I want to say thank you to all the teams and volunteers at Wisconsin this year for a great regional. This was my first time attending a regional outside of Arizona and wow what a regional it was. The competition level here was INSANE, making the accomplishments of the top seeded teams that much more impressive.
Thank you to the alliance of 2481, 2169, and 4174 for asking us to come in as a replacement after QF-1 (though I wish you wouldn't have had to have a replacement come in), getting to play with such a strong alliance was awesome. After a tough season last year the students on 167 were a little bummed to miss eliminations again despite a much better performance this year, and being able to come in and help you get to the Finals really pumped up the team's morale. It's been a long time since the team has brought any awards home and I was already getting questions during awards as to what we can do for next year. I think our team is really energized from the experience this year and I look forward to competing with and against you guys next year.
Congratulations to the alliance of 48, 2826, and 269 on the much deserved regional win, and thanks for one of the most intense elimination matches I've ever seen in the finals. I never expected to say our team would be part of a losing effort scoring 77 points! I was already anticipating a good 48 robot after their earlier undefeated performance, and 2826 just blew me away with how good they got as the regional progressed. 269 was phenomenal at feeding a supply of balls for the alliance to pump into the baskets and your whole alliance just seemed to get better with each passing match.
Congratulations to 537 for winning the Chairman's award against 24 (
) other entries, and congratulations to all the teams on having half the regional enter for Chairman's!
4143, you guys had one of the most impressive rookie bots I've ever seen, and I also loved the light show on the back every time you played.
Thanks again to everyone, I'll be shocked if I don't see at least one of the top teams from this event on Einstein in a couple of weeks. Good luck with the rest of the season and we'll see you all again next year!