2014 - Dallas Regional

[AllenGregoryIV]

Thank to everyone who helped put on an awesome event at the Dallas Regional this weekend. The event staff and volunteer crew did a great job keeping everything moving quickly and operating smoothly. This was our first trip to the Irving Convention Center and it's a great venue for an event.

Thank you to all the inspectors, referees, judges, field reset, practice field, safety glasses, safety advisors, score keeps, queuers, announcers, MCs, and the rest of the crew that worked so hard to put on a great event for all the teams.

Thank you to alliance partners 231 and 2950. High Voltage is one of the storied teams in the state and we work with them so often at events but this is the first time we have had the pleasure of being on their alliance. Thank you David and team for adding us to your alliance. We had a lot of fun on our way to the semifinals. Thank you to 2950 Devastators for being one of the best 2nd round picks we could ask for. You all knew your limitations and stated them plainly so we could draw up a functional match strategy. You never tried to do too much. Your program is growing much faster than even you know and you will be the ones doing the picking sooner rather than later.

Congratulations to Texas Torque 1477 on their extremely deserved Chairman's Award win. You all have done so much to improve the STEM experience for students in your school district, in Houston, and around the state. Congratulations again.

This event didn't have a clear favorite going in but once the first rounds of the quarter finals were played it was pretty clear that the one seeded alliance of 148, 359, & 457 was going to be hard to beat. They brought so much experience and firepower to the field and executed their strategy to keep getting wins. Congratulations go to all of them on a well fought win today.

Congratulations to the finalist alliance of 2158, 2848, & 3481. We played with all of you at some point in the weekend and I know how strong your teams are. Congratulations on getting to the finals and congratulations to 2848 for securing the wild card berth to the championship.

I also would also like to thank 4063 for just being ridiculously awesome. This was their 3rd event in 3 weeks and somehow they still had the energy to staff a majority of the field reset crew and help repair a huge number of teams at the event. They have won 4 GP Awards and an Engineering Inspiration Award in 3 short years. The amazing thing is they figure out how to do more at each event. The Texas FRC community can't express our gratitude enough for what you do. The past three weeks of events wouldn't have been the same without the bunnies from Del Rio.

1817, 3310, 1860, & 3005 all had awesome robots this weekend and made this one of the most competitive regionals I have ever attended.

Thanks to all the teams for making it another fun weekend. We'll see a lot of you in a couple weeks at Lone Star.