Connor McKeown, a student at Uintah Elementary School, recently attended a celebration in New York after being selected as one of 12 World Champions in Delta's World Adventure Challenge with Carmen Sandiego, an international geography essay competition.
The celebration included attending a taping of the popular PBS show "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" McKeown, 11, prepared a winning entry by detailing the cultural novelties of his home city, Salt Lake City, and a foreign country, New Zealand.The weekend activities included a Broadway play, a private shopping spree and an awards ceremony. He and the other finalists also received a $1,000 savings bond for college.
McKeown's sister, Erin, won the same competition last year. Their cousin, David Harding, was a runner-up in the contest.