2014 Virginia Regional

[mwilbur]

Triple Helix would like to congratulate team 2607, the Robovikings, and our friends from Sparky 384 and 1610, Builders of Tomorrow on your win at the Virginia Regional. Also, congratulations to all of the award winners, especially our friends at 422, the Mech Tech Dragons (RCA), Talon 540 (EI), and 4969, Iron FeNix (RAS). And a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our own Sarah Selim for her selection as a Dean's List Finalist!! Triple Helix has three Dean's List Finalists out of the four years that we have submitted essays, which is a testament to the quality of students that we have at Menchville High School. You're all great, and your dedication to the team and your commitment to the ideals of FIRST is a major contributing factor in our team's success over the past several years.

We would like to thank team 1533, Triple Strange, and 2068, the Metal Jackets for being such awesome alliance partners in the elimination matches. You guys all performed excellently, allowing us to consistently execute our plan. Another second or two and we would have cashed in on another 3-assist cycle and we would have been in the finals, penalty or no penalty. Thanks for being so good to work with! We would also like to thank all of the sponsors, volunteers, and the dedicated staff at VirginiaFIRST for another awesome Virginia Regional. We look forward to at least one more Virginia Regional before we go to the district model. Keep up the great work!

Finally, we would like to thank all of you who complemented our team and our robot this weekend. As a few examples, we had a student from the Chairman's-Award-winning Mech Tech Dragons come up to us and tell us how our team inspires them to excel, we had someone ask if he could buy one of our team hoodie sweatshirts, and we had several people tell us that they consider us to be the easiest team to work with in the state of Virginia. We feel that these statements validate our approach to being good representatives of FIRST, and we humbly appreciate all of the support that you provide us. Our team is dedicated to turning Virginia into a state that people mention when the subject of the best-of-the-best among FIRST teams comes up. We look forward to working with each and every one of you in the future.