Congratulations to West Liberty-Salem’s Middle School and High School Science Olympiad teams for two great performances at the Piqua Regional tournament on Saturday, March 18. Our Division C team, grades 9-12, finished fourth overall as a team, winning awards in eleven different events. Our Division B team, grades 6 to 9, finished fifth overall as a team winning awards in fourteen different events including three gold medals. By finishing 4th and 5th in our region, our teams have qualified for the State Science Olympiad tournament which will be held at The Ohio State University campus on Saturday, April 29th. For the MS team, this will be the seventeenth year in a row they have qualified for the State Tournament.
Here is how our High School (grades 10-12) team did individually:
Anatomy and Physiology: 4th place: Sari Kitchen and Veronica Wall
Astronomy: 3rd Place: Sari and Veronica
Bridge: 5th Place: Carter Titus and Aiden Taylor
Code busters: 5th Place: Craig Stanford, Greyson Horsley, Veronica Wall
Dynamic Planet: 4th Place: Carter Titus
Environmental Chemistry: 5th Place: Sari
Experimental Design: 4th Place: Carter Titus, Greyson Horsley, Craig Stanford
Fermi Questions: 6th Place: Carter Titus
Flight: 4th Place: Craig and Greyson
Forensics: 4th Place: Craig and Greyson
Write It Do It: 3rd Place: Sari and Carter
They placed in 11 out of 23 events with a 4th place finish overall which earned the 6 of them a trip to compete at state on April 29th.
WL-S Science Olympiad team members Division B (grades 6-9)
1. Gavyn Campbell
2. Haylee Earles
3. Brady Kauffman
4. Lyla Breon
5. Zachary Carter
6. Jill Fullenkamp
7. Thaddeus Kitchen
8. Ben Wall
9. Lexie Wisner
10. Drew Boyer
11. Tristan Casto
12. Eli Gilley
13. Carter Henderson
14. Levi Kitchen
15. Ellis Koons
16. Kyerah Marchal
17. Braelyn Northrup
18. Robert Park
19. Bennett Sutherin
20. Ashlyn Taylor
21. Eric Hoover
22. Braylon Lucas
23. Drew Piacentino
24. Dahlia Sokolow
25. Mike Wisner
26. Ashlyn Yeater
WL-S Science Olympiad team members Division C (grades 9-12)
1. Greyson Horsley
2. Sari Kitchen
3. Craig Stanford
4. Aiden Taylor
5. Carter Titus
6. Veronica Wall
WL-S Science Olympiad coaches
Mr. Cameron Spencer
Mrs. Danielle Wall
Ms. Alicia Mathews
Mr. Joe Farquharson
Mrs. Mary Benedict
Dr. Dave Smith
Mr. Aaron Taylor
Mrs. Susan Schuster
Dr. Alene Yeater