Greater Kansas City Regional 2016

[Alpha Beta]

On behalf of Team Titanium, FRC 1986, I wanted to thank all of the volunteers and staff that helped to put on the Greater Kansas City regional. This crew found a way to squeeze in 10 matches for every team (59 of them!), even giving up lunch on Friday to make it happen. Thank you for going above and beyond what was normal to make this experience extraordinary.

The streak of a defending GKC winner always being on the next winning alliance has been broken (with a little tip of the cap to a team who won the very first GKC regional). Thank you Tigerbytes, FRC 1775, for joining us on this journey. You lived up to our scouts' expectations of 5 boulders per match while clearing multiple defenses in our efforts to breach. And thanks to FRC 4455, The Burger Bots, for playing dynamite defense. Between the two of you (except for QF#1) we always had at least 8 boulders in, and the other side never did!

Wanted to give a special shout out to FRC 1987, the Broncobots. This team scared our scouts, and earned our deepest respects. With a very consistent 20 point autonomous and the ability to pound the high goal from close and far range they had the complete package. No surprise to see them in the finals, and expecting great things from them at the Hub City Regional in week 5.

1 1986 1775 4455 (W)
2 5119 1939 1810 (QF)
3 1806 1987 0935 (F)
4 4959 1785 5730 (SF)
5 1730 3528 2346 (QF)
6 1825 4522 1108 (QF)
7 3172 1997 1769 (SF)
8 5098 2457 5801 (QF)

Top honors for EI and Chairmans went to The Kuhnigits, FRC 1939, and Liberty Robotics, FRC 1764. Both of these teams continue to help make the Kansas City area a hot bed for engineering excellence, and it will be a pleasure to join the two of you at Champs.

We've had a special relationship this year with FRC 5801, CTC Inspire. And couldn't be more thrilled to see you guys get the chance to attend the last single location world championship event for FIRST robotics. The rookie all star award was well deserved.

Last of all I wanted to express how proud I am to be a part of Team Titanium. Special congratulations to Jacob Schnitzlein honored as a Dean's List finalist. Students like you make all the late nights worth it. Thank you for balancing our relentless pursuit of excellence with a willingness to help every team that calls, writes, or stops by our pit for programming help. You inspire me.

Win/Loss Record = 16-0-0
OPR = 60.00 (3rd Highest in the World thus far)

PS. Thank you to the webcast team for allowing the rest of the world to peek in on our event. (My mom watched the whole thing.)