Community Middle School and High School South’s Science Olympiad teams advanced to the national championship with first-place finishes in the state championship on March 11. Students from Grover Middle School and High School North also participated in the 22nd annual state finals, where 26 middle schools and 26 high schools competed at Middlesex County College in Edison. The competition is designed to encourage students’ interest in science and technology. The national championship will be held at the University of South Florida in May.
The Community Middle School Science Olympiad team, coached by Kyle Schimpf and Raisa Donnard, with assistance from Arthur Downs and Bob Krzyzkowski, won the state championship.
The CMS students received nine gold medals, four silver medals, four bronze medals, and earned medals in five other events. Each competitor on the team earned a medal at the championship. Detailed results follow.
Anatomy: second place for Shannon Weng (grade eight) and Jason Yang (grade eight). Boomilever: second place for Devanei Solai (grade seven) and Arsh Rupani (grade six). Can’t Judge a Powder: fourth place for Charles Dai (grade nine) and Ranjan Mahanth (grade eight). Crime Busters: first place for Uday Shankar (grade nine) and Revanth Gumpu (grade nine). Disease Detective: fifth place for Jason Yang (grade eight) and Eshita Sangal (grade eight)
Dynamic Planet: second place for Mridul Bansal (grade eight) and Anshu Jonnalagadda (grade eight). Entomology: third place for Albert Sebastian (grade eight) and Yash Gupta (grade seven). Experimental Design: third place for Shannon Weng (grade eight), Nick Leung (grade nine), and Hasit Dantara (grade eight). Helicopters: first place for Nikhita Subbiah (grade eight) and Shivani Prusty (grade seven).
Heredity: first place for Jason Yang (grade eight) and Charles Dai (grade nine). Meteorology: third place for Hasit Dantara (grade eight) and Anshu Jonnalagadda (grade nine).
Metric Mastery: fourth place for Yash Gupta (grade seven) and Eshita Sangal (grade eight). Road Scholar: first place for Mridul Bansal (grade eight) and Nick Leung (grade nine). Robo-Cross: fifth place for Uday Shankar (grade nine) and Devanei Solai (grade seven). Rocks and Minerals: first place for Albert Sebastian (grade eight) and Nick Leung (grade nine). Rotor Egg Drop: first place for Matt Hong (grade six) and Arsh Rupani (grade six).
Shock Value: third place for Uday Shankar (grade nine) and Revanth Gumpu (grade nine). Simple Machines: first place for Eshita Sangal (grade eight) and Mridual Bansal (grade eight).
Solar System: Sixth place for Anshu Jonnalagadda (grade nine) and Shannon Weng (grade eight). Sound of Music: Eighth place for Matt Hong (grade six) and Nikhita Subbiah (grade eight). Water Quality: first place for Revanth Gumpu (grade nine) and Charles Dai (grade nine). Write It — Do It: Eighteenth place for Shivani Prusty (grade seven) and Ranjan Mahanth (grade eight). Biology Blitz: second place for Anna Hsu (grade eight) and Jonathan Wang (grade eight).
The High School South Science Olympiad Team also placed first in the state. Team advisors are Meenakshi Bhattacharya and Sunila Sharma. Detailed results follow.
Anatomy and Physiology: fourth place for Angela You and Ishan Majumdar; Astronomy: second place for Bill Yan Huamg and Chaitanya Asawa; Boomilever: second place for Ben Lee and Alex Zhou; Chemistry Lab: second place for Andrew Chen and Aleck Zhao; Circuit Lab: third place for Kevin Li and Jason Shi; Compound Machines: first place for Kevin Li and Jason Shi; Designer Genes: fourth place for Angela You and Ishan Majumdar; Dynamic Planet: third place for Chaitanya Asawa and Bill Huang; Elastic Launch Glider: second place for Ben Lee and Alex Zhou; and Entomology: second place for Michael Mu and Tommy Liang.
Experimental Design: fifth place for Angela Mao, Yinan Zhang, and Michael Mu; Forensics: third place for Angela Mao and Andrew Chen; GeoLogic Mapping: second place for Bill Huang and Jason Shi; Maglev: second place for Shaurya Luthra and Chaitanya Asawa; Mission Possible: fifth place for Bharat Jaladi and Shaurya Luthra; Rocks and Minerals: fifth place for Angela You and Aleck Zhao; Technical Problem Solving: fifth place for Aleck Zhao and Jason Shi; Water Quality: second place for Pranay Nadella and Yinan Zheng; and We’ve Got Your Number: and first place for Kevin Li and Ishan Majumdar.
High School North placed second in the state. The team advisor is Jim Looney, with assistance from Regina Celin, Kerry Pross, and Holly Crochetiere. Honors received include:
Anatomy and Physiology: first place for Ronald Wang and Roger Jin; Astronomy: third place for Rohan Agrawal and Bolong Xu; Chemistry Lab: fourth place for Matthew Zang and Vincent Wu; Circuit Lab: second place for Chris Shao and Brice Huang; Designer Genes: second place for Bolong Xu and Sundar Solai; Disease Detective: fourth place for Bolong Xu and Jeremy Zhang; and Dynamic Planet: Sixth place for Avinash Subramanian and Rohan Agrawal.
Elastic Glider: fourth place for Felix Su and Andrew Hong; Forensics: second place for Roger Jin and Matthew Zang; Geo Mapping: third place for Varun Subbiah and Rohan Agrawal; Maglev: first place for Louis Wang and Cody Yang; Mission Possible: third place for Felix Su and Andrew Hong; Rocks and Minerals: first place for Varun Subbiah and Avinash Subramanian; and Technical Problem Solving: first place for Brice Huang and Vincent Wu.
The Grover Middle School Science Olympiad Team placed fourth in the state competition. Coaches include Rae McKenna, Tara Hipple, and Chris Castner.
