Monday, December 5, 2011

West Des Moines Qualifier Summary (12-03-2011)

This past weekend, FTC-Iowa hosted a great qualifier! Wow! We were very impressed! Thank you, teams #3550 - Beta for hosting this WONDERFUL event!

 
Award Winners
Think Award: Team #5063, Tweener Creepers, from Tipton, Iowa
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: Team #4175, Geek Squad from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
PTC Design Award: Team #3550, Beta from West Des Moines, Iowa
Connect Award: Team #3609, Polar Technics from Des Moines, Iowa
Motivate Award: Team #5489, Science Bound Catalyst, from Des Moines, Iowa
Inspire Award: Team #5126, InDEnProCom, from Ankeny, Iowa

Teams Who Advance

Host team: Team #3550, Beta from West Des Moines, Iowa
Inspire Award Winner: Team #5126, InDEnProCom, from Ankeny, Iowa
Captain of the Winning Alliance: Team #4325, CoBots from Walker, Iowa
2nd Place Inspire Award: Team #3550 Beta, from West Des Moines -- however, since they were the host team, they automatically advanced.
1st Team Picked of Winning Alliance: #5340, Warriors from Waukee, Iowa


Congratulations to all of the teams!
Fun facts:
  • Highest score of a match: 86-69
  • One match ended in a tie, 80-80 (pictures below)
  • 15 teams competed, all teams had passed software and hardware inspection prior to opening ceremonies.
  • One of the Samanthas started smoking!
  • Each team competed in 6 matches.
  • Average match turnaround time was 6.5909 minutes
  • 60 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. This event went tremendously smooth! Thank you!!