[EricH]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

But okay, say you win one year.
Wouldn't you wait a bit so another team has a chance to win?

It's your team's choice. My team changed events; another team didn't.

Let's change it up a bit. Suppose that you are a 1-event team and you win the RCA at your home (read: only) regional one year. Should you not submit the next year, even if you go above and beyond again, just to give the other teams a "fair" chance? Even if it means that you can't win an RCA the next year? Or should you change events, costing your team money, just to allow another team to win?

For a multi-event team, I might agree that they should try at another event. But a single-event team, especially in a place like, say, Colorado, doesn't really have that option.

Again, it's up to the team whether or not they want to submit in the same place for a second year in a row. It's also up to the other teams at the event to give them a challenge. I know that in L.A., several teams are considering how to be better next year than the current RCA holder... who has an outreach in at least 2 states as well as internationally.