Three local teams -- two from Skaneateles and one from Weedsport -- earned the right to compete at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals later this spring after strong performances Saturday at the O-M state championships.
Of those the three teams, Skaneateles Middle School Team B, competing in the Road Rally Division II category, was the lone outright winner of a state title during the daylong competition held in Binghamton.
The Weedsport Junior/Senior High School Tee Structure Division III team placed second, as did Skaneateles' State Street Elementary School Team A in The Eccentrics Division I. The top two teams in each category are eligible to compete at the world finals, which will be held May 31 through June 3 at the University of Maryland.
After a regional competition at the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES campus earlier this month, 16 local teams advanced to Saturday's state finals.
Created in 1978 by C. Samuel Micklus, a professor emeritus at Rowan University in New Jersey, the international education program provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten to college. There are thousands of teams in the United States and from about 25 participating countries.
In addition to the local teams that placed in the top two slots in their categories, here's a rundown of how the other teams who had advanced out of the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES fared on Saturday, according to the New York State Odyssey of the Mind Web site:
* In the Road Rally Division I category, State Street Elementary Team A placed third.
* In Road Rally Division III, Jordan Elbridge High School Team B came in seventh.
* In DinoStories Division I, Southern Cayuga Middle School finished 12th.
* In DinoStories Division II, Skaneateles Middle School Team A placed fourth.
* In DinoStories Division III, Skaneateles High School came in fifth.
* In The Wonderful Muses Division I, State Street Elementary School Team B finished fourth.
* In The Wonderful Muses Division III, Moravia High School Team A placed ninth.
* In Tee Structure Division I, Weedsport Elementary School placed seventh.
* In Tee Structure Division II, Millard Fillmore Elementary School finished 15th, Skaneateles Middle School Team A was 12th and Weedsport Junior-Senior High School was 13th. Those three local teams had tied for first in the regional competition.
* In The Eccentrics! Division II, Auburn's West Middle School placed fifth.
* In The Eccentrics! Division III, Auburn High School finished fourth.
The Weedsport Junior/Senior High School Tee Structure Division III team placed second, as did Skaneateles' State Street Elementary School Team A in The Eccentrics Division I. The top two teams in each category are eligible to compete at the world finals, which will be held May 31 through June 3 at the University of Maryland.
After a regional competition at the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES campus earlier this month, 16 local teams advanced to Saturday's state finals.
Created in 1978 by C. Samuel Micklus, a professor emeritus at Rowan University in New Jersey, the international education program provides creative problem-solving opportunities for students from kindergarten to college. There are thousands of teams in the United States and from about 25 participating countries.
In addition to the local teams that placed in the top two slots in their categories, here's a rundown of how the other teams who had advanced out of the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES fared on Saturday, according to the New York State Odyssey of the Mind Web site:
* In the Road Rally Division I category, State Street Elementary Team A placed third.
* In Road Rally Division III, Jordan Elbridge High School Team B came in seventh.
* In DinoStories Division I, Southern Cayuga Middle School finished 12th.
* In DinoStories Division II, Skaneateles Middle School Team A placed fourth.
* In DinoStories Division III, Skaneateles High School came in fifth.
* In The Wonderful Muses Division I, State Street Elementary School Team B finished fourth.
* In The Wonderful Muses Division III, Moravia High School Team A placed ninth.
* In Tee Structure Division I, Weedsport Elementary School placed seventh.
* In Tee Structure Division II, Millard Fillmore Elementary School finished 15th, Skaneateles Middle School Team A was 12th and Weedsport Junior-Senior High School was 13th. Those three local teams had tied for first in the regional competition.
* In The Eccentrics! Division II, Auburn's West Middle School placed fifth.
* In The Eccentrics! Division III, Auburn High School finished fourth.
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