Boyceville High School 4th at State for Record 10th Year in Row, Middle School 5th
MILWAUKEE – Boyceville High School’s Science Olympiad team earned medals in 16 out of 23 events at the state tournament this past weekend in Milwaukee, smashing the school record of 15 set in 2012 and repeated in 2017, on their way to a fourth place overall finish. Boyceville also earned five state championship gold medals, second most among all teams. Boyceville High School is now only the third team in state history to finish in the top four at the state tournament for 10 consecutive years (joining Menomonie and Madison West).
Boyceville Middle School earned medals in 12 out of 23 events and a school record four state championship gold medals on their way to a fifth place overall finish, scoring under 200 points at state for only the third time in school history.
In addition, both the middle school and high school teams won the Spirit Award, given to the school in each division that best demonstrates the core principles of Science Olympiad, including sportsmanship, team collaboration, and team spirit as voted on by event supervisors. Boyceville is the only school district to have both their middle school and high school teams win the spirit award at the state tournament, and this is the second time it has happened (also in 2016).
State Championships were earned by senior Rian Corr and freshman Nathan Corr in Electric Wright Stuff, senior Casey Owen and sophomore Cade Klefstad in both Towers and Mission Possible, junior Mark Timper and sophomore Caitlyn Pelikan in WiFi Lab, sophomores Ana Evenson, Jasmine Windsor, and Pelikan in Experimental Design, freshmen Brady Helland and Connor Sempf in three events: Battery Buggy, Towers, and Wright Stuff, and eighth graders Elijah Farrell and Logan Windsor in Mystery Architecture.
A state runner-up silver medal was earned by senior Brennan Wheeldon and Jasmine Windsor in Forensics.
Bronze medals were earned by senior Jason Swanepoel and sophomore Noelle Wheeldon in Rocks & Minerals, senior Emmett Kapsner, Timper, and Rian Corr in Protein modeling, Corr and Corr in Mousetrap Vehicle, Evenson, Pelikan, and Noelle Wheeldon in Picture This, freshman Grace Edlin and sixth grader Peter Wheeldon in Ping Pong Parachute, freshman Tanner Anderson and eighth grader Luke Becker in Solar System, eighth graders Ella Holden, Shiloh Wheeldon, and Kayden Benson in Experimental Design, and eighth graders John Klefstad and Preston Coombs in Towers.
Fourth place medals were earned by senior Alexis Meixner and sophomore Emma Bygd in WiFi Lab, Helland and Sempf in both Anatomy & Physiology and Road Scholar, Helland and Luke Becker in Meteorology, and Edlin and Luke Becker in Rocks & Minerals.
Fifth place medals were earned by Kapsner and Owen in Hovercraft, senior Lee Bolduc and sophomore Rachel Becker in Towers, Benson and Shiloh Wheeldon in Potions & Poisons, and John Klefstad and Coombs in Battery Buggy.
Sixth place medals were earned by senior Marissa Dormanen and Timper in Anatomy & Physiology, Kapsner and Swanepoel in Astronomy, Swanepoel and Noelle Wheeldon in Dynamic Planet, Noelle Wheeldon and Rian Corr in Ecology, Swanepoel and Jasmine Windsor in Remote Sensing, and sophomore Steven Rasmussen and Bygd in Electric Wright Stuff.
“This is one of the hardest working teams I have ever had.” said Boyceville Head Coach Andy Hamm. “Our students worked tirelessly since October studying their events, building and testing their devices, and to see all of that hard work pay off was inspiring. To win the spirit award again makes me so proud of all of our students and their high character and class. I am so proud of this group’s accomplishments and it is sad to see all of our seniors move on, but they have really left their mark in a positive way on Boyceville Science Olympiad.”
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. Boyceville Science Olympiad is coached by Andy Hamm, Jenna Willi, and Steve Duerst.
Final Results of the 2018 Wisconsin
High School Science Olympiad State Tournament
1. Madison West 61
2. Menomonie 91
3. Marquette Univ HS 123
4. Boyceville 147
5. Marshfield 150
6. Medford 154
7. Racine Prairie 218
8. Belleville 307
9. Bloomer 368
10. Slinger 370
11. Sheboygan North 383
12. Wausau West 386
13. Brookfield Central 405
14. Cambridge 414
15. Denmark 414
16. Marshall 438
17. Platteville 452
18. Madison Edgewood 469
19. Oregon 475
20. Evansville 478
21. Madison La Follette 489
22. New Richmond 490
23. Verona 512
24. Kenosha Indian Trail 516
25. Brookfield East 529
26. DC Everest 537
27. Shell Lake 538
28. Lakeland Union 542
29. Beloit Turner 542
30. Elk Mound 574
31. Middleton 581
32. Waunakee 586
33. Baldwin-Woodville 596
34. St. Croix Central 600
35. Chilton 624
36. Osseo-Fairchild 635
37. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 637
38. Madison Memorial 643
39. West Allis Nathan Hale 646
40. Chippewa Falls 672
Full results available at: https://app.avogadro.ws/wisconsin/state_c/
Final Results of the 2018 Wisconsin Middle School Science Olympiad State Tournament
1. Madison Hamilton 46
2. Menomonie 125
3. Waunakee 151
4. Madison Eagle 159
5. Boyceville 176
6. Hudson 227
7. Sparta STEM 239
8. Platteville 258
9. Verona Badger Ridge 287
10. Cambridge Nikolay 304
11. Evansville JC McKenna 309
12. Marshall 339
13. Mount Horeb 344
14. Campbellsport 344
15. Lake Country 346
16. Hartford Central 363
17. Shorewood 370
18. Monroe 409
19. Harborside Academy 436
20. Beloit McNeel 460
21. Eleva Strum 489
22. Antigo All Saints Cath 495
23. Tomah 497
24. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 502
25. Monona Grove GD 506
Full Results available at: https://app.avogadro.ws/wisconsin/state_b/