Chairmans Award - Team Age

[Alex2614]

I am just curious, what is the youngest team you have ever seen win a RCA?

[dodar]

Team 3242, 2nd year, won the Florida RCA.

[MagiChau]

Originally Posted by dodar

Team 3242, 2nd year, won the Florida RCA.

Was surprised to hear that 2010 was their rookie year as I watched the award ceremonies.

Does anyone know if they are the first team to win a Regional Chairman Award in their 2nd year?

[rsisk]

2486 The Coconuts won the RCA in Phoenix in 2009, their second year.

[Kristian Calhoun]

Team 2344 won the Regional Chairman's Award in their second year at the 2009 NYC Regional.

[1986titans]

Team 3172, a second year team, won the RCA at KC yesterday.

[Basel A]

51 won the CCA several years before their rookie year...

[Alex2614]

My question now is... At these regionals, were there any teams that were much older (say, two or three digits) that were competing as well?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Alex2614

My question now is... At these regionals, were there any teams that were much older (say, two or three digits) that were competing as well?

Yes.

Team 1714 won the RCA in 2008, their third year, competing against low numbered teams like 93, 269, and 537.

Long time status helps in that you've sustained yourselves and done what you've done for a long time, but young teams can and will win the award.

[J93Wagner]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Team 1714 won the RCA in 2008, their third year, competing against low numbered teams like 93, 269, and 537.

This year we didn't compete for the RCA because we simply didn't do anything that we thought particularly noteworthy and because we needed a year off.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by J93Wagner

This year we didn't compete for the RCA because we simply didn't do anything that we thought particularly noteworthy and because we needed a year off.

2008, silly.

[J93Wagner]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

2008, silly.

I know, but what I said still stands for this year.

EDIT: Wait a minute... I think I just confused myself...

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Basel A

51 won the CCA several years before their rookie year...

Huh?

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by rsisk

Huh?

Yeah, they won the Championship Chairman's Award in 1997, but the first year 51 was a team number was 2010.

(Spoiler: They won it as Team 47, Chief Delphi. After the 2009 season, teams 47 and 65 merged into team 51, the Wings of Fire, but were allowed to keep their past accolades including 47's CCA and 65's Championship Win)

[Lil' Lavery]

I don't think Basel's post is really doing it justice.

Team 47 (Chief Delphi) won the Chairman's Award in their second year, 1997.
Not a regional chairman's, those didn't exist then. But the big shabang.

They are now known as team 51, after merging with 65 when their schools merged. That's where the whole "winning before their rookie year" thing came from.