By AMES, IOWA — Two teams from the Ballston Spa Central School District competed in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals at Iowa State University in Ames last week. The Middle School team (Division 2) took 17th place in problem 4, and the Malta Ave team (Division 1) finished 12th.
It was the first time in more than 30 years that two Ballston Spa school district teams made it to the finals. The teams earned the trip to Iowa by winning second-place trophies in their divisions at the state finals in Syracuse earlier this year.
Odyssey of the Mind is an international competitive program. Teams choose from a list of open-ended problems and solve one of them through a combination of an original theatrical sketch performance and engineering solutions using only inexpensive or recycled materials. Each team must also solve a second spontaneous problem.
