It wasn’t your usual weekend for James Cogswell.
The grade 8 student from Evergreen Park School got to spend this past weekend competing in the Canadian Geographic Challenge in Ottawa.
He applied online, and was chosen to compete.
The Challenge wasn’t the only highlight of the weekend. The 14-year-old got to meet Alex Trebek, and he got to see Parliament Hill, which is something he always wanted to do.
He says Geography isn’t his favourite subject, but he always had a lot of fact books.
It was the 20th anniversary of the competition, and more than 500 Canadian schools participated this year.
Cogswell didn’t make it to the top five, but he says that’s okay. He plans to study all year and try again next year.
