Year Roundup

TJ Odyssey of the Mind enjoyed tremendous success this year. TJ teams placed first in all five problem categories at the Regional level, including one team in two categories, each advancing to the State level.

At the State competition, seniors Ioana Cristei, Nadir Ijaz, Michael Lowman, Tim Xu and juniors Molly Patterson and Daniel Emmons placed second in both the “Classics…The Wonderful Muses” problem and the “Eccentrics” problem; juniors Tim Hu, Ryan Kim, Sue Liu, Jeanette Miranda, James Wiley, Vangie Xu, and So-Jung Youn placed in the “Dino Stories” problem; freshmen Connor Barrett, Jackie Browning, Alla Herman, Janiel Li, Jonathan Phillips, Vy Ton and Katherine Wang placed second in the ”Tee Structure” problem; and seniors Dustin Moore, Arjun Khanna and Jeff Chen placed first in the “Odyssey Road Rally” problem. The “Odyssey Road Rally” team also received the Ranatra Fusca Award for exceptional creativity. All four teams advanced to the World Finals, representing TJ in all five problem categories.

At the World Finals, the "Odyssey Road Rally" and "Tee Structure" teams both placed 3rd; the two-problem team placed 9th and 10th in “Classics…The Wonderful Muses” and “The Eccentrics”, respectively; and the "Dino Stories" team placed 11th. Congratulations!

2008-2009 Long-Term Problem Synopses

The long-term problem synopses 2008-2009 have been released:

Problem 1: Earth Trek
Problem 2: Teach Yer Creature
Problem 3: The Lost Labor of Heracles
Problem 4: Shock Waves
Problem 5: Superstition
To view the full synopses, visit the official Odyssey of the Mind homepage.

The 2007-2008 problem categories were:

Problem 1: Sports Cars
Problem 2: DinoStories
Problem 3: Classics ... The Wonderful Muses
Problem 4: Tee Structure
Problem 5: The Eccentrics!
To view the full synopses, visit the Long-Term Problems page.