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Re: 2014 Greater Kansas City Regional
The qualifications featured some beautiful games. No doubt these successes had some influence on the alliance selection process.
The eliminations were something completely different, featuring aggressive defense and winners often decided by penalties. While I wouldn't call them beautiful, they were incredibly thrilling. - Final 1 was a 12 point win by red, where they held a 30 point advantage in fouls.
- Final 2 was a 33 point win for blue, where they held an 80 point advantage in fouls.
- Final 3 was a 5 point win for red in spite of a 50 point foul deficit.
A big thanks to our alliance partners 118 and 1723. The Robonauts were a real pleasure to work with. They clinched 1st place early enough to collaborate on a pick list, led a great 3 team strategy discussion over the lunch break, and delivered in the clutch on the field. The F.B.I. had exactly what we needed in a 3rd pick as a middle assister. Easy human load with a great intake capable of passing back out. They're also the team whose LabView training program provided the foundation for the Innovation in Control award we earned this weekend. With the finals featuring 2 wildcards on the red alliance both teams were fighting to take their 3rd pick to the world championship and we were thrilled to win and take 1723 with us to St. Louis.
Hats off to the finalists 1775, 1806, and 935. Hard to imagine how 935 with their 2 ball autonomous fell that far in the draft. No one in the arena was sure who won that final match until the referee's posted the score. All three of you have championship caliber machines and it's fitting that the wildcards at least let 1775 and 1806 move on.
A little disappointed that we couldn't find a way to get our friends from 4522 to the world championship. According to tracker they had the highest OPR in the building at 128.0 (For comparison 1986 had 119.4, 118 had 115.4, and 1730 had 82.2). It's amazing what you've accomplished in just 2 years. Expecting even greater things in the near future.
Up Next! has an incredible program, and it was great to see you guys win the Regional Chairman's Award. Looking forward to seeing 3528 at champs (But not as an opponent. That didn't work out well last time.) Kansas City is full of fantastic teams, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple other area teams win the award later this season.
What a year for 1939. RCA and Dean's List earlier at Arkansas, and a well deserved WFFA for Gavin Wood in KC. You are an inspiration.
Very thankful that FIRST decided to let seniors remain eligible for the Dean's list one more year. Cameron Lerch is the heart of our team, and the greatest ambassador for the program we've ever had. Watching you hear your name called out for the DLFA is my greatest memory from this weekend.
As a final note: We had some growing pains moving to the new venue. With so many teams in the area it may be time to think about running two smaller events instead of one big one. I'm sure most of the RCA caliber teams would join us in playing at one of the two and volunteering at the other. Just a thought from someone who has little influence on these sort of things.
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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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