The Harlan Rowe Middle School Science Olympiad team had a phenomenal day at the State Competition that took place at Penn State Altoona on Saturday, April 25. They missed a National bid by only 2 points. The team has made Nationals 4 previous times, their score at States this year was their best State score ever.
The team medaled in 22 of 23 events which ties their best performance ever at States. The 23rd event was only 1 place away from medaling. In the build events of Hovercraft and Scrambler, they posted their personal best scores to date.
The team took more first place medals than any other team, with 6. Eight of the fifteen team members can lay claim to State Champion in at least one of their events.
The simple summation of how they did so well and yet still didn’t make Nationals comes down to the improvements that their competitors have made to their program. In past years, 90 points (Harlan Rowe’s score) would have been enough to take first at States, but because of the hard work put in by teams around the State, they were able to raise the bar in Pennsylvania.
Congratulations to the Harlan Rowe team and their coaches on a very successful season!
Here are the complete results for the Harlan Rowe team:
1st Place:
Crime Busters – Brianna Ndegwa, Samantha Smith
Dynamic Planet – Elijah Reeves, Samantha Smith
Heredity – Joshua Karakala, Katyayini Kinthala
Hovercraft – Colton Jennings, Nick Coleman
Metric Mastery – Katyayini Kinthala, Lilah Carlson
Scrambler – Gavin Jennings, Joshua Karakala
2nd Place:
Codebusters – Elijah Reeves, Katyayini Kinthala, Samantha Smith
Experimental Design – Katyayini Kinthala, Lilah Carlson, Samantha Smith
Mission Possible – Abby Folkers, Lilah Carlson
3rd Place:
Boomilever – Evelynn Malanoski, Katyayini Kinthala
Circuit Lab – Colton Jennings, Lilah Carlson
Helicopter – David Norton, Elijah Reeves
4th Place:
Anatomy and Physiology – Joshua Karakala, Katyayini Kinthala
Machines – Elijah Reeves, Joshua Karakala
Potions and Poisons – Brianna Ndegwa, Samantha Smith
5th Place:
Meteorology – Colton Jennings, Gavin Jennings
Remote Sensing – Colton Jennings, Joshua Karakala
Water Quality – Joshua Karakala, Silas Nichols
6th Place:
Rocks and Minerals – Gavin Jennings, Kota Hunsinger
7th Place:
Entomology – Abby Folkers, Kota Hunsinger
8th Place:
Solar System – Jack Behm, Silas Nichols
10th Place:
Write It Do It – Abby Folkers, Lilah Carlson
