Boyceville Middle School Science Olympiad finishes 16th Overall at Wright State Invitational; High School finishes 24th

DAYTON, OH – The Boyceville MS & HS Science Olympiad teams participated this past weekend in the Wright State University Science Olympiad Invitational in Dayton, OH with the high school varsity team finishing 24th out of 60 teams (JV finishing 42nd) and the middle school team finishing in a record high 16th place overall out of 56 teams.

Twelve different states were represented at this tournament, including Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina. In addition, the defending national champion teams from Solon MS & HS (OH) were also in attendance. Other historically strong teams who participated included Centerville (OH), Seven Lakes (TX), Liberal Arts and Science Academy (TX), Bloomington South (IN), Bloomington North (IN), Ann Arbor Huron (MI), Kellenberg Memorial HS (NY), Whiting (IN), DuPont Manual (KY), Russell Independent (KY), Mentor (OH), Harriton (PA), Shady Side Academy (PA), International Math & Science Academy (MI), and the Math and Science Academy (IL).

The team departed by coach bus for Dayton, Ohio on Thursday evening, and the bus traveled through the night before arriving at The National US Air Force Museum in Dayton. Friday was spent participating in official tours of the museum as well as Wright State University in preparation for competition for Saturday. The awards ceremony was also held in the Nutter Center.

Only the top eight teams in each event in each division (MS & HS) earned awards on stage and a 3rd place finish was earned by junior Rachal Anderson and sophomore Noah Edlin in Elastic Launched Gliders. Fourth place finishes were earned by ninth graders Erica Sempf, Abby Kegan, and Tori Kostman in Experimental Design and by Sempf and Kegan in Write It, Do It, as well as eighth graders Rian Corr and Mariah Drury in Helicopters. Fifth place finishes were earned by eighth graders Casey Owen and Corr in Boomilever and senior Ian Kane and freshman Max Engel in Elastic Launch Glider. Sixth place finishes were earned by seniors Peter Duerst and Dylan Windsor in Water Quality and Corr and Owen in Rotor Egg Drop. An eighth place finish was earned by Engel and Kane in Boomilever. Other top ten finishes included Engel and Kane in Scrambler (9th), eighth graders Brennan Wheeldon and Emmett Kapsner in Robo Cross (9th), and Windsor and senior Clayton Windsor in Entomology (10th).

“Our students did outstanding and I am very proud of all of the hard work and dedication put forth by Boyceville students” said Boyceville HS & MS Science Olympiad head coach Andy Hamm. “The level of competition here was second to none and we have never encountered such a deep tournament. This tournament was even far stronger than last year’s tournament, as numerous teams in both the HS and MS divisions had competed at the national tournament last May. Our students did an outstanding job of not only representing Boyceville but also Wisconsin Science Olympiad. We were one, if not the, smallest school in the entire tournament and it is inspiring to see our students compete at such a high level with the likes of Harriton and Centerville, who have thousands of students in their schools.”

“It was also great to travel with Elk Mound and experience such an outstanding opportunity for both of our communities students” Hamm continued.

The entire team and coaching staff appreciates all of the parents, community members, and staff members who have helped and made a trip like this possible, as well as several area businesses and individuals.

Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm and Steve Duerst.

Boyceville will compete again at the UW-River Falls invite on Saturday, January 25, 2014.

