The work began in D.C. on Thursday. As the team moved into the competition area, they worked to make final adjustments on the robot. The Kil-a-bytes missed nearly all of the practice matches, and barley made the last match. We headed to the hotel for the night and anticipated a better day in the morning.

As Friday began, the Kil-a bytes did not get off to a good start and suffered a 3-0 loss.There was a no score tie in the second match. The Kil-a-bytes stuggled to keep up without a side kicker. With sufficent time until the next scheduled match, there was time to work on the robot. The Kil-a-bytes came back with a 5-1 win. The kil-a-bytes had a change in luck and  won their next two matches and ended the day with a (2-3-0) record.

Saturday morning began with match 60. The Kil-a-bytes experienced four wins in a row, ending the qualifications rounds with an improvef record of (6-5-1). Team 1024 was then picked to alliance with Team 2641 (VIKINGS) from Pittsburgh, PA and Team 701 (RoboVikes) from Fairfield, CA. The alliance lost in the First Round of finals (0-2-0). A first match score of 8-4 and second match of 1-0. The Kil-a-bytes packed up and are now focusing on the Boilermaker Regional which starts March 25th, 2010.