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
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!