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World Finals Highlights
t may have been the best World Finals
ever. At Iowa State University, May
28-31, the weather was perfect, everything ran like clockwork, and the team
presentations were superb. We thank
every team, coach and official who
helped to make the event great!
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645 teams competed, representing
31 U.S. states and the countries of
Canada, Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Singapore and Uzbekistan.
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North Carolina took home the most
first-place trophies with five overall;
New York and Poland each claimed
three; Michigan, Oklahoma and
Pennsylvania claimed two; and Texas
and Virginia took home one apiece.
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120 graduates participated in the
special Graduation Ceremony.
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Dr. Fritz Hasler and Steve Graham
of NASA gave 10 standing-room-only E-theatre presentations of satellite imagery of the Earth.
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We’re proud to have presented
the Odyssey of the Mind
Creativity Award to Peter
Yarrow and Operation
Respect. Peter, of the folk trio
Peter, Paul and Mary, started
Operation Respect as a way to
bring the lessons of tolerance
and respect for others into the
classroom. The organization
disseminates its “Don’t Laugh
At Me” curriculum to schools
across America free of charge.
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This year's Odyssey of the
Mind Spirit Award went to
Angela Wilkerson -- more
commonly known as OMER's
Best Friend -- for her work in
the Odyssey of the Mind associations
of Tennessee,
Georgia, and North and South Carolina.
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