[Kims Robot]

Its too early to tell...the Rally is not really a great guage, as there were many Rochester teams that didn't make it out, and many of the teams were still working on bugs... unfortunately we were forced to host it 2 days before ship instead of the day before, and a day can make a lot of difference! I think you will see much higher scores at the regionals. Maybe not really high in week 1, but I guess we will see!

That said, personally I believe a lifter will definitely help you get selected, though it wont be 100% necessary. What I would suggest is talk over a plan to implement it...where can you save 7lbs and how long will it take you? If you can come up with a reasonable plan, implement it! If its too hard/time consuming and will prevent you from getting good at scoring, its probably not worth it. It will be better to get good at scoring than to have a lifter in my opinion.