pic: CT Teams - Current and Dormant

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by ghansel

I don't know about the FIRST listings.... I have a trophy documenting our winning the 1997 UTC regional.

We also preregistered for the Championship (even though we ended up not going and got our money back) because we are one of the remaining teams from 1992.

George

For the life of me, I cannot figure out the enigma that is Team 19

According to archive.org, the CT teams that were listed on the awards page were:

Deka New England Regional

• Rookie All-Star: Otis Elevator & Farmington High School (Farmington, CT)
• Most Photogenic: Lego Systems & Talcott Mountain Academy / Avon High School / East Granby High School / Granby Memorial High School / Schaghticoke Middle School / John Winthrop Junior High School / Stafford Middle School / Terryville High School (Avon, CT)
• Saturday Team Spirit: Stanley Works & C.M. McGee Middle School (Berlin, CT)

Johnson & Johnson Mid-Atlantic Regional

• Outstanding Defense: Northeast Utilities / U.S. Coast Guard Academy & Montville High School / The Williams School (Waterford, CT)
• Saturday team Spirit: Hamilton Standard Space Systems International / Techni Products & Enrico Fermi High School (Windsor Locks, CT)

Nationals

• J & J Sportsmanship: Hamilton Standard Space Systems International / Techni Products & Enrico Fermi High School (Windsor Locks, CT)

My only other idea about what happened was that the team was listed their hometown under the sponsor company (and it was located in another state), which has happened occasionally in the older records. Let me do some digging and get back to you

[ghansel]

In 1998 we (Team 19 as Greenwich High School) placed 5th at the Midatlantic Regional, and won the Motorola Quality Award, and then placed 7th at Nationals. In 1997 Team 19 (as Bristol-Meyers Squibb / Rutgers University & North Brunswick Township High School).

So I guess in a sense you're right, we, as Greenwich High School Team 19, have existed for seven years, so far as can be told from records. But no one who has had the name "Team 19" was ever in the 1992 competition, so the fact that we prequalify for the Championship is not yet explained.

Maybe my eyes deceive me, but I did think it was a trophy from 1997 that I saw. I'll check on Monday.

Anyone know anything about FIRST's numbering system?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by ghansel

In 1998 we (Team 19 as Greenwich High School) placed 5th at the Midatlantic Regional, and won the Motorola Quality Award, and then placed 7th at Nationals. In 1997 Team 19 (as Bristol-Meyers Squibb / Rutgers University & North Brunswick Township High School).

So I guess in a sense you're right, we, as Greenwich High School Team 19, have existed for seven years, so far as can be told from records. But no one who has had the name "Team 19" was ever in the 1992 competition, so the fact that we prequalify for the Championship is not yet explained.

Maybe my eyes deceive me, but I did think it was a trophy from 1997 that I saw. I'll check on Monday.

Anyone know anything about FIRST's numbering system?

Before 1999, every team changed numbers every year. Thus team 19 in 1997 was a different team then team 19 in 1998. In 1999, all teams existing teams kept the same number and any new teams got higher numbers. The team that was 19 in 1997 is now team 25 (BMS & North Brunswick HS).

In 1998, team 19 was Bell Atlantic & Greenwich HS. In 1997 there was no teams sponsored by Bell Atlantic nor was there a team at Greenwich HS. That's why Jessica and I are having trouble tracing team 19's history.

[ghansel]

I'm not sure what the picture indicates except that someone thinks we started in 1994. Is that (the entry in the regional manual) supplied by teams, or given by FIRST?