FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             N.R. #284, 5/06/05

Date: May 6, 2005
Contact: Irene Cromer
Community Relations Supervisor
703-791-8720

ODYSSEY OF THE MIND REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

Six teams from Bristow Run Elementary School competed in the Odyssey of the Mind Regional Tournament. One team placed second and two teams placed third. Over 200 teams from Reston, Falls Church, Vienna, Fairfax, and Bristow competed.

The Bristow Run second place team included Leslie Kulik and Charlene Manning, coaches; and team members Courtney Kulik, Lindsay Manning, Brittany Manning, Anna Calkins, Bethany Bouker, Andrew Kurash, and Rachel Lewis.

One of the third place teams included Nancy Weaver and Andrew Buchheit, Principal, coaches; and team members Victoria Buchheit, Jessica Kidd, Dani Gutwein, Caren Parker, Mary Laliberte, and Erin Cafferty.

The other third place team included Tsitsi Nyereyemhuka and Mary Ellen Cadigan, coaches; and team members Munashe Nyereyemhuka, Mufara Nyereyemhuka, Katie Cadigan, Michelle DuTeil, Marc Zalaskus, and Marianna Dickson.

Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem solving opportunities for students from kindergarten through college. Students apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics; they then bring their solutions to a competition on the local, state, and world level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries participate in the program.

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