[Ellery]

In the last 6 years I've been participating in this program the Finger Lakes Regional is by far the best I've been in. Everything was awesome (arena, pit size, Social (comedian, movie, kareoke, open gym) ( I told people that this would be the regional with the best food - catered by the RIT Hotel management school, it was true!) And most of all, every team was downright pleasant to be with. I'm glad to have met many of you guys I've chatted with online here in person especially Mr. JVN(229) and Paul Copioli(217) too bad we couldn't hang more but one night was great. This is what makes FIRST great!

As Ed already mentioned we had an awesome alliance at this Regional. Many thanks to the assistance of teams 494 (Martians) and 639 (Code Red- too bad you're not coming to Atlanta). This was one of the best complimentary alliances I've seen during this regional. The suspense made the win sweeter don't you think. The refs even reviewed the last five minutes of the match, I heard, to confirm the decision they've made.

Congrats to 1507, 229, and 772 for being the challenge that everyone expected the finals to be, it was a close battle.