Two teams competing for Medina Elementary School will represent Washington state at the Destination Imagination Global Finals set May 23-26 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Destination Imagination is an educational program where student teams work to solve solve open-ended challenges and then present their solutions at tournaments.

The state champs for the technical challenge are Michael Simpson, Kirby Bryant, Brian McMurray, Mary Javier, Ethan Schiller and Preston Bezos.

The team also received the highest Instant Challenge score in their technical division.

Representing the state for the fine arts challenge are Medina students Kate Forsberg, Gannon Forsberg, Oliver Charaf, Isabella Chang, Lucie Mowat, Alicia Fletcher and Jack Feller.

The team was also the recipients of this year’s DI Renaissance Award for its integration of an original soundtrack into a movie trailer.

‘The Dudes With Awesome Shades,’ also from Medina, are (from left) Kate Forsberg, Bella Chang, Alicia Fletcher, Jack Feller, Oliver Charaf, Lucie Mowat and Gannon Forsberg.