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This was team 5113's first ever event, and I just wanted to say that we could not have anticipated the warm welcome we received. Everyone was supportive and encouraging to both our mentors and our students. In particular, I wanted to thank team 708 for being such gracious hosts, team 1647 for helping us through inspection, and everyone else who came up throughout the weekend to check in on us.

The students were thrilled that their robot could compete with the big kids, but nothing overshadowed the spirit of the thing. I cannot emphasize enough how welcome we felt, how encouraged we were, and how much our students appreciated all of it. This is an incredible organization and competition. If any of you are heading out to Seneca on the 22nd, we'll see you there!