2013 Mt. Olive District Thanks and Congrats

[Hallry]

FYI, the videos of all of the matches (except for Match 16 for some reason ) can be found on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...Bym1lFV2K6TU-K!

222, 11, and 3340: Wow, those were some intense final rounds. Congrats on your win, you were definitely the most competitive alliance there. Those shots just kept going in. 11, congrats also for hosting an amazing event and for the Industrial Design Award, and congrats 222 for the Innovation in Control Award.

3314 and 714: Thank you so much for making an awesome finalist alliance with us. We loved playing with you, and certainly couldn't have gotten that far without either of you. We played our hardest, and never gave up.

1881: Congrats on the Imagery Award! But more than that, I want to thank you so very much for the "Commitment to Excellence" Award that you gave to us. When I found that in our pit on Saturday, after losing almost half of our matches that day, that cheered me up so much. Thank you for recognizing us, and we wish you all the best.

75: Congrats on Chairman's!!! Woah...de ja vu.... 2 years in a row at Mt. Olive - a legacy is starting! But really, I can't say enough about your team. There is no team I know that deserves to be in the FIRST Hall of Fame more than you guys. We're crossing our fingers that this will be your year! Nothing ever seems to bring your spirits down, nor stops you from cheering. Seeing you guys come over and support us during our matches warms my heart so much. It means so much to our whole team. You are a role model for all other teams to follow. I can't express my most sincere gratitude enough - but really, from the bottom of my heart, congrats and thank you, thank you, thank you. I don't know how you do it, my voice was killing me after just the first few matches on Saturday, yet you guys just keep going. Even your alumni continue on your inspiring attitude - with a special recognition to Andrew Lubin, who spent much time on Saturday graciously repairing another competing team's bumpers.

Our good friends at Don Bosco - congrats on the Rookie Inspiration Award! I'm sure we'll be seeing more great things from 4653 for many years to come.

Also, while I unfortunately forget the team numbers and names right now (), thanks so much to whoever loaned us their pneumatic air pumps for our shooter wheel, and also to all of those who congratulated us on our Engineering Inspiration Award win. It's an award that we have never won before, and we feel so wonderfully honored.

I bet I'm forgetting someone to thank/congrats (oh, Chiniqua and Howard! But I'm sure there are more), but thank you and congratulations to all of the competing teams for making the event so great.

We can't wait to see many of you again at Bridgewater Raritan in two weeks, and then Lehigh the week after that!