Championship Winners

[EricH]

This is from a thread back in 2006 that asked when we'd have two multi-time champs. (Now answered--2008)

1992: Nypro and Clinton HS, Clinton MA (now is team 126)

1993: Texas Instruments and Greenville HS, Greenville TX (now 148, although sponsors have changed names a few times, was Raytheon for a while)

1994: Proctor & Gamble and Walnut Hills HS, Cincinatti OH (doesn't exist
anymore, although many of the mentors now mentor 1038)

1995: Raytheon and Woodside HS, Woodside CA (now team 100, their rookie year, no longer sponsored by Raytheon)

1996: Harris and Edison Tech, Rochester NY (now team 73, sponsored by Bausch & Lomb)

1997: Beatty Machine & Hammond HS, Hammond IN (now team 71)

1998: Delphi & Kokomo HS, Kokomo IN, team 45

1999: UTC & Windsor Locks HS & Suffield HS, Windsor Locks CT, team 176
3-dimensional Services & Oakland County HSs, Pontiac MI, team 1, now sponsored by Daimler Chrysler
Delphi & Harding HS, Warren OH, team 48

2000: NASA Ames & _______ HS, San Jose CA, team 255, doesn't exist anymore. Alan Federman's original team.
NASA Ames & Vintage HS, Napa CA, team 232 then, 814 now
Bristol Myers Squib & North Brunswick HS, North Brunswick NJ, team 25

2001: Beatty Machine & Hammond HS, Hammond IN (team 71)
TRW & Mira Costa HS & Redondo Union HS, CA (team 294)
Northeastern and Boston MA HSs (team 125)
Dupont and Wilmington DE HSs (team 365)
Dana & Toledo MI HSs (Team 279)

2002: UTC & East Hartford and Rockville High Schools, team 173
Beatty Machine & Hammond HS, Hammond IN, team 71
GM & Willow Run HS, Yipsilanti MI, Team 66

2003: Motorola & Wheeling HS and Rolling Meadows HS, Schaumburg, IL, team 111
Ford & International Academy, Bloomfield Hills MI, team 469
GM & Pontiac North HS, Pontiac MI, team 65

2004: Beatty Machine & Hammond HS, Hammond IN, team 71
Daimler Chrysler & Goodrich HS, Goodrich MI, team 494
CISCO Systems, Inc/North Carolina State University & Southeast Raleigh High School, team 435

2005: J&F/NASA-JPL/NASA-Goddard/Raytheon & Hope Chapel Academy, team 330
General Motors & Huron Valley Schools, team 67
Intier Automotive & Novi High School, team 503

2006: Arial Foundation/Nortel Networks & Loyola High School, team 296
Ford Motor Company/FANUC Robotics Inc./B&K Corporation & Utica Community Schools, team 217
New York Container Terminal/SI Bank & Trust Foundation/Con Edison/Richmond County Savings Foundation/Northfield Savings Bank & Mckee Vocational High School, team 522

Since then, we've had:

2007: 190 (WPI & Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science)
177 (UTC Power & South Windsor High School)
987 (Bearing Belt Chain / Cirque du Soleil / Albertsons & Cimarron-Memorial High School)

2008: 1114 (General Motors - St. Catharines Powertrain & Governor Simcoe Secondary School)
217 (Ford Motor Company/FANUC Robotics Inc./B&K Corporation & Utica Community Schools)
148 (RackSolutions.com/L-3 Communications Integrated Systems & Greenville High School)

[thefro526]

Any one notice how 65,66,67 have each won a championship, I wonder what the odds of that are.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Any one notice how 65,66,67 have each won a championship, I wonder what the odds of that are.

They're GM sponsored.
Clinical studies have shown that having a GM sponsorship improves your chances of winning a championship exponentially.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Any one notice how 65,66,67 have each won a championship, I wonder what the odds of that are.

I can think of some bigger odds--getting 68, 69, and 70 to win so there's an unbroken string, plus a second dose of Martians winning.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

They're GM sponsored.
Clinical studies have shown that having a GM sponsorship improves your chances of winning a championship exponentially.

It also shows the impact that engineers can have on a team. Look at these teams and look through the list. There are excellent examples of why engineers and technical mentors are such a vital part of the FRC experience.

[R.C.]

Just curious, what do you get if you win the championship in Atlanta???

[Cory]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Just curious, what do you get if you win the championship in Atlanta???

2 trophies (divisional, event), and 2 banners (divisional, event)

[IBdrummer]

Originally Posted by Cory

2 trophies (divisional, event), and 2 banners (divisional, event)

and bragging rights?

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by Cory

2 trophies (divisional, event), and 2 banners (divisional, event)

Also, two sets of medals, and a spot reserved in the following year's Championship (I'm still kinda ticked off at my old team, 296, for not taking advantage of this in 2007 ).

[EricH]

Don't forget, there may be a chance to defend your title at IRI! (I believe that if you want to go, and you are a current champion, they put you high on the list to get in.)

[ParkerF]

Not to mention the hugging of random people, or people that you have only known for two days on two separate occasions. Along with the sheer joy and ecstasy of not only making your own dream come true, but making the dreams of 30+ other people come true. That's what you get from a Championship win.

P.S.- I also happened to get a 3+ minute long squeeze from a ThunderChicken I barely knew hehe.

[Grant Cox]

Originally Posted by francistexas

P.S.- I also happened to get a 3+ minute long squeeze from a ThunderChicken I barely knew hehe.

Who also talks about you. Too often.