The Friarbots just wrapped up an intense and rewarding three days at the Long Beach Arena for the FIRST Los Angeles Regional Competition.
We finished the qualifying rounds ranked very high and were then picked by an alliance (599 RoboDox and 1138 Eagle Engineering) to compete in the elimination rounds! We won the first two matches of the quarter finals and made it all the way to the semifnals where we put up a good fight to a perennial powerhouse alliance of well established teams. This is by far the best performance for the Friarbots in our short 3 year history, and the first time that we were picked to be part of an alliance in the elimination rounds!
We also won the Entrepreneurship Award! This award recognizes entrepreneurial spirit and recognizes a team which has developed a comprehensive business plan in order to define, manage, and achieve team objectives. Judges were impressed by our team’s entrepreneurial enthusiasm, team organization, outreach programs, and vital business skills that ensure a self sustaining program.
Team President David Carr ’12 was honored with a $1,000 scholarship given to an outstanding senior scholar/roboticist and Vice President of Business James Carr ’11 was honored with the prestigious Dean’s List award, given to junior FRC team members for leadership, passion and effectiveness at attaining the goals of FIRST.
Thank you everyone for your support! Photos & videos of the competition are being processed and uploaded and will be available soon here on the website and on our Facebook page! See you at the Central Valley Regional in 3 weeks!