2014 Wright State University Invitational Division B Results

1. Meads Mill ‐ Gold (MI), 113; 2. Solon M.S. – #2 (OH), 171; 3. Science & Arts Acadamy (IL), 217; 4. Solon M.S. -#1 (OH), 233; Shady Side Academy – B (PA); 5. Magsig M.S. – Gold (OH), 258; 6. Shady Side Academy – B (PA), 258; 7. Piedmont Middle – Black (NC), 276; 8. Magsig M.S. – Black (NC) 290, 9. Westlake Lee Burneson M.S. – Green (OH), 290; 10. Bearden M.S. – #1 (TN), 320; 11. Watts M.S. – #1 (OH), 415; 12. Shady Side Academy – A (PA), 417;  13. Russell – Maroon (KY), 431; 14. Meads Mill – Maroon (MI), 449; 15. Mason M.S. – A (OH), 452; 16. Boyceville M.S. – #1 (WI), 481; 17. Piedmont Middle – Red (NC), 490; 18. Tower Heights M.S. – #1 (OH), 501; 19. Birmingham Covington School – Black (MI), 515; 20. Bearden M.S. -#2 (TN), 535; 21. Smith Middle School (MI), 537; 22. Bell Street M.S. – A (SC), 579; 23. Northmont – Green (OH), 602; 24. Tower Heights M.S. – #2 (OH), 606; 25. New Richmond M.S. – B (OH), 618; 26. New Richmond M.S. – A (OH), 635; 27. Westlake Lee Burneson M.S. – White (OH), 656; 28. Shawnee – Red (OH), 693; 29. West Liberty-Salem M.S. – #1 (OH), 709; 30. Holy Angels – #1 (OH), 719; 31. New Albany M.S. – A (OH), 756; 32. Watts M.S. – #2 (OH), 769; 33. Birmingham Covington School – Gold (MI), 772; 34. Paulding M.S. (OH), 803; 35. Wyoming M.S. – Blue (OH), 808; 36. Russell – White (KY), 809; 37. Mason M.S. – B (OH), 818; 38. Shawnee Black (OH), 818; 39. Northmont – Gold (OH), 821; 40. Canal Winchester M.S. – #1(OH), 826; 41. New Albany M.S. – B (OH), 865; 42. West Liberty-Salem M.S. – #2 (OH), 867; 43. Dayton Regional STEM School – #2 (OH), 888; 44. Loveland M.S. (OH), 900; 45. Piqua Junior High School – Blue (OH), 906; 46. Canal Winchester M.S. -#1 (OH), 924; 47. Bell Street M.S. – B (SC), 932; 48. Twin Valley South M.S. (OH), 952; 49. Hopkinsville M.S. (KY), 960; 50. Philo J.H.S. (OH), 965; 51. Boyceville M.S. – #2 (WI), 993; 52. Clark Moores M.S. (KY), 1008; 53. Dayton Regional STEM School – #1 (OH), 1013; 54. Holy Angels – #2 (OH), 1134; 55. Piqua Junior High School – Red (OH), 1168; 56. Wyoming M.S. – White (OH), 1311.

2014 Wright State University Invitational Division C Results

1. Seven Lakes H.S. – B (TX), 200; 2. Centerville H.S. – #1 (OH), 204; 3. LASA (TX), 260; 4. Mason H.S. – #1 (OH), 280; 5. Harriton – #2 (PA), 290; 6. Solon H.S. – Blue (OH), 294; 7. International Acad. – Central (MI), 297; 8. Solon H.S. – #2 (OH), 307; 9. Mentor HS – #2 (OH), 318; 10. Saline – A (MI), 341; 11. Harriton – #1 (PA), 367; 12. Mentor H.S. –  #1 (OH), 377; 13. Seven Lakes H.S. – A (TX), 379; 14. duPont Manual H.S. – Red (KY) 451; 15. Whiting H.S. (IN), 474; 16. Centerville H.S. – #2 (OH), 479; 17. Northville H.S. – Black (MI), 494; 18. Northville H.S. – Orange (MI), 503; 19. Bloomington H.S. North – #2 (IN), 528; 20. New Albany H.S. – A (OH), 538; 21. Mason H.S. – #2 (OH), 542; 22. Kellenberg Memorial H.S. – Blue (NY), 548; 23. duPont manual H.S. – White (KY), 563; 24. Boyceville H.S. – Varsity (WI), 581; 25. Ann Arbor Huron H.S. – Green (MI), 581; 26. Bloomington South – Purple (IN), 601; 27. Bloomington South – White (IN), 639; 28. Bloomington H.S. North – #1 (IN), 650; 29. International Acad. – Central Alt. (MI), 710; 30. Wyoming H.S. – Blue (OH), 711; 31. Alter H.S. – #1 (OH), 712; 32. Piqua H.S. (OH), 720; 33. Northmont H.S. – #1 (OH), 721; 34. Paulding H.S. (OH), 781; 35. Cincinnati Country Day School – White (OH), 784; 36. Lehman Catholic H.S. (OH), 827; 37. Lebanon H.S. (OH), 857; 38. Philo H.S. (OH), 879; 39. St. Xavier (OH), 896; 40. Madison Central H.S. – #1 (KY), 929; 41. Ann Arbor Huron H.S. – Yellow (MI), 932; 42. Boyceville H.S. – JV (WI), 942; 43. Shawnee – Red (OH), 949; 44. Loveland H.S. (OH), 966; 45. Elk Mound (WI), 971; 46. Alter H.S. – #2 (OH), 988; 47. New Albany H.S. – B (OH), 1003; 48. Saline – One (MI), 1023; 49. Shawnee – Black (OH), 1041; 50. Wyoming H.S. – White (OH), 1043; 51. Canal Winchester H.S. (OH), 1045; 52. Kellenberg Memorial H.S. – Gold (NY), 1054; 53. Westerville Central H.S. (OH), 1054; 54. Madison Central H.S. – #2 (KY), 1056; 55. Cincinnati Country Day School – Blue (OH), 1058; 56. Dayton Regional STEM School (OH), 1126; 57. Twin Valley South H.S. (OH), 1204; 58. Patriot Preparatory Academy (OH), 1264; 59. Westerville North H.S. (OH), 1326.