2011 DC Regional...

[Kit Gerhart]

Originally Posted by Dad1279

1279 will be there, can't wait. We had a great time our last trip to DC.

We will have a minibot tower set up at out pit, complete with timer, and a prize for the fastest mini-bot of DC!

Sounds great. We'll probably want to enter the "race." Will you have both "stock" and "modified" classes where you can use a 20 volt battery?

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Kit Gerhart

Sounds great. We'll probably want to enter the "race." Will you have both "stock" and "modified" classes where you can use a 20 volt battery?

MINISTOCK

I once raced a ministock on a 1/4 mile 'D' in high school. Best fun of my life, though I had to do it on a Saturday that my mom wasn't there so she didn't know.

[mahumnut]

1418 shall be returning, can't wait to see all the amazing designs, should be fun!

[cluksic]

what to say congrats to team 768 the woodlawn high school technowarriors for the win in the dc regional and also the win in the chesapeke regional. team 768 back to back regional wins awsome

[Anonymous2011]

Congrats to team 623 for coming out of nowhere and becoming the second seed. 44th in NJ and 2nd in DC, thats pretty amazing. Too bad the fight you guys put up in quarters wasnt enough. that entanglement with 1418 should have been a penalty!

[flyingcrayons]

What a great event! as a senior, this was my last official FIRST Regional Event. 1089 didnt have a chance to secure a spot at CMP's but we came into this regional hoping to win an automatic bid. unfortunately we came up a little bit short but what can you do? hopefully I'll be back next year with our team, and we can make a run in St. Louis

To our alliance partners 1598 and 116, amazing job in the eliminations! 1598 was ranked very highly on our list, and when i got onto the field for alliance selection as the 7th seed, i didnt have a very tough decision to make (they were the highest team left on my list!). the second pick we made was a lucky one. i was about to pick a different team (who got picked soon after, no worries), but at the last second saw 116 hadnt been crossed out. after asking 1598, I made the selection. having pit scouted 116 i was excited to work with them. 1598 you guys are awesome, we really rocked the QF's. 116, i loved the sound your arm made when it went up (so did half my team lol), and i think you guys were a total sleeper pick. i know you werent doing so well on friday morning, but by the end of the night you had me in awe. great job to all of you guys

Congrats to 2016, you guys represented jersey extremely well, and although you didnt win the even, you showed DC what Jersey FIRST is all about.

congrats to 233, 768, and 2377 on winning the event. 2 wins apiece now for PINK and 768, thats impressive!

congrats to everyone else who won an award haha, at this pace i would have an entire page for my one post!

on a more serious note, concerning the JVN thread about Pittsburgh (here is the link), i heard something that sounded suspiciously like booing (booing and oohing sound similar), when 2016 declined 768. having known what it feels like to be booed for declining an alliance, i was so proud of 2016 for showing the people who booed why they declined.

[DRH2o]

Thanks for the kind words from 1089. We had a great time playing with your team -- You were great. Thanks for picking us to join your great team in elims. Thanks to 116 for joining in with a great HP and MiniBot -- Tough last match, but that is the way to go out - just sweep it up and put it in a bag . We had a great time at DC, all the teams were great - it was nice to talk with 233 and let them know how much they inspired our design for this year.

This was a great regional for our small rebuilding team - we only brought 8 team members. Only two of them have ever attended a regional, and only one of them was on the drive team. These new students are HOOKED now and will aid in our rebuilding process thanks to the positive experiance they had. This was one of - if not the best regionals I have attended. Load-in was run great, there were great teams there, all the volunteers were great and very helpful ( especially pit admin ). Inspectors, and field crew was great. Thanks to everyone for helping me give these new "FIRSTERS" a great experiance.

Dan Waters
Mentor FIRST Team 1598

[Fred Needel]

I want to congratulate ALL the teams that played at the DC Regional. The competition was exciting throughout the matches. Team 768 would especially like to thank our alliance members in all matches for helping us to become first seed, and congratulate our winning alliance partners from 233, PINK and 2377, C Company. Game play in the finals was fierce, thanks to the awesome alliance of 2016, 63, 1708, and 1885. We hope to play with you all in St. Louis.

A very special thank you to Team 340, GRR, who gave us a minibot at the Chesapeake Regional, to replace our broken one. We attribute much of our success on the field to your great design and generosity!

Congratulations also to Team 1511 for winning Chairman's, Gail for becoming the DC Woodie Flowers Award winner, and to all the other teams who won awards!

[OScubed]

Thanks from Team 1511 to the other competitors, and the judges for 1511's chairman's award nod. We had so much fun at this regional - everything from helping other teams (by the end of the competition we'd counted over 60 individual "assists" to other teams - almost 1/2 the teams in the pits had an assist of one sort or another from 1511). We even were able to help out Pit Admin to touring the mall and visiting the Air and Space museum. We fould all of the competitors at Washington to be gracious professionals, and fun competitors.

All in all we had as much fun working with everyone as we had actually competing with our robot. Despite some early mechanical problems the drive team really came together by the end of the competition. We were happy to be picked to team with the 4th seeded team and felt that the entire alliance gave it all on the field - we fought hard until PINK and their team eliminated us in the semifinals. Jason really showed them that he could "drive it like he stole it" when playing defense against the formidable PINK machine in our final match... It all came down to minibots that match as the tube score was pretty even.

We all look forward to seeing those that qualified in St. Louis, and were a bit disappointed we had to leave Washington - it was so nice and warm there (I know YOU think it was a cold snap - but to us that was shirtsleeve weather). When we got home it was in the 20's and there is still snow on the ground....

Cheers,
Lee Drake
Corporate Mentor, Team 1511
www.penfieldrobotics.com