Boyceville Science Olympiad hosts 18th annual invitational
This past Saturday Boyceville hosted the 18th annual Science Olympiad Tournament, which features over 90 teams from Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Bulldog’s High School won the Small School division. The MS varsity won their division with a school record low score for this tournament of 71 points. The photo shows most of the Boyceville students who participated in this competition. —photo by Steve Duerst
BOYCEVILLE – The Boyceville Science Olympiad program hosted their 18th annual invitational tournament this past weekend with Division team championships at both the middle school level and high school levels. Boyceville medal winners were as follows:
Gold medals were earned by the following:
Juniors Jon Madison and William Engel in both Electric Vehicle & Helicopters
Senior Delaney Olson and juniors Chelsi Holden and Zoey Hellendrung in Experimental Design
Olson and senior Emily Fetzer in Forensics
Juniors Karen Schaff and Loralie West in Geocaching
Sophomores Brady Rasmussen and Kade Phillips in Robot Tour
Senior Abigail Bauer and Hellendrung in Wind Power
Sophomores Devon Lee and Lucy Wheeldon in Electric Vehicle (JV), Helicopters (JV), and Towers (JV)
Seventh grader Logan Monfort and sixth grader Caleb Mrdutt in Ecology
Ninth graders Eli Weber, Isabelle Feeney, and Walter Schaff in Experimental Design
Eighth grader Jillian Boesl and Mrdutt in Forestry
Eighth grader Aubrie Humpal and Boesl in both Helicopters and Horticulture
A. Humpal and W. Schaff in Metric Mastery
Mrdutt and eighth grader Serenity Miller in Microbe Mission
Eighth grader Easton Lange and L. Monfort in Mission Possible
Eighth grader C. Score, Lange, and Boesl in Picture This
Eighth grader Aren Halama and A. Humpal in Potions & Poisons
L. Montfort and seventh grader Aiden Feeney in Robo Cross
Clayton Score & Lange in Scrambler
Clayton Score & I. Feeney in Towers
Weber and W. Schaff in Wind Power
Ninth graders Tim Jackson and Arnold Sudbrink in Air Trajectory (JV)
Silver medals were earned by the following:
Holden and Engel in Air Trajectory
Rasmussen and sophomore Eleanor Farrell in Astronomy
Hellendrung and Engel in Bungee Drop
Juniors Anna Hafermann and Loralie West in Geologic Mapping
Fetzer and Olson in Horticulture
Fetzer and J. Madison in Material Science
K. Schaff and West in Precision Medicine
Holden and Hellendrung in Towers
Halama and I. Feeney in Anatomy & Physiology
Clayton Score, Lange, and I. Feeney in Codebusters
A. Humpal and eighth grader Sara Hafermann in Dynamic Planet
Clayton Score and Lange in Geocaching
A. Feeney and L. Monfort in Road Scholar
Seventh grader Sawyer Wirth in Air Trajectory (JV)
Ninth grader Ivan Farrell and eighth grader Payton Lee in Picture This (JV)
Eighth grader Robert Swenby and sixth grader Clyde Score in both Helicopters (JV) and Scrambler (JV)
Bronze medals were earned by the following:
Junior Johanna Antinucci and West in Anatomy & Physiology
Senior Aidan Madison and junior Lexi Cole in Helicopters (JV)
D. Lee and Wheeldon in Geocaching (JV)
Lange and L. Montfort in Air Trajectory
Weber and W. Schaff in Entomology
A. Humpal and S. Hafermann in Fossils
Halama and S. Hafermann in Meteorology
S. Hafermann and Halama in Reach for the Stars
I. Farrell and P. Lee in both Helicopters (JV) and Horticulture (JV)
Seventh graders Owen Lunderville and Noah Monfort in Optics (JV)
Fourth place medals were earned by the following:
Rasmussen, Phillips, and K. Schaff in Codebusters
A. Hafermann and Antinucci an Entomology
Bauer and Fetzer in Forestry
Phillips and Schaff in Optics
Sophomores Sawyer Garbe, Isabelle Konsti, and Wheeldin in Experimental Design
A. Feeney and Miller in Disease Detectives
I. Feeney and L. Monfort in Write It, Do It
Sudbrink and ninth grader Michael Warax in Helicopters (JV)
Sixth graders Harper Humpal and Stella Heifner in Towers (JV)
Fifth place medals were earned by the following:
Sophomores Ava Dormanen and Emily Jackson in Horticulture (JV)
“We had a great day at our home invite this year” said head coach Andy Hamm. “Our students really stepped up in the quick three week turnaround after Unity and cleaned up several events. I was really proud of the hard work our students have put in to keep getting better every week.”
Boyceville will next be in action at the Medford Invitational on January 18th. Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Russ Riehbrandt, and Tony Pelikan.
Final Results of the 18th Annual Boyceville Science Olympiad Invitational
High School Results – Varsity Teams Only
Rank School Division Score
1 Menomonie 1 105
2 Rochester Mayo (MN) 1 110
3 Mounds View (MN) 1 125
4 Eden Prairie (MN) 1 133
5 Minnetonka (MN) 1 143
6 Wayzata (MN) 1 145
7 Hudson 1 150
8 Madison West 1 152
9 Boyceville 2 157
10 Medford 2 179
11 St. Paul Academy (MN) 2 197
12 Eastview (MN) 1 250
13 New Richmond 2 269
14 Unity 2 284
15 Baldwin-Woodville 2 286
16 East Ridge (MN) 1 334
17 Shell Lake 2 374
18 Middleton 2 402
19 Bloomington Kennedy 1 408
20 Owatonna (MN) 2 410
21 Bloomington Jefferson 1 427
22 Weyauwega-Fremont 2 445
23 Elmwood 2 495
24 Wausau West 1 503
25 Apple Valley (MN) 1 511
26 Colfax 2 543
27 Chippewa Falls 2 558
28 St. Michael – Albertville 2 565
29 Clear Lake 2 597
30 Elk Mound 2 640
Middle School Results
Varsity Teams Only
Rank School Div Score
1 Madison Hamilton 1 59
2 Boyceville 2 71
3 Menomonie 1 83
4 Chippewa (MN) 1 87
5 Sparta Innovations STEM Academy
2 123
6 Unity 2 144
7 Hudson 1 146
8 Medford 2 152
9 St. Michael – Albertville (MN) East
1 173
10 Elmwood 2 175
11 Stanley-Boyd 2 245
12 Cadott 2 267
13 Weyauwega-Fremont 2 272
14 New Richmond 1 291
15 St. Michael – Albertville (MN) West
1 313