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Re: 2015 Cow Town ThrowDown
Team Titanium (FRC 1986) wanted to thank Team Driven (FRC 1730) and Hermes (FRC 2001) for hosting another fantastic Cow Town ThrowDown. As always a world class offseason event that continues to attract top teams from a multi-state area. I'll pass along a tweet between principals to demonstrate the support we all greatly appreaciate from the school district and community. Blessed to be in Lee's Summit.
Alliance Selection (No Picking within the top 8)
1. 1806 - 1825 - 1763 - 2335
2. 525 - 3284 - 5006 - 3928
3. 1730 - 5013 - 1810 - 1982
4. 1619 - 1987 - 1777 - 1094
5. 2410 - 4256 - 1939 - 3528
6. 1986 - 4329 - 432(9b) - 3612
7. 1775 - 4646 - 1769 - ???? (Apologies, I missed this pick)
8. 1785 - 1723 - 1710 - 1764 (3 of the 4 were on the winning alliance at KC this year.)
After the quarterfinals the #1 alliance had a dominant 223.0 point average with #2 and #6 lagging behind at 164.5 and 160.5 respectively. The #3 alliance edged out the #4 133.0 to 131.5 to claim the final spot in the semis. All quarterfinal matches were over 100 points!!!
In the semifinals #1 again looked unstopable with a 207.33 average. The #2 alliance also advanced with their highest semifinal score, 212, giving a glimer of hope that the finals could be competative.
Final #1 both teams were hitting on all cylinders. In the closing seconds FRC 525 placed their 3rd stack. The noodled can rolled off and took 2 other noodled cans with it. 90 points hit the floor as the buzzer sounded. #2 would have had a 10 point upset win, but had to endure the loss in the best 2 out of 3 format.
Final #2 featured a rare mis-step for the most prolific scorer at the event. FRC 1806 (who showed the consistent ability to put up 4 noodled stacks on their own) had a stack misallign internally and cost them some precious time. Between that and some well thrown noodles by the #2 alliance (#1 didn't throw any) there would need to be a 3rd match to decide the victor.
Final #3 was almost an exact replay of #2. Congratulations to 525, 3284, 5006 and 3928 for winning the 2015 Cow Town Throwdown.
We (1986) wanted to thank the Lutheran Roboteers (4329 & 432-9b) and the GearHogs (3612) for joining us on our elimination round journey. The scouts were very excited to get two teams that could make a stack on their own from the human station and still have time to put out a base of 3 for us to finish off from the land fill. We played over our seed in making the semi's and had great synergy on the field.
Special shoutout to the Channel Cats (FRC 1094) who got the 3 yellow tote auto to work multiple times, joining 1730 and 1986 as the only teams to feature it at the event. Probably the most difficult autonomous ever devised by the GDC.
PS. Enjoyed setting the event high score of 235 (no co-op) with 1806 and 3528 during the qualification rounds.
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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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