Midwest Thank You List

Let's see...lots of Thank yous in order...

234, Cyber Blue, for picking us for your alliance and having a great pre-elim strategy meeting great organization

247, Da Bears, for being a great alliance, and managing to hang!

All the helpful people in hte pits who put up wiht me wandering around going "Do you have a 4-40 bolt about <------------------> long?"

Team 71 for all their helpful information about the Chicago Area

Team 537 for being so fun to sit behind because they were always excited about the competition.

The Wildstang human player...because he was wearing a FEDS shirt Thursday...and wow did that make me feel more at home.

The entire 469 scouting team because you were so great to work with

I'm sure there's a ton of people I forgot... but there's some! THANK YOU!!! to everyone, it was a great regional.
And congrats, 45,269, and 930!

[Greg McCoy]

Originally Posted by Ricky Q.

PS...It is confirmed, we ARE going to Atlanta!

Sweet! Good luck and I hope to see you there!

[Tinsky]

I would like to send a Gracious Thanks to Team RUSH (#27) for picking us (Team 74) in the Finals and also a big Thanks to both Team Rush and Wildstang (#111) for the excellent games in the finals! Good luck at the Championship event!

[David Kelly]

Originally Posted by collin234

i'd like to thank all the engineers there. you all help put the I in FIRST.
i'd like to thank teams 469 and 247. who could've imagined a better 8 seed alliance?
thanks to bill, bryan, and daryll from team 71. when we needed a nut for a pneumatic cyllender, they looked for 10 minutes, then offered to head back to the shop and have one for us in the morning. turns out we didn't need it...but it was nice to see people willing to go the extra mile.
i'd like to thank andy baker. he never fails to be honest but caring, plus he introduced me to brandon martus!
i'd like to thank all the people from 461 for cheering for us.
i'd like to thank our chairman's team for working so hard to put our chairman's together.
i'd like to thank David Kelly for keeping me excited about FIRST and showing me that it doesn't have to end with graduation.

Well, thank you Collin. I am so proud to say that I was/ still am a part of Cyber Blue 234. There are only 3 of us on the team now that have been there since the beginning. Our team has come a long way and it's amazing to see how far we have grown together. I have made many friends and met some really awesome kids and people from this program. There's nothing that can really be said to thank everyone who has inspired me. Not only the older mentors, but also the current students.

FIRST doesn't end after high school, for some of us, it is only beginning.

I WILL be a FIRST employee one day...

[Arefin Bari]

i would like to thank every team @ midwest for helping us out... if it wasnt because of you all we would not be able to move... special thanks to Andy Baker, mannit (wildstang), Jim (107), Bob (107), and The B.E.A.S.T... (thanks so much for giving us those "Stuff")...

[Al Skierkiewicz]

The Midwest Regional this year was the best I have seen.
Congrats to Cyber Blue on Chairman's, I'm pulling for you at Nationals.
Thanks to all the teams we played with and especially to 27 and 74. You are great competitors and we are always happy to play with you. Congrats to 45, 269, 930 & 65, 447, 648, those last few matches were intense. You had the house jumping during those matches.
It is always great to see old friends and to make some new ones. I am sorry I didn't get a chance to say Hi to everyone. The Brazilian team, 383, was very happy to be here and I was very happy to see them travel so far. I was very impressed that they did well and got into the finals. I was cheering for you guys. Congrats to St. Pat's, 101, for a really great showing this year. You guys continue to amaze me each year and this year you were the most competitive I have seen thus far. Keep up the good work from a alumnus who is always watching.
Hope to see most if not all of you at Nationals in a few weeks. Good luck to everyone!