The LEGO Contest has grown significantly each time we have had it; it's almost too big for our multi-purpose room in the Downtown Library by now, having doubled in size from the first contest in 2006. LEGO creations are judged by local LEGO enthusiasts in five age groups: Grades K-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, and Grades 9-12. A variety of prizes are awarded in each age group including such categories as Best Architectural/Engineering, Coolest Robot, Best Vehicle, Most Creative, Most Sophisticated, and our award for AADL LEGO® Master Builder.

2008 LEGO Contest

Over 130 LEGO Creators participated in the 2008 LEGO Contest. The contest happened on Wednesday, July 30 with winners chosen by judges Eli Neiburger, AADL Associate Director of IT and Product Development, Eric Klooster, AADL IT Component Developer, and Duane Collicott, local LEGO® enthusiast and Brick Bash Master. Click on the names of winners below to see their winning creations or go to our image gallery to see every submission to this year's contest.

Preschool:

1st Place - Jarrett Tseng
Runner-Up - LiWei T. Koh
Honorable Mention - Janie Haviland
Best Architectural/Engineering - Ryan Wong
Coolest Robot - Kody Brown
Best Vehicle - Lila Ryan
Most Creative - Maggie Schultz
Most Sophisticated - LiWei T. Koh
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Eva Colvin-Garcia

Grades K-2:

1st Place - Jeffrey Brooks-Conrad
Runner-Up - Mozelle Rofick
Honorable Mention - Vishrut Khandelwal
Best Motorized - Ben Birdsall
Best Architectural/Engineering - Joseph Ryan
Coolest Robot - Ryan Gudal
Best Vehicle - Garrett Stroud
Most Creative - Owen Lamb
Most Sophisticated - Maximo Clark
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Martin Jalet

Grades 3-5:

1st Place - Andrew & Connor Johnson
Runner-Up - Ahmet K. Korkaya
Honorable Mention - Holden Owen Hague
Honorable Mention - Matthew Remillard
Best Motorized - Aaron Crane, John Crane, Avi Covrigaru & Gabe Linderman
Best Architectural/Engineering - Naveen Fujii
Coolest Robot - Aaron Willette
Best Vehicle - Daniel Zacks
Most Creative - Henry & Aidan McCoy
Most Sophisticated - Justin Forester
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Timothy Dong

Grades 6-8:

1st Place - Jordan Steiff
Runner-Up - Sarah Adams
Honorable Mention - Ryan George
Best Motorized - Florian VanKampen-Wright
Best Architectural/Engineering - Dylan & Miles Aikens
Coolest Robot - Isaac Balinki
Best Vehicle - Michael June
Most Creative - Nicky Hagopian-Zirkel
Most Sophisticated - Stuart Castle & Parker Stebbins
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Kevin McGregor

Grades 9-12

1st Place - Peter Zieske
Runner-Up - Ian
Best Vehicle - Peter Zieske
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Ian

2007 LEGO Contest

Judges for the 2007 LEGO Contest were Eli Neiburger, AADL Associate Director of IT and Product Development, Eric Klooster, AADL IT Component Developer, and Duane Collicott, local LEGO® enthusiast and Brick Bash Master.

Preschool:

1st Place - Nathan Remillard
Runner-Up - Vishrut Khandelwal
Honorable Mention - Celia Sorenson
Best Architectural/Engineering - Dominic Rutkowski
Coolest Robot - Fiona Wait
Best Vehicle - Maria Karls
Most Creative - Celia Sorenson
Most Sophisticated - Nathan Remillard
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Vishrut Khandelwal

Grades K-2:

1st Place - Mark Bruey
Runner-Up - Alita Boyse-Peacor
Honorable Mention - Eric Xu
Best Architectural/Engineering - Sarah Remillard
Coolest Robot - Robert Morton
Best Vehicle - Jeffrey Brooks
Most Creative - Neil Beveridge
Most Sophisticated - Annie Conlin
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Marc Bruey

Grades 3-5:

1st Place - Kevin McGregor
Runner-Up - Sarah Gowell
Honorable Mention - Justin Forester
Best Architectural/Engineering - Visnu Kanan
Coolest Robot - Eric Osterwisch
Best Vehicle - Aaron Crane
Most Creative - Sarah Adams
Most Sophisticated - Sarah Gowell
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Luke Cheng

Grades 6-8:

1st Place - Carlos Vazquez
Runner-Up - Davey & Nathan Fitch
Honorable Mention - Jacob Saalberg
Best Motorized - Evan Heetderks
Best Architectural/Engineering - Elana Nanney
Coolest Robot - Joseph Sorenson
Best Vehicle - Jordan Steiff
Most Creative - Carlos Vazquez
Most Sophisticated - Ryan George
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Davey & Nathan Fitch

Grades 9-12

1st Place - James Dunbar
Runner-Up - Victor Vazquez
Honorable Mention - Jake Johengen
Best Architectural/Engineering - Victor Vazquez
Best Vehicle - Nickolas Parsons
Most Creative - Arthur & Christopher Shih
Most Sophisticated - James Dunbar
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Vishal Mehta

2006 LEGO Contest

Judges for the 2006 LEGO Contest were Eli Neiburger, AADL Associate Director of IT and Product Development, Eric Klooster, AADL IT Component Developer, and Duane Collicott, local LEGO® enthusiast and Brick Bash Master.

Parent/Child:

1st Place - Jesse Cheng & Dad
Runner-Up - Zane Jones & Dad
Honorable Mention - Alexa Boyse-Pecor
Best Architectural/Engineering - Grace Zheng
Coolest Robot - Christine Zheng
Best Vehicle - Daniel Zacks
Most Creative - Kiele Williams
Most Sophisticated - Huda Vaid
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Jesse Cheng

Grades 3-5:

1st Place - Ryan George
Runner-Up - Benjamin Janevic
Honorable Mention - Jordan Steiff
Best Motorized - Victor Boyse-Pecor
Best Architectural/Engineering - Alexander Deatrick
Coolest Robot - Caleb Jones & Louis Teitelbaum
Best Vehicle - Diego Garcia
Most Creative - James Portz
Most Sophisticated - Sarah Adams
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Ian McKenny

Grades 6-8:

1st Place - Ray Batra
Runner-Up - John Behrendt
Honorable Mention - Jake Johengen
Best Motorized - Noah Kaczor
Best Architectural/Engineering - Patrick Weisner
Coolest Robot - Nikita Nikishin
Best Vehicle - Joaquin Aguero
Most Creative - Cal Kirchen
Most Sophisticated - Clara Ness
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Ashin & Noveen Fuji

Grades 9-12

1st Place - James Dunbar
Runner-Up - Steven Walker
Honorable Mention - Daniel Nees
Best Motorized - Daniel Nees
Best Architectural/Engineering - James Dunbar
Coolest Robot - Elizabeth Deatrick
Best Vehicle - Steven Walker
Most Creative - Joshua Gillespie
Most Sophisticated - James Dunbar
AADL LEGO® Master Builder - Jacob Powers & Emilio Mateo