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Team 612 (6 What?...6 12!)

This team was local to the Greater DC Regional, and contacted us before the competition to welcome us. They told us that there would be a "welcome basket" at our hotel...but we were unprepared for the contents: Among other things, they had contacted all three of our representatives in Congress and had personal letters from them cheering us on.

When they discovered that there was no organized team social, they arranged gatherings every evening at a local Chipotle Restaurant, and when the restaurant was too crowded, a handful of their team members walked with us to another nearby restaurant and hung out with us for the whole evening. They were so personable, that to an outside observer, it was impossible to tell they were not part of our group.