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FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge

FLL Kick-Off
August 5, 2025

STEAM Research Workshop
September 6, 2025
8:30 am - 11:30 am
UTEP Campus - Mike Loya Academic Services Building Room 131 (see building #38 on map)

Coaches Training: Season-in-a-Day
Join Dr. Dee Wallace, FIT FLL Leader
October 25, 2025
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
UTEP Campus - Mike Loya Academic Services Building Room 131 (see building #38 on map)

West Texas - El Paso, FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Championship
January 24, 2026
UTEP Campus - Memorial Gym (see building #201 on map)
Parking – ONLY use lots RA2 (see lots on map)

About FLL Challenge in El Paso

FLL robotics (4th – 8th graders) are sure to enjoy a full day of robotics and activities surrounding LEGOS® and the FIRST® thematic problem statement.

  • Local League Play Fee: $150 per team which includes:

    • Admission to Qualifier A or B (if needed)

    • West Texas - El Paso, FLL Championship at UTEP

  • Championship Event Sign-in: Before the Coopertition® and fun begin, coaches and students are asked to complete the Pre-boarding Registration the week before the event.

  • Championship Event Drop-off: Robot Drop-off for teams with heavier robots, larger displays and/or equipment can drop-off on the west-side (Randolph Dr.) of Memorial Gym (see RA2 on map)

  • Championship Event Results: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015

Resources

Advancing from El Paso

  • FIRST In Texas - FLL State Championship in Houston, Texas

  • FLL Western Edge Open in Long Beach, California

  • Regional nominee(s) for the Global Innovation Award.

Key Volunteers

Sandra Najera

Sandra Najera, MBA

FLL Judge Advisor
Associate Director,
Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities

Leila Armstrong

Leila Armstrong

FLL Head Referee
Electrical Engineering

  • 2025-2026 FLL “Unearthed” Technical Experts – Sebastian Normand-Ribas, El Paso Museum of Archeology and Martin Lopez, El Paso Magoffin Home State Historic Site/Texas Historical Commission
  • 2024-2025 FLL "Submerged" Technical Expert – Vanessa L. Lougheed, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences
  • 2023-2024 FLL "Masterpiece" Technical Expert – Adriana Dominguez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Director of Audience for Development for the Department of Theatre and Dance
  • 2019-2020 FLL “City Shaper” Head Judge – Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Computer Science
  • 2018-2019 FLL “Into Orbit” Head Judge – Darren Cone, M.S., Executive Director, UTEP Center for the Advancement of Space Safety and Mission Assurance Research (CASSMAR)
  • Volunteer Coordinator - TBA
  • Tournament Coordinator - Yanel Ramirez Campa
  • FLL Program Delivery Partners - Virgilio Gonzalez, Ph.D. and Gabby Gándara

Connect With Us

The University of Texas at El Paso
Robotics Team
Classroom Building, Room C-001C
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79968

E: FIRSTrobotics@utep.edu
P: (915) 747-8822