Wilson Elementary VEX IQ Challenge

Today was a blast. I was, unfortunately, a few minutes late showing up with the robot and my team, 1129K, was waiting at the doors and excited to get started. It was energizing to see so much enthusiasm, and it seemed to last through the day.

After listening to the instructions and a couple of matches both EBLS teams started to become pros at the whole process. At one point 1129K got a special kudos announcement for being ready with another team in the queue during the skill matches, a first for the event that day.

We had great support from the school and parents. Mrs. K dropped off snacks in the morning and yesterday Pizza was ordered and it was delivered on time. Dr. Johnson came and gave great moral support and took a lot of pictures and we had some parents able to attend and watch.

I was so impressed at how well the two teams handled themselves in the judging portion of the event. They gave well-thought answers and it was obvious they had learned a lot through their own observations.

Unfortunately I had to leave early to take care of another commitment I had made before I became involved in EBLS VEX IQ, but looking at the scores at the end of the day, they made a great showing:

Finalist Rankings:

Rank	Team#	Name	Points
5	1129K	Edith Bowen	29
13	1129M	Edith Bowen	15

Teamwork Rankings

Rank	Team#	Name	Points
11	1129K	Edith Bowen	79
15	1129M	Edith Bowen	62

Some very good showings for two teams that first got their robot kits two and a half weeks ago and had a holiday eat up a good chunk of that time.

They didn't have the awards listed yet on the web site. I will edit this page and add that as I find out more how things wrapped up and how the awards went.

http://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-iq-challenge/re-viqc-14-2472.html