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Re: 2014 10,000 Lakes Regional

As usual, another awesome MN event! A huge thanks to all of the volunteers "behind the scenes" who make it happen day in and day out (and in the case of the "fashionably late" North Star field ... night out).

Congratulations to all teams for completing this year's tough challenge. All the robots continued to improve throughout the weekend and, as far as I know, our only explosion was when 3313's cart spontaneously popped a tire on the field.

We continue to be inspired by the amazing things teams bring to the table, not just in their creative robots but also in their mascots, carts, pit set ups, and never-ending enthusiasm and drive. I hope that all participants went home having learned something new.

Congrats to all deserving award winners, especially Chairman's winners 3313 Mechatronics. You guys have redefined what it means to be FIRST in MN and we are in awe of what you do. We wanted you to get that ticket to your first Champs, but you never needed our help. 2500 Herobotics, congrats on the EI and to your Dean's List Finalist Emelia Skagen. Your team continues to be an inspiration to us all. We had some impressive rookies yet again, with Rookie Inspiration winner 5271 bringing an effective robot and awesome mascot well beyond their years, and Rookie All-Star/Highest Rookie Seed 5019 adding to the impressive array of teams from the LaCrosse area. A special shout-out to one of our hub teams, 2846 Firebears, on the Imagery Award. Your creativity, construction, and of course LED light show are always impressive. We were honored and humbled to be presented the Gracious Professionalism Award. We can only begin to try to emulate the teams who have earned it before and from whom we have received so much help over the years.

All of the elimination matches were great, and the finals were an exciting showdown of two great alliances playing the game strategically, as designed. It's too bad that all robots weren't fully functional for all matches, as it would have been fun to see what they could really do.

Finally, congrats to our own Logan Mildenberger on the much deserved Dean's List Finalist selection. KnightKrawler will miss him next year, but I expect FIRST will continue to benefit from his contributions. He has big shoes to fill since our other two past Dean's List Finalists between them have already become mentors, inspectors, safety glasses advisor, FTAA, field supervisor, GoFIRST officer, and Finalist drive coach. No pressure Logan.