2015 Greater Kansas City Regional

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The 2015 Greater Kansas City Regional is now only 1 build season away from being in the middle of Qualifying Matches! Returning to the same location as last year (MCC Business and Technology Campus), it promises to be yet another highly competitive GKC event!

Entry List as of 1/30/2015 53 Teams, 0 Open Capacity:

• 937
• 938
• 1288
• 1710
• 1723
• 1730
• 1737
• 1763
• 1764
• 1769
• 1775
• 1777
• 1785
• 1802
• 1806
• 1810
• 1825
• 1827
• 1847
• 1939
• 1982
• 1984
• 1987
• 1994
• 1997
• 2001
• 2164
• 2167
• 2335
• 2345
• 2346
• 2353
• 2357
• 2410
• 2457
• 2560
• 2874
• 3485
• 3528
• 3792
• 4455
• 4522
• 4646
• 4809
• 4959
• 5013
• 5082
• 5098
• 5119
• 5126
• 5141
• 5268
• 5476 **Rookie**

Notes:

• Tri-State Throwdown: The entry list features a myriad of teams from both Missouri and Kansas, and a lone Iowan entry of team 4646.
• Up For Grabs: Of the 2014 Regional Winners, only 1723 will be returning to the event this year. Both 118 and more surprisingly 1986 have elected to compete elsewhere in 2015. Word from Team Titanium is that many members from their team will be present and/or volunteering at the event regardless of their non-entry.
• All Tied Up: "What team has won the most Greater Kansas City Regionals?" Is currently a trick question, as with back-to-back-to-back victories Team 1986(2012,2013,2014) has found themselves in a tie with team 1806(2008,2009,2013) for the most GKC Regional Wins.
• Relatively Fresh Blood: While there may only be 1 rookie team attending this year, there will be 8 teams who are entering their sophomore seasons in FRC at the event.
• Time for a breakthrough?: No team entered in the Greater Kansas City Regional in 2014 made it past devisional Semis at Champs last year.
  After Ranking 3rd on Galileo, 1730's dreams of Einstein were dashed by the 2 seed in a semifinals rubber match.
  118's hopes also met their demise in the semifinals, this time on the Curie field, losing a tiebreaker with the eventual World Champion alliance.
  1986 and 1806 also lost a decisive match in the semifinals. This time, it was to the eventual Einstein finalists from Galileo, after having to sub in 3928 due to a failed drive gear on the Team Titanium entry.
  While I don't have any hard stats for Kansas and Iowa at the moment, the success rate for teams from Missouri getting to Einstein is much like the success rate for teams with Mecanum drive wheels getting to Einstein (0%). Though, of course many teams are working tirelessly trying to fix that.