Tess Briden and her team came in tied for 12th in the World at the First Robotics World Championship in Texas.

Tess Briden, a resident of East Providence, and 11th grader at St. Mary Academy Bay View is part of the 78 Air Strike First Robotics Competition Team based at the U.S. Naval Undersea War College in Newport. The team competed at the World Championship in Houston TX in April where they tied for 12th in the world. The competition included 600 teams from 18 different countries.