[JeremyLansing]

Team 171 had a great time at the first Iowa Regional. Huge thanks to our partners 5442 and 2512. 5442, you guys sure didn't seem like a second year team. You had a phenomenal robot, and I think you did an excellent job choosing an alliance that just seemed to mesh from the minute we got out there. It was a blast working with 2512 to put the blocker on our robot, you guys did an awesome job getting those frame pieces ready on such short notice. A trip to the finals would have been great, but I knew the toughest test was definitely going to be that number 1 seed alliance.

I have to give a shout out to teams 5172, 525, and 1208. You guys played the game so well, it was just too tall a task to shut you guys down offensively.

I also want to thank everyone who made the Iowa regional happen, everyone who has worked so hard to spread FRC in Iowa to make an event like this possible, and everyone who volunteered their time to put on the event. It's amazing to think when I started Iowa only had 3 FRC teams, and now we have nearly a dozen teams, state support, and our own regional. I can't wait to come back next year.