Congratulations to all the teams at the Long Island regional! This was by far the best regional I have ever had. The regional went great and it was because of the wonderful job done by all the teams. Although I didn't have much of a chance to watch too many matches (though I did get to announce my team's last match...who would've thunk it, I got to introduce teams and give a play by play
) but I was at the scoring table when 311's robot became a fog machine (and I learned very quickly just how bad magic smoke really smells). From what I did see though, everyone did great.
Team 329, I loved your mouse and I'm sorry it got crushed. I thought it was the cutest little thing when I was inspecting your robot. But, I'm really looking forward to seeing it reincarnated at Nats. Congratulations on your award!
Oh, and I have to say, I am quite proud of my team for getting highest rookie seed (you guys may have seen a certain young lady run off the playing field during the awards ceremony when 810 was called and get in line with the team, go down the row of judges, then back onto the playing field...). Congratulations guys! I'll be at NYC coaching.
And congratulations to all the other teams that won awards at the LI Regional. You all were fantastic.
~Christina