Science Olympiad to go to state competition

Freshmen Callie Raacke and Johnathan Rupe go up to receive the trophy for second place. Both students placed first in an event at the regional competition.

Science Olympiad placed second at regional competition on Thursday, Feb. 15, allowing them to continue on to the state competition at Wichita State University. To make state a school must take one of the top three spots at regional competition.

The results for the Science Olympiad regional competition are as follows.

Seniors Ashton Balthazor and Dawson Rooney placed third in Thermodynamics.

Senior Sara Rohleder and sophomore Emily Huff placed second in Astronomy.

Junior Jackson Stanton and freshman Johnathan Rupe placed second in Game On.

Seniors Eric Adams and Dawson Rooney placed second in Optics.

Freshmen Marisa Schindler and Alexis White placed third in Remote Sensing

Seniors London Keller and Analyse Claude placed second in Material Science.

Senior Taya Randle and junior Jackson Stanton placed third in Herpetology.

Sophomore Kari Satomi and Freshmen Callie Raacke and Marisa Schindler placed first in Experimental Design.

Freshmen Callie Raacke and Marissa Schindler placed second in Mission Possible.

Seniors London Keller and Ashton Balthazor placed third in Chemistry Lab.

Senior Sara Rohleder and freshman Jonathan Rupe placed first in Fermi Questions.

Senior Dawson Rooney and freshman Callie Raacke placed second in Hovercraft.

Junior Johnny fuller and freshman Alexis White placed second in Disease Detectives.

“Our team is amazing,” sophomore Kari Satomi said. “We all support each other in many ways. I believe that if our team keeps working together and working hard we will do amazing at state.”

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