By Melanie Dostis, News Correspondent

Fifty-one teams trudged throughout Boston last weekend competing to become this year’s Husky Hunt winners. Event organizers call this year’s Hunt a success.

Jimmy Okuszka, Resident Student Association’s (RSA) vice president of programming and the Husky Hunt committee had been planning RSA’s Hunt since the summer. The annual 24-hour scavenger hunt is a Northeastern tradition in which teams of 12 students answer riddles and complete challenges. The team who can rack up the most number of points wins.

“Most of the teams worked really hard and stayed strong throughout the 24 hours,” Okuszka said.

With a theme of Area 51, the first challenge of the night had teams scramble to find their abducted captains.

Optional challenges throughout the night included making a music video, creating a solar system, a Museum of Fine Arts treasure hunt, logic puzzles, a spelling bee and a “Where’s Alien Waldo” game.

Not all teams made it through the night, however. One team was found drinking at a bar during the first night, which is against University rules, and was disqualified by the committee.

Okuszka said he loved the committee’s creativity this year and would not change a thing about the challenge. The only difficulty, he said, was that the event was understaffed during Saturday morning.

“Everyone who had volunteered the night [before] had went to bed and everyone who was coming had not woken up yet,” he said.

With a quick switch of the challenge schedule, the Husky Hunt continued.

Jake Parente has participated in the Husky Hunt for four years. He said this year’s contest was more Northeastern-centric.

“Last year seemed to have more challenges off campus, while this year, a lot more were on campus,” Parente whose team, 12th Circle of Hell, won last year’s “Dante Inferno”-themed Husky Hunt, said.

Parente has participated in the hunt for the last four years and worked on the committee this year to “be on the other side.”

The final challenge, worth 1,500 points if completed fully, tested participants to reach each planet of the solar system, with 9 “planets” being different locations. In order to advance to the next planet and receive their clue, participants had to complete a challenge at each destination.

“The final challenge is always my favorite part of the Husky Hunt as it involves a high spirit of competition, mental challenges, and a little bit of luck,” Parente said.

Parente said winning the final challenge pushed his team to victory last year.

“Every team has the same opportunity when it comes to the picture clues, but those teams that participated in the challenges have a leg up on everyone else,” he said.

All participants of the Hunt will be invited to a “Spirit of Boston” boat cruise Dec. 3 where the winners will be revealed.