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Re: 2013 Greater Kansas City Regional
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Originally Posted by CalTran
A well deserved congratulations to Mr. Aaron Bailey of 1986 for a long overdue Woodie Flowers Award
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Thank you Cal. With all the wonderful mentors I get to work with it was an honor just being nominated by my team. To receive the WFFA in front of our home crowd in Kansas City was truly an awesome moment. (My wife's response was "Man, now you'll never stop doing robotics!" She is a very patient woman.  )
Kansas City saw several firsts this weekend. The first time a team has captained the winning alliance twice ( 1986). The first time a team has won KC three times ( 1806). The first wildcard awarded in FRC history ( 1939).
The quality of robot construction was the highest I've ever seen in KC. Of the 17 elimination rounds played 11 of them had winning scores over 100 points including losing scores of 117 and 119 points. 2 robots successfully pulled off the 7 disc autonomous ( 3928 and 1986) and 1 team had a successful 5 disc auto ( 3528). Several robots came prepared for full court shooting, but only one pulled it off consistently ( 1806). While there were multiple robots capable of floor loading, slot loading was the preferred method with 2996 being among the fastest at it. We did have a few robots specialize in climbing, some of which even included a disc dumper for the pyramid goal ( 1806, 1810, 1723). Defense was clearly the focus of several designs, but no one came more prepared for it than 1982 who could elevate to 84" when needed and had a fan to boot. 1939 and 1775 were 2 of the most consistent performers all weekend and should garner a lot of attention in Arkansas and Oklahoma as they prepare for their 2nd regionals.
Congrats to Team Driven ( 1730) for winning Engineering Inspiration for the 3rd time in 5 years at Kansas City. Your team is always a pleasure to work with and it was a blast setting the regional (penalty free) high score with you.
Our team has some side bets on who will win Chairman's each year. We'll have to start betting 1710 versus the field pretty soon. Congrats on your 3rd Chairman's in 5 years.
All 3 rookies won awards at the tournament. Special congrats to 4522 on Rookie All Star. It was a thrill seeing your robot hit the autonomous shots and shoot the colored discs into the pyramid goal by the end of the weekend.
A big thanks to our alliance partners ( 1806 and 2457) We proved in semifinal 1-2 that we can't win without you.  The drivers all said that 1806 was the one robot they didn't want to play against. It was nice to find in our 3rd pick a robot who could hit a couple shots in autonomous and had a fast drivetrain to boot.
Stats for the team this weekend: - OPR (according to Tracker) = 80.8
- Average alliance score in qualifications = 121.4
- Win-Loss record 16-1 (33-1 for the season)
For a robot POV video check-out this thread.
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Regional Wins: 2016(KC), 2015(St. Louis, Queen City), 2014(Central Illinois, KC), 2013(Hub City, KC, Oklahoma City), 2012(KC, St. Louis), 2011(Colorado), 2010(North Star)
Regional Chairman's Award: 2014(Central Illinois), 2009(10,000 Lakes)
Engineering Inspiration: 2016(Smoky Mountain), 2012(Kansas City), 2011(Denver)
Dean's List Finalist 2016(Jacob S), 2014(Cameron L), 2013(Jay U), 2012(Laura S), 2011(Dominic A), 2010(Collin R)
Woodie Flowers Finalist 2013 (Aaron Bailey)
Championships: Sub-Division Champion (2016), Finalist (2013, 2010), Semifinalist (2014), Quaterfinalist (2015, 2012, 2011)
Other Official Awards: Gracious Professionalism (2013) Entrepreneurship (2013), Quality (2015, 2015, 2013), Engineering Excellence (Champs 2013, 2012), Website (2011), Industrial Design (Archimedes/Tesla 2016, 2016, 2015, Newton 2014, 2013, 2011), Innovation in Control (2014, Champs 2010, 2010, 2008, 2008), Imagery (2009), Regional Finalist (2016, 2015, 2008)
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