# Team 228: GUS

Meriden, Connecticut, USA. Rookie year 1999. District NE.

## Who backs them

- School: YMCA
- Sponsors: Meriden YMCA, RTX-Raytheon, Trail of Terror, R&D Precision, Lockheed Martin, Cuno Foundation
- Website: http://www.team228.org
- X: https://twitter.com/frc228

## 2026 season

- xP rating: **82.15**, rank 839 of 3708 (77.4th percentile)
- Record: 21-25-0 over 46 matches (46% win rate)
- Rating by phase: auto 15.7, teleop 66.6, endgame -0.2
- Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 63%, RP2 13%

### Events in 2026

| Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE District Waterbury Event | 2026ctwat | 3 | 8 | 6-6-0 | 28 | 5 | 71.0 | 41 |  |
| NE District Hartford Event | 2026cthar | 4 | 20 | 6-6-0 | 25 | 7 | 70.4 | 22 |  |
| New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | 2026necmp2 | 7 | 24 | 5-7-0 | 27 | 2 | 82.1 | 45 |  |
| CIAC CT State Championship 2026 | 2026ctgla | 11 | 14 | 3-3-0 | 12 | 5 | 79.8 |  |  |
| BattleCry at WPI (June) | 2026bc2 | 14 | 6 | 6-3-0 | 31 | 4 | 111.7 |  |  |
| Where is Wolcott Invitational | 2026wiwi | 15 | 13 | 2-4-0 | 8 | 2 | 119.7 |  |  |

## CAD

Robot CAD the team published, via the Spectrum CAD Collection. Links open on the hosting platform.

- 2011, Comp Robot, STEP: https://grabcad.com/library/2011-228-gus-1

## Name history

Every name FIRST recorded for this team, newest first. A span states the first and last season the name was on the team.

- 2023 – now: GUS
- 2012 – 2022: GUS Robotics
- 2003 – 2011: Team "Gus"

## Awards, all time

- Blue banners: 3
- Awards: 36, over 19 seasons

| Award | Won | Seasons |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leadership | 6 | 2024, 2014, 2012, 2011 |
| Team Spirit | 4 | 2014, 2012, 2010, 2002 |
| Website (no longer given) | 4 | 2012, 2010, 2006, 2005 |
| Finalist | 3 | 2022, 2012, 2000 |
| Industrial Design | 3 | 2017, 2013 |
| Engineering Inspiration | 3 | 2015, 2014, 2010 |
| Judges' | 2 | 2023, 2015 |
| Winner | 2 | 2016, 2010 |
| Creativity | 1 | 2022 |
| Excellence in Engineering | 1 | 2022 |
| Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2018 |
| VOTY | 1 | 2014 |
| Gracious Professionalism | 1 | 2012 |
| Impact | 1 | 2011 |
| Quality | 1 | 2009 |
| Sportsmanship (no longer given) | 1 | 2007 |
| Imagery | 1 | 2004 |

Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Impact Finalist, Innovation in Control, Rising All-Star, Team Sustainability, Woodie Flowers.

## Playoff runs

| Season | Event | Alliance | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | New England FIRST District Championship - Newsom Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2026 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Top four |
| 2025 | New England FIRST District Championship - Sosik Division presented by GE Aerospace | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2025 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Top four |
| 2024 | NE District Western NE Event |  | Not picked |
| 2024 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2024 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | New England FIRST District Championship - MEIR Division |  | Not picked |
| 2023 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2023 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2022 | New England FIRST District Championship - Titanium Division | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2022 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Finalist |
| 2022 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 3 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2020 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | New England District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2019 | NE District Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2019 | NE District Western NE Event | Alliance 4 · captain | Top four |
| 2019 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District Southern CT Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2018 | NE District Waterbury Event | Alliance 7 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 6 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2017 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Top four |
| 2016 | Carver Division | Alliance 8 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2016 | New England District Championship |  | Not picked |
| 2016 | NE District - Rhode Island Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Won the event |
| 2016 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2015 | Curie Division | Alliance 2 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | NE District - Hartford Event | Alliance 4 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2015 | NE District - Waterbury Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2014 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2014 | New England FRC Region Championship | Alliance 7 · captain | Top four |
| 2014 | Hartford District Event | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2014 | Groton District Event | Alliance 2 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | Connecticut Regional sponsored by UTC | Alliance 5 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2013 | WPI Regional | Alliance 5 · 1st pick | Out before the top four |
| 2012 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four |
| 2012 | WPI Regional | Alliance 5 · captain | Finalist |
| 2011 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2011 | WPI Regional | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | Galileo Division |  | Not picked |
| 2010 | Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four |
| 2010 | WPI Regional | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event |
| 2009 | Newton Division |  | Not picked |
| 2009 | Connecticut Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2008 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2008 | Suffield Shakedown |  | Not picked |
| 2007 | UTC Connecticut Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | Curie Division |  | Not picked |
| 2006 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 7 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2005 | Archimedes Division |  | Not picked |
| 2005 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 4 (read from the playoff lineups) | Top four |
| 2004 | UTC New England Regional | Alliance 6 (read from the playoff lineups) | Out before the top four |
| 2004 | New Jersey Regional |  |  |
| 2003 | J&J Mid-Atlantic Regional |  | Out before the top four |
| 2003 | UTC New England Regional |  | Not picked |
| 2002 | UTC New England Regional |  | Not picked |

## Every season

| Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | 82.2 | 839 / 3708 | 77.4 | 21-25-0 | 6 |
| 2025 | 49.6 | 755 / 3687 | 79.5 | 24-21-0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 19.5 | 1179 / 3475 | 66.1 | 16-27-0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 29.3 | 1388 / 3284 | 57.8 | 18-26-1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 34.2 | 275 / 3053 | 91.0 | 31-19-0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 56.5 | 149 / 2024 | 92.7 | 10-6-0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 25.1 | 389 / 3763 | 89.7 | 29-28-0 | 7 |
| 2018 | 118.3 | 323 / 3617 | 91.1 | 15-15-0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 105.4 | 411 / 3331 | 87.7 | 15-15-1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 39.8 | 314 / 3114 | 89.9 | 35-24-0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 30.6 | 741 / 2873 | 74.2 | 0-0-42 | 5 |
| 2014 | 51.7 | 324 / 2697 | 88.0 | 32-23-0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 44.6 | 182 / 2510 | 92.8 | 16-10-0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 16.7 | 183 / 2332 | 92.2 | 18-16-0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 23.2 | 272 / 2053 | 86.8 | 15-8-0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 1454 / 1801 | 19.3 | 16-20-5 | 3 |
| 2009 | 19.3 | 489 / 1675 | 70.8 | 6-11-0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 21.1 | 212 / 1498 | 85.9 | 7-12-0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 7.7 | 626 / 1295 | 51.7 | 1-8-1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 11.2 | 422 / 1125 | 62.5 | 3-6-0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 15.4 | 80 / 747 | 89.4 | 15-7-1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 22.3 | 559 / 932 | 40.1 | 9-11-0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 14.9 | 658 / 785 | 16.2 | 9-12-0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 11.8 | 173 / 641 | 73.1 | 3-5-0 | 1 |

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