Thanks for a GREAT Event!
 

OK. We know you want to see pictures and the results, so we won't waste your time. But before we give you the details, thank you again to our Sponsor (INCOSE Colorado Chapter) and our Hosts (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, UCCS Engineering / IEEE, and D20 Rocky Mountain Robotics), our fabulous volunteers, and of course, ALL OF YOU!!!!

We have tons of photos for your viewing pleasure, courtesy of our event photographers, Steve Moraco and Marie Bush as well as contributions from many of you. We've tried to break them up a little, but honestly, that's a lot of pictures.  Follow these links to find and download your favorites.  Please remember, these photos are the property of our photographers. You are welcome to download them and use them -- as long as you don't use them for profit.  (Be patient when you select these links. There are a ton of photos. It could take a few minutes to load them.)

If you have additional photos you'd like to contribute, please email them to mbush@uccs.edu. 

Now for the awards.  In our minds, anyone who competes is a winner. Unfortunately, we don't have enough trophies for everyone. So, here are the award winners:

2009 Award Winners

In our minds, anyone who competed in this year's even is a winner. That's a lot of work and you, no doubt, learned a lot.

Here are our winners. As a reminder, scoring is made up of four components:
       * 25% Robot Performance
       * 25% Robot Design
       * 25% Research Project
       * 25% Teamwork

For descriptions of these awards, see the Awards Page on this website. 

Based on our total number of teams competing, the 2009 Southern Colorado FIRST LEGO League Competition is able to promote 10 teams to the Colorado FIRST LEGO League Championship in Denver on December 12, 2009.  These teams will compete against qualifying teams from our Berthod, Eagle County, Monarch, Poudre, School of Mines Qualifiers.

The following teams have been selected for this competition based on their Presentation, Robot Performance, Technical Interview, Teamwork and Overall Consistency scores:

The Alliance Rounds were new this year. Based on feedback we've received so far, they were a big hit. Remember, Alliance Round results do not affect a teams rankings and they do not qualify a team for the Colorado Championship event. However, they did add an exciting new element to our competition as teams quickly built new strategies and friendships.  The Alliance Round Winners were:

And finally, because people are always curious, here are the top 50% of the Competition Round Scores. Remember, the contest this year, per FIRST Wordwide rules (www.usfirst.org), is a Best Round of Three.  So a team with a 380 best round and zeros for their other rounds could still win the Robot Performance award.  Also remember that the Directors Awards are based on the the combination of your Robot Performance, Teamwork, Project and Robot Design scores.  A team with a low performance score, but high marks in the other areas could easily win the Directors Award.

Thanks Again for a GREAT Event!