On February 4, the Wheatley Science Olympiad team placed 4th in its region, securing a spot at the State Competition which was held earlier this month in Syracuse, NY.
Although the team did not perform as well as they had anticipated it has been a successful season for all participants. In the 5 years that this team has been in existence, this is the first year we were able to form two complete teams due to a high participation rate.
The Regional Teams were as follows:
A Team
- Karan Amin
- Sana Haroon
- Ally Kim
- Amanda Kim
- Abhishek Kumar
- Eliana Li
- John Li
- Karen Li
- Victor Li
- Elan Mizhiritsky
- Vedant Singh
- Rebecca Sparacio
- Alekya Bokka
- Antony Deluxe
B Team
- Patrick Brady
- Farah Hasan
- Sarah Hassan
- Hitangee Jain
- Tiffany Jiao
- Michelle Raja
- Diya Shah
- Madison Ramos
- Manan Shukla
- Kenton Wu
- Alia Yamin
- Aaron Zachariah
At Regionals, the A Team Medaled in 14 events:
- 5th Place Anatomy & Physiology – Sana and Victor
- 3rd Astronomy – Vedant and Karen
- 4th Chem Lab – John and Amanda
- 9th Fermi – Abhishek and Elan
- 10th Game On – Abhishek and Elan
- 4th Herpetology – Victor and Amanda
- 4th Hydrogeology – Eliana and Vani
- 2nd Invasive Species – John and Karen
- 3rd Materials Science – John and Elan
- 8th Microbe Mission – Ally and Rebecca
- 4th Optics – Elan and Vedant
- 2nd Remote Sensing – Vedant and Karen
- 10th Towers – John and Karen
- 6th Wind Power – John and Karen
At Regionals, the B Team Medaled in the following events:
- 4th Ecology – Kenton and Michelle
- 9th Remote Sensing – Kenton and Aaron
Victor and Sana
Karen and Vedant
John and Amanda
Kenton and Michelle
Elan and Abhishek
Elan and Abhishek
Victor and Amanda
Vani and Eliana
Vedant and Elan
Karen and Vedant
John and Karen
The States Team:
- Karan Amin
- Sana Haroon
- Hitangee Jain
- Ally Kim
- Abhishek Kumar
- Vani Kumar
- Eliana Li
- John Li
- Karen Li
- Victor Li
- Elan Mizhiritsky
- Michelle Raja
- Vedant Singh
- Rebecca Sparacio
- Kenton Wu
The States Team Medaled in 3 Events at States:
- 8th Herpetology – Victor Li and Hitangee Jain
- 7th Materials Science – John Li and Karen Li
- 6th Invasive Species – John Li and Karen Li
Congratulations to all participants, and thanks to Ms. Blondrage for the photos and the write-up of these two events!
Hitangee and Victor
Karen and John
The State Finals Team!
