Indiana Rookies! (far from it!)

[Ben Martin]

The rookie talent at Purdue was tremendous. I had a discussion with several Purdue FIRST members Friday night about how team age seemed to not be a factor for team field success at BMR.

At Purdue, we are especially proud of our newest Purdue FIRST team, 4272. The students on the team put forth enormous effort to field a robot that experienced few technical issues throughout the competition and seeded higher than any of the three other PFP teams. Good job captaining the 8th seed alliance to the semifinals.

Congratulations to 4028 on winning a competition in your rookie year, as that is no easy feat.

Aside from the 4-award sweep by 1501 (congratulations on your first regional win by the way, well deserved) and the 3-award sweep by 1732 (congratulations on the RCA, also well deserved), no other teams were as successful as 3940 and 3947. A big congratulations to both of you.