2009 Midwest Regional

[Beth Sweet]

Congratulations to 111, 1625, and 1675! 111 you came so close last year and I was beyond thrilled to see you take the whole thing this year!

Congrats also to teams 1732, 2041 & 1652! 1732, you've been one of my "watch 'em" teams since you were rookies! 2041, between last year and this, you've shown you're a force to be reckoned with! And 1652, for a team that had not been on my radar in the past, I'll be watching you guys from now on!

1114, you guys put up some serious numbers all weekend and were great fun to watch. I know that we'll watch you at Toronto, new and improved and ready to take home the gold there!

Raul, you've been one of the mentors who has inspired me for years now, and I am beyond thrilled to see you will Woodie Flowers. I would love to see you go on and take the Championship title as well!

And Dave Flowerday, thank you a million times over for webcasting the event. I have a midterm Monday and could not get down to Chicago to see, so I was thrilled that I could still watch. You were phenomenal at fixing the webcast every time it fluked, thank you thank you, thank you!