Monday, November 21, 2011

Linn-Mar Qualifier Summary (11-19-2011)

This past weekend, FTC-Iowa hosted the first qualifier of the season! Wow! We were very impressed! Thank you, teams #4150 & #4324 for hosting this WONDERFUL event!
 

Award Winners
Think Award: Team #4144, Engineer Imagineer from Ottumwa, Iowa
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: Team #4150, Outrageous Finger Socks from Marion, Iowa
PTC Design Award: Team #3738, Robohawktagons from Ankeny, Iowa
Connect Award: Team #3549, Classified from Mount Vernon, Iowa
Motivate Award: Team #458, Activate Go Initiative! from Mount Vernon, Iowa
Judges Award: Team #4175, Geek Squad, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Inspire Award: Team #4324, Super Ninjas from Marion, Iowa

Teams Who Advance

Host team: Team #4150, Outrageous Finger Socks from Marion, Iowa
Inspire Award Winner: Team #4324, Super Ninjas from Marion, Iowa
Captain of the Winning Alliance: Team #3738, Robohawktagons from Ankeny, Iowa
2nd Place Inspire Award: Team #3549, Classified from Mount Vernon, Iowa

Congratulations to all of the teams!
Fun facts:
  • Highest score of a match: 106-41
  • Five matches with scores above 100
  • One match ended in a tie
  • One of the closest matches was the second match of the finals, which was a score of 52-55, with the blue alliance winning.
  • 16 teams competed, all teams had passed software and hardware inspection prior to opening ceremonies
  • Each team competed in 6 matches.
  • Average match turnaround time was 7.9565 minutes
  • 45 volunteers, including high school students, college students, recent college graduates, professionals, and retirees. Thank you!!!
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers, mentors, coaches and teams. For the first qualifier, this event went tremendously smooth!

We look forward to the Dec. 3rd event at Stilwell Jr. High in West Des Moines!