[rbrown1]

To all those that attended the Greater Kansas City regional, as a member of the Regional Planning Committee I want to thank you for your patience as we worked out the field issues on Thursday. Everyone was patient and understanding which allowed those that needed to concentrate on the field issues to work them out. Once they were worked out things went flawlessly.

The enlarged pit area also allowed for a much safer event. We only had two reports of incidents to the EMT both being very minor.

Congratulations to all the teams, granted the winning alliance 525, 1730, 1984/3784, EI 1710, Chairman’s 3172 and Rookie All Star 3528 get to go on to the Championship but everyone should come away from this event feeling good. We were able to get all 56 teams on the field to have competitive competitions.

For a bit of behind the scenes information Missouri State Representative Grisamore is a staunch supporter of FIRST was caught visiting the teams from his district with his daughter to wish them luck. After talking with him we found the passion in his voice and asked him to speak at the closings. And what a closing comments he made, I do believe he is there fighting to help the STEM programs.