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Re: Most Competitive Regional

John,

Excellent way of evaluating my question. I look at the regionals and find the teams that CONSISTENTLY perform in the top 10%. Here is my list for the Great Lakes Regional of 2004:

27 (Team Rush) - Buckeye Regional Winner ('03)
45 (Technokats)
65 (Huskies) - National Title Winner ('03)
66 (Penguins) - National Title Winner ('02)
67 (HOT) - Great Lakes Regional Winner ('03)
68 (Truck Town)
111 (Wildstangs) - National Title Winner ('03)
201 (FEDS)
226 (Sharks) - Great Lakes Regional Winner ('03)
292 - Midwest Regional Winner ('03) & Newton Division Winner ('03)
322
448
469 - National Title Winner ('03)
494 - National Title Runner-up ('03)

These are just the teams that I remember after looking thru the list! These 14 teams total all have high amounts of potential or have already proven themselves as one of the elite.

With this sort of a field, I think that it is hard to dispute the difficulty of winning the GLR.
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Engineering Inspiration Award - Western Michigan Regional (2004)
Division Champions - Newton Division (2003)
Regional Champions - Great Lakes Regional (2003)
General Motors Industrial Design Award - Great Lakes Regional (2002)
Motorola Quality Award - Buckeye Regional (2002)
Regional Finalists - Buckeye Regional (2002)
Division Finalists - Newton Division (2001)
Regional Finalists - West Michigan Regional (2001)