After tons of qualification matches yesterday, the team is currently 6th seed. The standings can be found on the FIRST website under regionals (or click here). Also, we won the award for Best Overall Website! Thanks to everyone who has competed with us in qualification matches so far! This morning, we have more qualification matches before alliance selection and finals!
Opening ceremony!
Website award!
We’re finally here! Practice matches have just started and many of the robots here are in the inspection phase. Basic scouting has begun and the team is looking forward to qualification matches tomorrow!
This year’s playing field.
Our pit area.
An overview of the pit area.
Dan, Gus, and Thomas with another team’s mascot.
The driver’s meeting.
More pictures to come later in the day.
We’ve arrived in Chicago. The team spent hours upon hours on the road today and stopping for lunch before going to the hotel. After checking in, the team went to a local mall for dinner and hung out before returning to the hotel for team meetings. The team’s leaving bright and early tomorrow for the first day at the regional. Don’t forget to check out the team twitter for score updates, as well as the FIRST website, www.usfirst.com, for more details. Stay tuned for another update tomorrow night!
Tommy asleep on the bus.
Dan on the Burger King playground.
Team members at MagiQuest at the mall.
Dan, Jonathan, Ben, Brendan, Thomas, and Sarah in Claires at the mall.
Tommy at Toys R Us at the mall.
Tomorrow is the big day… the team is leaving for the Midwest Regional. We will compete Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. For more info on that regional, click here. Also, be sure to check out our twitter (here), where I will post updates on our team’s scores and standings throughout the competition.Also, our team was featured in this year’s poster for the Oklahoma Regional! 