLL Team 71595 Brick Storm, and registered to compete in the 2025–2026 FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) Challenge, a global STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program for students ages 4–16.
Under the guidance of their coaches, Ms. Yuan Zhuang and Ms. Jane Yang, the team devoted a tremendous amount of extracurricular time to collaborative learning and problem-solving. Their work included studying archaeological sites, researching archaeological technologies, designing educational board games to teach archaeology concepts to the public, performing robot missions, visiting archaeological museums, and much more. Through these activities, the students developed creativity, persistence, teamwork, and mutual respect—while learning how to apply STEM skills to help improve the world around them.
Their hard work has been consistently rewarded. The team won the Robot Best Performance Award at the regional tournament held at Walton High School on December 6, 2025. They then earned both the Robot Best Performance Award and the Champion’s Award at the super-regional tournament held at Wheeler High School on January 17, 2026. Winning the Champion’s Award advanced the team to the Georgia State Championship at Georgia Tech on February 7, 2026, where 60 top teams competed for just two Champion’s 1st Place Awards and the opportunity to advance to the World Championship.
At the State Championship, the team exceeded all expectations. They won the Robot Performance 2nd Place Award and the Champion’s 1st Place Award, becoming one of only two teams in the entire state of Georgia selected to represent Georgia at the FIRST LEGO League World Championship, scheduled for April 29–May 2, 2026, in Houston, Texas.
Considering that more than 4,000 students and over 470 teams across Georgia participated in the FLL Challenge this year—and only two teams advanced to the World Championship—this achievement is truly exceptional. The team will now compete against top teams from more than 60 countries around the world.
We are incredibly proud of these young students and would like to share this exciting news with East Cobb News in celebration of their dedication, teamwork, and success.
The team’s success highlights the strength of East Cobb’s academic and extracurricular community, the commitment of supportive parents, and the boundless creativity of youth. Their advancement to the world tournament has not only brought pride to East Cobb—it has inspired the community as a whole.
Students (alphabetically by first name):
Alexander Sun, Mt. Bethel Elementary School, 4th Grade
Boyan Jiang, East Side Elementary School, 5th Grade
Carrie Chen, Mt. Bethel Elementary School, 4th Grade
Edward Tang, Mt. Bethel Elementary School, 4th Grade
Eric Jiang, Mt. Bethel Elementary School, 3rd Grade
Ethan Zhou, Tritt Elementary School, 5th Grade
Janie Luo, Sope Creek Elementary School, 4th Grade
Krithik Tadimarri, Rocky Mount Elementary School, 4th Grade
Peter Alan Niculescu, Mt. Bethel Elementary School, 4th Grade
Rishaan Ranjan, Mt. Bethel Elementary School, 5th Grade
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