Regional was awesome! We had so much fun. There were so many top-notch teams there.
All three interviews in the morning went smoothly and many judges visited our pit. We even got to help a rookie team that had no programming for their robot. We got programs working for them and they were able to score as highly as our robot for the first round!
...Not everything was perfect though... We lost our robot jig, download cable, and some of the attachments we use. Because of that, our robot was unable to score as highly as we had hoped. After all three robot rounds, we slipped from ranking 9th to 11th place. Not too bad, ehh?
Then finally came the awards ceremony! We were nominated for several awards and won....... the RUNNER'S-UP CHAMPIONS award!!! Afterward we headed to Culver's to celebrate.
Now we have 3 weeks to prepare for state.
We are a 4-H FIRST LEGO League team from Waukesha, WI. Our team and the FIRST organization are for inspiration and recognition of science and technology, driven by gracious professionalism. In our 9-year history, we've been awarded Teamwork, Robot Performance, three Innovative Solutions, three Inspirations, 1st and 2nd place Research, two Champions, two Runners up Champions, 2nd Place Alliance, 3rd Place Core Values, and yes, even Gracious Professionalism. In all things, TEAMwork counts!
