March 31, 2012
Minneapolis, March 30, 2012 – On day one of their rookie FIRST Robotics Regionals competition at Mariucci Arena, the MPArors were awarded the “Rookie Inspiration Award”. According to FIRST, this award “celebrates a rookie team for outstanding effort as a FIRST team in community outreach and recruiting students to engineering.” Congratulations to the MPArors on this outstanding achievement and their impressive level of sportsmanship, teamwork, and creativity on the first day of competition and the many days of hard work leading up to it. The FIRST Robotics Regionals continues today at Mariucci Arena. The MPArors have matches at 9:24 a.m., 9:54 a.m., and 10:48 a.m. The Final Rounds are from 1:30-4:30 p.m., and the Awards Ceremony immediately follows. The event is free and open to the public. Go MPArors!
