Our team ar­rived back in Wauke­sha feel­ing happy and ex­hausted at 2:30 this morn­ing. It has been an in­cred­i­ble week­end and an in­cred­i­ble sea­son. We could not be more proud of all the hard work we have put in and the growth we have ac­com­plished as a team.

This week­end we made it to the quar­ter­fi­nals in our di­vi­sion, plac­ing eighth out of over sev­enty teams from around the world. In ad­di­tion we are thrilled and hon­ored to have been awarded the UL In­dus­trial Safety Award at the in­ter­na­tional level. Con­grat­u­la­tions to Lexus Stokes, our Safety Cap­tain, for di­rect­ing this pro­gram, and for win­ning Star of the Day at Cham­pi­onships.

De­spite this suc­cess, com­ing home is a bit­ter­sweet feel­ing. For four months, this team has been a fam­ily, meet­ing for over 15 hours a week, eat­ing to­gether, laugh­ing to­gether, and work­ing to­gether. We have formed mean­ing­ful friend­ships, gained new skills, and cre­ated a spe­cial com­mu­nity where every­one is al­lowed to be in­cred­i­ble. To­gether, we have each grown and ac­com­plished things we never thought pos­si­ble.

Af­ter this point, we will con­tinue to meet and pre­pare for next year, how­ever meet­ings will be less fre­quent and the thrill of build sea­son has of­fi­cially passed. That be­ing said, we look for­ward to every­thing we will be able to do this sum­mer and through­out next year’s sea­son.