# Team 5234: Marauder Bots Elsie, Michigan, USA. Rookie year 2014. District FIM. ## Who backs them - School: Ovid-Elsie High School - Sponsors: Ovid-Elsie Area Schools, Kunz, Leigh, & Associates, SolidWorks, Powder Coat of Central Michigan, MAHLE Engine Components, USA, MAS Mechanical, Ovid-Elsie Lions Club, Ovid-Middlebury Twp Fire Department, Hemlock Semiconductor, Kimberly's Creations, Farm Bureau Insurance Aaron Bisson Agency, Jim's Place Deer Processing, Butler Financial Group, B + B Tax and Finacial Services, Back Alley Pet Grooming, Village Food Pride, Uncle Johns, American Legion Post 153, Unified Screening and Crushing, Gunthorpe Plumbing + Heating Inc., Applebee Oil, Postal Connections, Ovid Service Agency, Inspiration Station - Website: http://www.marauderbots.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marauderbots - X: https://twitter.com/frc5234 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marauderbots5234 ## 2026 season - xP rating: **14.92**, rank 2916 of 3708 (21.4th percentile) - Record: 13-16-0 over 29 matches (45% win rate) - Rating by phase: auto 6.2, teleop 8.9, endgame -0.2 - Ranking-point odds for this robot: RP1 14%, RP2 4% ### Events in 2026 | Event | Key | Week | Rank | Qual record | RP | Alliance | xP | dP | ReP | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | FIM District Mt Pleasant Event presented by AT&T | 2026mimtp | 1 | 32 | 4-8-0 | 16 | 1 | 26.6 | 40 | | | FIM District Fenton Event presented by Gene Haas Foundation | 2026mifen | 6 | 35 | 4-8-0 | 17 | | 14.9 | 8 | | ### Awards in 2026 - District Event Winner (2026mimtp) ## 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. - 2026 – now: Marauder Bots - 2016 – 2025: MarauderBots - 2014 – 2015: Marauders ## Awards, all time - Blue banners: 1 - Awards: 10, over 7 seasons | Award | Won | Seasons | | --- | --- | --- | | Finalist | 2 | 2025, 2024 | | Excellence in Engineering | 2 | 2019, 2018 | | Winner | 1 | 2026 | | Judges' | 1 | 2020 | | Safety (no longer given) | 1 | 2019 | | Innovation in Control | 1 | 2018 | | Creativity | 1 | 2017 | | Entrepreneurship (no longer given) | 1 | 2017 | Still open, of the awards FIRST gave out in 2026 and 2025: Autonomous, Engineering Inspiration, Gracious Professionalism, Imagery, Impact, Impact Finalist, Industrial Design, Leadership, Quality, Rising All-Star, Team Spirit, Team Sustainability, VOTY, Woodie Flowers. ## Playoff runs | Season | Event | Alliance | Result | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | FIM District Fenton Event presented by Gene Haas Foundation | | Not picked | | 2026 | FIM District Mt Pleasant Event presented by AT&T | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Won the event | | 2025 | FIM District Jackson at Columbia Event presented by Consumers Energy Foundation | Alliance 2 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2025 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 presented by Haas Foundation | | Not picked | | 2024 | FIM District Central Michigan University Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Finalist | | 2024 | FIM District Lansing Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIM District Standish-Sterling Event | | Not picked | | 2023 | FIM District Lansing Event | | Not picked | | 2022 | FIM District Lansing Event | Alliance 6 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2022 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 | | Not picked | | 2020 | FIM District Kettering University Event #2 | | Not picked | | 2019 | Michigan State Championship - Consumers Energy Division | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Lake Superior State University Event | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2019 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 | Alliance 4 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Darwin Division | Alliance 7 · 3rd pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | Michigan State Championship - Dow Division | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Gaylord Event | Alliance 1 · captain | Out before the top four | | 2018 | FIM District Kettering University Event #1 | Alliance 2 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Lansing Event | Alliance 7 · 1st pick | Out before the top four | | 2017 | FIM District - Kettering University Event #2 | Alliance 7 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Lansing Event | Alliance 8 · 1st pick | Top four | | 2016 | FIM District - Kettering University Event #1 | Alliance 1 · 2nd pick | Top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Kettering University Event | Alliance 3 · 2nd pick | Out before the top four | | 2015 | FIM District - Howell Event | | Not picked | | 2014 | Lansing FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | | 2014 | Great Lakes Bay Region FIRST Robotics District Competition | | Not picked | ## Every season | Season | xP | Rank | Percentile | Record | Events | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026 | 14.9 | 2916 / 3708 | 21.4 | 13-16-0 | 2 | | 2025 | 23.4 | 2240 / 3687 | 39.3 | 11-19-0 | 2 | | 2024 | 14.9 | 1704 / 3475 | 51.0 | 9-20-1 | 2 | | 2023 | 6.8 | 3238 / 3284 | 1.4 | 8-16-0 | 2 | | 2022 | 17.2 | 1239 / 3053 | 59.4 | 14-12-0 | 2 | | 2020 | 12.0 | 1649 / 2024 | 18.5 | 5-7-0 | 1 | | 2019 | 23.5 | 582 / 3763 | 84.6 | 20-23-2 | 3 | | 2018 | 112.5 | 497 / 3617 | 86.3 | 32-23-0 | 6 | | 2017 | 90.5 | 940 / 3331 | 71.8 | 15-14-0 | 3 | | 2016 | 36.8 | 455 / 3114 | 85.4 | 16-17-1 | 2 | | 2015 | 7.9 | 2527 / 2873 | 12.0 | 0-0-26 | 2 | | 2014 | 24.1 | 1478 / 2697 | 45.2 | 9-15-0 | 2 | A season is chosen with `?year=` on this URL. 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