by Regan Allan posted 04/02/2012 The CT State Odyssey of the Mind competition was held on March 31 in Bristol, CT and four of our SYF teams won, competing against 186 teams across CT! We were especially proud this year, because out of 38 towns and cities in CT who participate in the program, Stamford tied with Brookfield for sending the most teams to the State Finals (17 teams!).
All of our 17 Stamford teams did a wonderful job and the Cloonan team placed 1
st, the Northeast team placed 2
nd, the K. T. Murphy team placed 3
rd and the 2/5 team (students from Ripp, TOR and Scofield) placed 3
rd in their problems and divisions. As 1
st and 2nd place finishers, Cloonan and Northeast qualify for the World Finals in May in Iowa. Pending fundraising, we hope that they can attend. Members of the winning teams are below:
Cloonan: Caitlin Covello, Shrenik Kankaria, Noah Klein, Gabriella Napolitano, Marcos Pinto-Leite, Grace Savage and Max Zussman. Coaches: Margie Pinto-Leite and Nicole Zussman
Northeast: Benjamin Hu, Rishi Jaaswal, Liam MacDonald, Christopher Matrullo, Julien Matrullo, Hannah Nekritz and Cristian Smina. Coach: Eric Matrullo. High School Mentor: Annabel Siegal
K.T. Murphy: Axel Aguilar, Nicholas Ayars, Emely Ciprian, Ashley Echegaray, Kaitlyn Masone, Katelyn Suarez and Ana Paula Velasco. Coach: Susan Manashel
2/5: (students from Rippowam, Scofield and TOR): Mariel Barocas, Alexander Chuckas, Rachel Garland, Matthew Goodfellow, Gesela Levin, Rebecca Siegal and Amruta Viswanath. Coaches: Loan Garland and John Haynes
Thanks again for all of your support for this amazing program!
Pictured below is the Cloonan team with their medals.
L-R: Margie Pinto-Leite coach, Nicole Zussman coach, Max Zussman, Marcos Pinto-Leite, Shrenik Kankaria, Caitlin Covello, Gabriella Napolitano, Grace Savage
Regan Allan
Parent Volunteer
Stamford Youth Foundation and Parent Teacher Council
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