Judges in Pits at Championships?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by AmyPrib

Out of curiousity, has anyone done a cross-reference to see if all champ award winners were also regional winners for that award? (obviously Chairmans is). I'd venture to guess they aren't.

I did a quick check and you are correct. Most teams that won an award at least won a similar award at regionals. However 1026 won sportsmanship without winning any awards at their only regional. Team 79 won creativity without winning any technical awards at their regionals. 79 definitely deserved creativity for their pickup mechanism, so I'm glad that they didn't limit who was eligible.