Caribbean Teams heads to Greece to compete in World Robotics Olympics

Caribbean high school students will join peers from over 190 countries in the FIRST® Global Challenge 2024, often referred to as the Robotics Olympics, held in Athens, Greece—the birthplace of the Olympics.

The nine-member team representing Jamaica arrived in Greece yesterday, ready to kick off the competition today. The delegation includes five students, two coaches, one additional student, and one additional coach. Schools represented in the 2024 team are the American International School of Kingston (AISK), Campion College, Hillel Academy, Immaculate Conception High School, Kingston College (KC), and Wolmer’s High School for Boys.

The students on the team are Alwyn Brown from KC, Ojani Chung from Campion, Emily Zhu from Hillel Academy, Abbigail Cato from Immaculate, Sean-Michael Williams from AISK, and support student Jordon Williams from Wolmer’s. The coaching staff consists of Paul Pounall and Marc-Anthony Eaton, along with junior coach Orville Daley. Dezion Duhaney serves as the chaperone for the group.