Boyceville HS Champion in Division 2, Runner-Up Overall
BOYCEVILLE’S Parker Coombs and Zach Kersten competed in Trajectory, an event where the goal is to launch a projectile closest to various targets. Coombs, shown in photo above, prepared the catapult before the event as they duo went on to earn a gold medal. —photo by Steve Duerst
The Boyceville High School Science Olympiad teams earned the team championship trophy in Division 2 at the 10th Annual UW-River Falls Border Battle Science Olympiad Invitational for only the third time since 2014, with Division 2 composed of schools with less than 950 students in grade 9-12.
The varsity team was led by gold medal winners Parker Coombs and Caden Wold in both Bridges and Robo-Cross, Coombs and Becca Wyss in Detector Building, Libby Bygd, Ella Holden, and Ali Ruhnke in Experimental Design, Shiloh Wheeldon & Wyss in Forensics, Peter Wheeldon and Zach Kersten in Geocaching, Peter Wheeldon and Wold in Ping Pong Parachute, Kersten and Coombs in Trajectory, Wyss and Luke Becker in WIFI Lab, Kersten and Wyss in Wright Stuff, and Treylin Thorson in Gravity Vehicle (JV).
Silver medals were earned by Bygd and Ruhnke in both Forestry and Horticulture, Peter Wheeldon and Wold in Gravity Vehicle, Peter Wheeldon and Becker in Its About Time, and Thorson in Ping Pong Parachute (JV) and Madison Andrews and Lacota Brown in Bridges (JV).
A bronze medal was earned by Abigail Bauer in WIFI Lab (JV).
BULLDOG seniors Shiloh Wheeldon (left) and Ella Holden (right) are shown competing in Disease Detective, an event which asks students various questions about many different illnesses that they have studied. —photo by Steve Duerst
Fourth place medals were earned by Becker and Kylie Luedtke in Astronomy, Shiloh Wheeldon and Bygd in Green Generation, Luedtke and Sydney Garbe in both Ornithology and Remote Sensing, Holden and Becker in Virology, Karen Schaff and Loralie West in Geocaching (JV), and Bauer and Tayler Drinkman in Rocks & Minerals (JV).
“UW-River Falls always does an outstanding job of hosting their invitational, and with the move to virtual this year their job was that much harder, and the tournament was a great experience for our students” said Boyceville head coach Andy Hamm. “Our students did a wonderful job beating many strong teams and are working hard in preparation for regionals and state.”
Boyceville Science Olympiad will next be in action at the Marquette University High School Invitational on Saturday, February 12th. Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Jenna Willi, and Steve Duerst.
HORTICULTURE is an event that asks students to answer various questions dealing with the many aspects of growing and caring for plants. Shown in the above photo is Libby Bygd (left) and Ali Ruhnke (right) just before they began the event, where they earned second place. —photo by Steve Duerst
Final Results of the 10th Annual UW-River Falls Science Olympiad Invitational
Rank Team Division Score
1 Marquette University HS 1 126
2 Boyceville V 2 145
3 Menomonie V 1 203
4 Belleville 2 209
5 Medford V 2 250
6 Eden Prairie (MN) V 1 258
7 Baldwin-Woodville V 2 331
8 Wausau West 1 342
9 Hudson V 1 359
10 Legacy (Bismarck ND) 2 363
11 Bloomington Kenn. MN 1 407
12 East Ridge (MN) 1 407
13 Wayzata (MN) V 1 417
14 Wayzata (MN) JV 1 437
15 Bloomington Jeff. (MN) 1 461
16 Menomonie JV 1 470
17 Lakeville South (MN) 1 477
18 Delano (MN) V 2 485
19 Lincoln Southwest (NE) 1 498
20 Lakeville North (MN) 1 502
21 Bismarck (ND) 1 511
22 Faribault (MN) 2 548
23 Lakeland Union 2 592
24 Shell Lake 2 613
25 Denmark 2 622
26 Apple Valley (MN) 1 641
27 Elmwood 2 646
28 Blake School (MN) V 2 657
29 Hudson JV 1 688
30 Waseca (MN) V 2 691
31 Rochester Mayo(MN) V 1 699
32 Eden Prairie (MN) JV-1 1 726
33 Spring Lake Park (MN) 1 778
34 Boyceville JV-1 2 779
35 Waseca (MN) JV 2 785
36 Delano (MN) JV-1 2 796
37 Delano (MN) JV-2 2 803
38 Minnetonka (MN) 1 818
39 Elk Mound V 2 839
40 Medford JV 2 848
41 Rochester Mayo(MN)JV 1 857
42 St. Michael/Albertville (MN) 1 882
43 Blake School (MN) JV 2 901
44 Elk Mound JV 2 902
45 Rochester John Marshall (MN) 2 926
46 Baldwin-Woodville JV 2 947
47 Eden Prairie (MN) JV-2 1 948
48 Eden Prairie (MN) JV-3 1 949
49 Boyceville JV-2 2 991