New FIRST competition structure in Michigan

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Our team from Indiana, Team 2171, will miss coming to Michigan for the Regional next year. We loved competing at the West Michigan Regional and were fortunate enough to win it with Team 71 from Hammond Indiana and Team 2604 from Capac Michigan. We loved competing against the Michigan teams and really liked the University it was held at. We won a hard fought Championship Round against the Bees, the Semifinals against the More Martians who beat us in a match, and remembered the Foley Freeze as a great team.

When our team was picking an alliance at IRI, my daughter ended up choosing the Killer Bees, Foley Freeze, and More Martians as alliance partners.

My daughter is going to be a Senior this year. Michigan left such an impression on her that we are attending an open house this Saturday at Kettering University for future potential Freshman. She would like to consider this Michigan University.

She would not have been exposed to Kettering University if it had not been for our First experience in Michigan. Keeping out of state teams from competing in Michigan regionals will unfortunately limit the exposure to other potential college students.