June News
News about New York's successes at the 2023 World Finals and a call for designs for next years New York pins.
World Finals
At the recent World Finals in Michigan New York had 2 World Champions and a record-breaking 15 top-six finishes!
This year we had a lot of new teams, experiencing World Finals for the first time but congratulations to the whole of Team New York, you make us all so proud!
1st: Place Problem 1 Division 3 Vestal HS Team A, Vestal
1st Place Problem 3 Division 3: Goshen HS, Goshen
​2nd Place Problem 1 Division 3: Geneseo Middle/High School, Geneseo
2nd Place Problem 2 Division 3: Vestal HS, Vestal
2nd Place Problem 3 Division 2: Long Beach Middle School, Long Beach
3rd Place Problem 3 Division 3: American Civic Association, Binghamton
3rd Place Problem 5 Division 3: Fairport HS, Fairport
4th Place Problem 2 Division 2: Pittsford MS, Pittsford
4th Place Problem 4 Division 1: State Street Elementary School, Skaneateles
​4th Place Problem 5 Division 3: Galway Jr/Sr High School, Galway
5th Place Problem 1 Division 1: State Street Elementary, Skaneateles
5th Place Problem 1 Division 3: Johnstown Jr/Sr High School, Johnstown
6th Place Problem 2 Division 2: Warwick Middle School, Warwick
6th Place Problem 2 Division 2: Long Beach Middle School, Long Beach
6th Place Problem 2 Division 3: Broadalbin-Perth Jr/Sr High School, Broadalbin
​See the detailed scores and where every New York team placed at
https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/world-finals-2023-scores/
Check out photos uploaded by Team NY at www.nyodyssey.org/wf-photo-gallery
It’s time to think about next years’ pins!
For teams attending World Finals, pin trading is a bigger thing than you can ever imagine, until you have seen it for yourself.
Check out the OM pin trading page https://www.facebook.com/groups/191435979893/ for what was popular this year.
Calling people who traded this year, what were the most sought-after pins?
Every year NYSOMA tries to come up with new pins that people will want to keep, and to trade.
