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Re: What Is the best FIRST state.
Although not as publicized as Michigan, Indiana and Calfornia, we have something very special going on up here in Ontario. The growth as been unprecidented, take a look at the number of teams each season.
2001: 2
2002: 24
2003: 39
2004: 62
Here are the Ontario award stats
12 Regional Wins
11 Regional Finalists
(18 robots have been in regional finals, total)
0 Championship Division Finalists
11 Rookie All-Star Awards
3 Xerox Creativity Awards
4 KPC&B Entrepreneurship Awards
4 Leadership in Control (11 if you add the Innovation in Control Award)
4 Delphi's Driving Tomorrow's Technology Awards
5 Motorola Quality Awards
10 Judges' Awards
0 GM Industrial Design Awards
5 Regional Chairman's Awards
3 Engineering Inspiration Awards
0 National Championships
3 Woodie Flowers Finalist Award Winners (Roly Anderson, Karthik Kanagasabapathy, Vince Lau)
3 Unsung FIRST Heroes Awards (Mark Breadner, Ian Mackenzie, Karthik Kanagasabapathy)
Here is the breakdown by year:
1998: 1
1999: 0
2000: 0
2001: 1
2002: 9
2003: 15
2004: 16
2005: 29
Not too shabby. I not arrogant or foolish enough to call us the best yet, but give it time, we got something special being brewed up here.
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