CHARLOTTE — Holy Trinity Middle School’s Odyssey of the Mind Team took home a first-place award from the N.C. Central Region Odyssey of the Mind Tournament Feb. 29 at Wingate University and are competing virtually in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals this month.
Team members (pictured from left) are Rocio Vega-Saenz, Montsi McGee, Ally Breeyear, Michaela Hilley and Sabrina Hankins.
They competed in the regional tournament’s Division 2/Problem 2, in which teams were challenged to design and create a network system to transmit an image, text and e-mail and then present their solution in a live performance that included pop-up advertisements, team-made musical instruments, an original song, a malware character, three network characters and an anti-virus hero character.
With the in-person tournament canceled in lieu of a virtual competition because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team donated the funds they would have used for tournament travel to the Levine Children’s Hospital.
— Photo provided by Stephanie Gulla Hilley