WOW! That is the only way to express this concluding day of the 2008 FIRST Florida Regional for team 1251. Starting off the day with a loss and a snapped claw, the TechTigers came back with a vengeance and won our second and last qualifying match of the day, ending up as the 4th seeded team.
During the alliance picking, team 1251 was chosen by number 2 seeded team 233, The Pink Team, along with team 86, Team Resistance [our fellow 2007 Florida Regional winner]. After a very intense and high-scoring elimination round, Team 233-The Pink Team, Team 86-Team Resistance, and ourselves, Team 1251- The TechTigers, are the 2008 Florida Regional Winners, playing undefeated through the elimination rounds [the TechTigers lost one match the entire competition]! This is both ours and Team 86's second Florida Regional win in a row.
Following the amazing elimination round, we TechTigers were very excited to also win the 2008 Florida Regional General Motors Industrial Design Award. This is the second GM Industrial Design Award team 1251 has won and we are very honored to have received them.
All in all, it was an amazing three days and the team is looking forward to the Palmetto Regional in the coming weeks.
Team 1251 would like to thank teams 233 and 86 for their amazing performance and their outstanding teamwork - our teams worked well together and managed to pull through with a regional win. We would also like to thank our mentors, parents, teachers, our sponsor Sonny's, and everyone else who has helped us get to where we are - we couldn't do anything without you.
One regional down, one to go. Palmetto, here we come!
[pictures to come]
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