Wisconsin Regional Thanks and Congrats

[Orominuialwen]

A huge, huge thanks goes out to Team 2077 from all of Team 1306. My team didn't realize that the team social would be around 2 miles away from the arena and our hotel. We had just planned to walk to it, but when they heard that we had no transportation, they very generously offered all the free space on their buses to our team. Almost all of our team was able to fit (the rest were able to ride with some of our mentors who had brouht their cars to Milwaukee). This was one of the best examples of gracious professionalism that I've ever seen at FIRST. We owe 2077 a lot for saving us from a 4 mile walk in the rain at night.

We'd also like to thank Team 2220 for being our cheering buddies in the stands. They were always really enthusiastic and loads of fun to hang out with. We still cheered for each other even when we were on opposing alliances during one of our last matches on Saturday.

I'd also like to thank all the mascots of the teams that were in all the rounds of the finals for putting up with my team's crazyness. (We were in the stands right behind the blue alliance) The mascots were always willing to cheer with us, especially Team 93's wormy apple and Team 2175's fighting calculator. They were even willing to sign one of my teammate's pants! (He plans to wear them to school tomorrow )

A big thanks to all of Team 1306's amazing mentors. An article about them debuted in a local magazine the day we left for Regionals. They deserve every bit of praise we can give. We have parents of current and former students, teachers, employees of sponsors, and even former employees of sponsors. We'd be be nowhere without them.


Finally, thank you to everyone who made the 2007 Wisconsin Regional such a great experience. Although my team didn't do as well as we'd expected, it was still a great way to finish off my fourth and final year as a student in FIRST. (Mentoring next year!)