The Harlan Rowe Middle School Science Olympiad team put together a record-breaking performance at the regional competition this week.
The Athens squad brought home the team trophy and 20 individual first-place finishes from the event at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
The 20 first-place finishes broke the team’s record of 19, which they set just last year.
The team will now prepare for the state competition on April 25th at Penn State Altoona where they hope to earn a spot at nationals in May.
Here are the complete results:
1st Place:
Anatomy and Physiology – Joshua Karakala, Katyayini Kinthala
Boomilever – Evelynn Malanoski, Katyayini Kinthala
Circuit Lab – Colton Jennings, Lilah Carlson
Codebusters – Elijah Reeves, Katyayini Kinthala, Samantha Smith
Crime Busters – Brianna Ndegwa, Samantha Smith
Disease Detectives – Brianna Ndegwa, Kota Hunsinger
Dynamic Planet – Elijah Reeves, Samantha Smith
Helicopter – David Norton, Elijah Reeves
Heredity – Joshua Karakala, Katyayini Kinthala
Meteorology – Colton Jennings, Gavin Jennings
Metric Mastery – Katyayini Kinthala, Lilah Carlson
Mission Possible – Abby Folkers, Lilah Carlson
Potions and Poisons – Brianna Ndegwa, Samantha Smith
Remote Sensing – Colton Jennings, Joshua Karakala
Rocks and Minerals – Gavin Jennings, Kota Hunsinger
Scrambler – Gavin Jennings, Joshua Karakala
Solar System – Jack Behm, Silas Nichols
Water Quality – Joshua Karakala, Silas Nichols
Write It Do It – Abby Folkers, Lilah Carlson
2nd Place:
Entomology – Abby Folkers, Kota Hunsinger
Experimental Design – Katyayini Kinthala, Lilah Carlson, Samantha Smith
3rd Place:
Hovercraft – Colton Jennings, Nick Coleman
