Pacific Horizons School's Navitechers qualify for the 2024 ROV MATE World Championship

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific Horizons School's robot entry was accepted and invited to compete at the 2024 MATE ROV World Championship.

The 2024 MATE ROV World Championship event will consist of 82 teams from 17 different countries who will be converging in Kingsport, Tennessee on June 20- 22 to put their underwater robotics skills to the test.

Teams will be traveling from near and far to compete, including the United States, Canada, Scotland, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Italy, Poland, Germany, Turkey, Macau, Hong Kong, China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and for the first time — American Samoa! 

A major CONGRATULATIONS to PHS's Navitechers for qualifying for the 2024 World Championship.

Ty Jones, Jiawei Zou, Jackie Zhang with Coach Homsany during the pool test at the Pala Lagoon Community Pool. The Pacific Horizons School's Navitechers team has qualified to compete in the 2024 MATE ROV World Championship event set for June 20- 22, 2024, in Kingsport, Tennessee. [courtesy photo]

According to PHS, this is a huge accomplishment, pointing to the hard work at various pools and the classroom/lab, spending long hours tinkering and problem-solving, paying off in a major way. At the World Championship, PHS students will get to meet and network with other tech-loving ocean enthusiasts who are also excited about underwater robotics.

Pacific Horizons School's Navitechers team — Evan Zou, Jackie Zhang, Dmitriv Viacheslav, Jiawei Zou, Daniel Lee, Kelly Liang, Ty Jones, Yuchen Bai, Gavin Homsany and Amelie Chen (not pictured) — who will be competing in the 2024 MATE ROV World Championship event. [courtesy photo]

PHS Navitechers extends their sincerest Fa'afetai Tele Lava to the following businesses and individuals for their financial support which is helping fund their trip:

Manu’a’s Store, Bluesky Communications, MATE ROV, Christopher’s Store, Tool Shop, Happy Mart, Happy Samoa Travel, PHS PTO, Canton Mart, Jones & Associates, Park/ Lee family, ArcSol Consulting, Rebecca Pinsker, and Mr. Wang.