[hionwind]

On behalf of team 1678, I would like to thank the organizers of the Inland Empire regional for putting on a great event. The atmosphere in the arena was intense and exciting but this was balanced by an overall relaxed attitude in the inspection process, practice field, queueing and pit management. I really felt that everyone was there to support the teams and help them achieve their best.

Congratulations to team 399 for achieving the trifecta of Chairman's, Woody Flowers, and the regional win. You guys, along with 4161 were awesome alliance partners and allowed us to rock those 60-point cycles.

Kudos to 294, 599 and 4139 for making it to the finals with some great strategic game play and some tough matches against our friends from Nor Cal, 701 and their alliance partners 1828 and 2839.

Also, congratulations to team 4499 for winning the Engineering Inspiration award and to team 5012 for being the highest rookie seed and winning the rookie all star award.

Looking forward to seeing some of you at Davis and SVR.