[ngreen]

My first regional was also LSR last year. It was also our rookie year. With some good guidance (ponca city, ok and richmond, ks teams) and a touch of prescouting (part of our team went to STL regional) we created something amazing. Going into it I was only hoping on competing with some of the great teams there. But with a robust robot, a strongly supported team, good driving, and a little luck we seeded first in qualifying and went on to win it with 34 and 647. What was more amazing is we to the team spirit, quality, and rookie all-star awards. But beyond the competition I met so many neat (blue, green, and pink haired) people, got to see multiple ways to solving the same problem, watched a struggling team succeed, jabbed myself with buttons more than I would like to admit, got permentally attached to safety glasses, conversed with people with experience way beyond my high school doors, consistently carried 4 boxes onto the field, and had a very fun 30 hours on a bus. I'm sad that I can't go to LSR this year. College isn't fair. But I'll be able to go to a greater show in Atlanta. I can't wait.