Monday, January 9, 2012

Cedar Rapids Qualifier (1/7/2012)

This past weekend, FTC-Iowa hosted a great qualifier! Wow! We were very impressed! Thank you, Kirkwood Community College for hosting this WONDERFUL event!

 
Award Winners
Think Award: Team #5063,  Tipton High School, Tipton, Iowa
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: Team #5062, Advanced, Solon, Iowa
PTC Design Award: Team #4324, Super Ninjas, Linn-Mar High School, Marion, Iowa
Connect Award: Team #4150, Outrageous Finger Socks, Linn-Mar High School, Marion, Iowa
Motivate Award: Team #5153, Benton Community High School, Van Horne, Iowa
Inspire Award: Team #4258, Bomb Squad, Jefferson High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Teams Who Advance (according to page 29 of the Bowled Over Game Manual)
  1. No Host Team
  2. Inspire Award Winner: Team #4258, Bomb Squad from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  3. Winning Alliance Captain: Team #4258 - however, since they won the Inspire Award, they received an invitation
  4. Inspire Award 2nd Place Winner: #4324 - however, they received an invitation to advance from a previous event.
  5. Winning Alliance, 1st team selected - #4324 - however, they received an invitation to advance from a previous event.
  6. Inspire Award 3rd Place Winner: #5153, Benton Community High School, Van Horne, Iowa
  7. Winning Alliance, 2nd team - none
  8. Think Award Winner: #5063, Tipton High School, Tipton, Iowa
  9. Finalist Alliance Captain: #367 - Organized Chaos, Solon High School, Solon, Iowa
In summary, Teams #4258, #5153, #5063, and #367 will be invited to the FTC-Iowa Championship in February!


Congratulations to all of the teams!
Fun facts:
  • Two matches were over 200 points (61-205 and 209-26)!
  • Seven matches were over 100 points!
  • 16 teams competed, all teams had passed software and hardware inspection prior to opening ceremonies.
  • One team raised the crate to the 9th level of the match stick!
  • Alliance Selection was very exciting! The 7th ranked team became a Captain!
  • Each team competed in 7 matches.
  • A HUGE Thank you to the wonderful 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!!