What an experience!
This event was held at the Iowa Memorial Union, in Iowa City Iowa. We had 32 teams competing for a chance to be invited to the FTC World Championship in St. Louis in April. This was a very exciting tournament!!
Award Winners
Promote Award: #3550, Beta, West Des Moines
Think Award: Team #3549, Classified, Mt. Vernon Schools, Mt. Vernon
Rockwell Collins Innovate Award: Team #5466, Combustible Lemons, West High, Davenport
PTC Design Award: #458, Activate Go! Initiative, Mt. Vernon Schools, Mt. Vernon
Connect Award: Team #5084, BET, ITCOM, Cedar Rapids
Motivate Award: Team #3609, Polar Technics, North High School, Des Moines
Inspire Award: Team #3550, Beta, West Des Moines
Teams Who Advance (according to page 29 of the Bowled Over Game Manual)
- Host Team: none
- Inspire Award Winner: Team #3550, Beta, West Des Moines
- Winning Alliance Captain: Team #458, Activate Go! Initiative, Mt. Vernon
- 2nd Place Inspire Award Winner: Team #3549, Classified, Mt. Vernon
UStream
During the day, we live broadcasted the event via UStream. You can watch some of the videos of the matches, by visiting the site at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/state-championship
Interesting facts about the UStream: There were 227 Unique Viewers. Total viewing time: 249 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds. Each visitor watched for an average of 30 minutes. Cool stuff!!
Congratulations to all of the teams!
Fun facts:
- Five matches had scores 300+ points!
- Nine matches had scores above 200-299 points!
- 19 matches had scores over 100-199 points!
- 32 teams competed, all teams had passed software and hardware inspection prior to opening ceremonies.
- We had three team alliances, so four teams advanced to the semi-final and final matches.
- Each team competed in 6 matches.
- Over 110 volunteers provided their time to make this day a great event! Thank you, Katie Mitchell and Andrew Bennett for coordinating all of the volunteers!
