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Friday, February 15, 2013

2013 USF Young Innovators Competition ‘The Best Ever’

Katie Warren, a third grade student at St. Paul's School, was awarded third place in the science and technology competition. Three other Clearwater students placed in the top 10 out of 600 entrants.

The finals of the 2013 USF Young Innovator Competition were held Monday night on the University of South Florida campus, featuring the top 10 of the nearly 600 submissions this year. First prize went to Mica Jadick, a seventh-grader from Martinez Middle School in Lutz, for her cereal-sifting device. George Seits from Middleton High School in Tampa took home second place, while Katie Warren, a third-grader from St. Paul’s School in Clearwater, won third prize. Keeley Karnes and and Stamatina Liristis, of St. Paul's School; and Nicholas Boyd, of Oak Grove Middle School also placed in the top 10 of the regional competition. Event founder and local patent attorney Anton Hopen said the fifth edition of the competition was the most successful …

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