Boyceville Middle School Third at State, HS Fourth at State
MENOMONIE – Boyceville Middle School’s Science Olympiad team earned an overall third place team finish at the State Tournament this past weekend at UW-Stout, equaling the team’s highest ever middle school state tournament placing, while the Boyceville High School team replicated their overall fourth place team finish from last year, despite being one of the smallest schools to qualify for the state tournament in both the MS and HS divisions.
State Championships were earned by senior Wyatt Swenson and sophomore Casey Owen in Wind Power, eighth grader Cade Klefstad and seventh grader Connor Sempf in Wind Power, and eighth graders Ana Evenson and Noelle Wheeldon in Wind Power.
State runner-ups were earned by senior Brandon Windsor and sophomore Jason Swanepoel in Dynamic Planet, Swenson and junior Max Engel in Wright Stuff, juniors Kiel Anderson and Marvin Wienke in Wind Power, sophomores Mariah Drury and Marissa Dormanen in Write It, Do It, Sempf and seventh grader Nathan Corr in Bridge Building, and Cade Klefstad and Corr in Scrambler.
Bronze medals were earned by Swenson and senior Andrew Marshall in Geocaching, Swenson and Owen in Bridge Building, Owen and sophomore Nicole Drinkman in Game On, Drury and Dormanen in Invasive Species, Sempf and Corr in both Road Scholar and Elastic Launch Gliders, Cade Klefstad and Noelle Wheeldon in Mission Possible, and seventh graders Brady Helland and Tanner Anderson in Bridge Building.
Fourth place medals were earned by Brandon Windsor and senior Maddy Bygd in Invasive Species, Brandon Windsor and Swanepoel in both GeoLogic Mapping and Hydrogeology, Engel and Marshall in Electric Vehicle, Swenson and senior Luke Timper in Robot Arm, ninth grader Mark Timper and eighth grader Tyra Kostman in Anatomy & Physiology, Evenson and Kostman in Disease Detectives, eighth grader Jasmine Windsor and Noelle Wheeldon in Dynamic Planet, and Corr and eighth grader Emma Bygd in Bottle Rockets.
Fifth place medals were earned by sophomores Brennan Wheeldon and Sean Best in Wright Stuff, Mark Timper and ninth grader Sarah Kapsner in Meteorology, and Cade Klefstad and Corr in Air Trajectory.
Sixth place medals were earned by Swanepoel and Drinkman in Fossils, Maddy Bygd and seniors Peyton Hellmann and Carolyn Voelker in Protein Modeling, Mark Timper and eighth grader Caitlyn Pelikan in Crave the Wave, Evenson and Kostman in Write It, Do It, sixth graders Shiloh Wheeldon and Kayden Benson in Wind Power, sixth graders Elijah Farrell and John Klefstad in Elastic Launch Gliders, and John Klefstad and sixth grader Preston Coombs in Bridge Building.
In addition, both the Boyceville Middle School and High School Science Olympiad teams were awarded the State Spirit Award for their respective divisions in honor of outstanding school spirit, sportsmanship, respectfulness, and participation as voted on by the event supervisors and tournament personnel.
“I am so thrilled with the results of all of our students, and the high level of team spirit and sportsmanship displayed by all of our students during the day” said Boyceville Science Olympiad head coach Andy Hamm. “Winning the state spirit award is a strong measure of the high level of character shown by our students throughout not only the state competition but all year long. To finish as high as we did, despite being one of the smallest schools to qualify for the state tournament, is a reflection on the hard work and dedication of so many people and I am so proud to have worked with this great group of students this season.”
Boyceville appreciates the Hostetter Family and the entire Boyceville Community and School District for their support of the Science Olympiad program in Boyceville this season. Boyce-ville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Jenna Willi, and Steve Duerst.
Final Results of the 2016 Wisconsin High School Science Olympiad State Tournament
1. Menomonie 58
2. Madison West 59
3. Medford 85
4. Boyceville 163
5. Racine Prairie 230
6. Marshfield 267
7. Denmark 271
8. Verona 293
9. Wausau West 336
10. Brookfield Central 346
11. Chippewa Falls 353
12. Belleville 356
13. Cambridge 356
14. Slinger 363
15. Waunakee 374
16. Madison Country Day 392
17. Marshall 393
18. Lakeland Union 431
19. New Richmond 432
20. Platteville 434
21. Shell Lake 440
22. Mt. Horeb 456
23. Athens 493
24. Onalaska 497
25. St. Croix Central 514
26. Bloomer 533
27. Beloit Turner 533
28. Neenah 535
29. Madison Memorial 551
30. Oregon 555
31. Middleton 559
32. Osseo-Fairchild 563
33. Marquette University 573
34. Brookfield East 598
35. Madison LaFollette 607
36. Tomah 611
37. Madison Edgewood 665
38. Elk Mound 691
39. Evansville 697
40. Poynette 702
41. West Allis Nathan Hale 768
42. Spring Valley 820
43. Hartford 841
44. Colfax 868
Final Results of the 2016 Wisconsin Middle School Science Olympiad State Tournament
1. Madison Hamilton 82
2. Menomonie 91
3. Boyceville 154
4. Madison Eagle 186
5. Waunakee 212
6. Sparta STEM 238
7. Rice Lake 240
8. Platteville 285
9. Madison Sennett 298
10. Mt. Horeb 302
11. Verona Badger Ridge 307
12. Marshfield 332
13. Medford 339
14. Hudson 357
15. Cambridge Nikolay 367
16. Elk Mound 381
17. New Lisbon 392
18. Madison Edgewood 402
19. Appleton Classical 409
20. Marshall 418
21. River Falls St. Bridget 426
22. Stanley-Boyd 451
23. Racine St. Catherines 461
24. New Richmond 462
25. Madison Country Day 471
26. Antigo All Saints Cath 490
27. Spring Valley 498
28. Milwaukee Languages 500
29. Eleva Strum 603