Monday, March 24, 2014

Kilmer Science Olympiad Team Wins 2nd Place at State Tournament

The Kilmer Science Olympiad team took home the 2nd place overall trophy in the Virginia state Science Olympiad tournament held on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Madison High School in Vienna, VA.

Many students won medals across the various divisions and it is clear that every participant worked hard preparing for the tournament.

  • Crime Busters: 2nd -  Yash Shekar and Daniel Zou
  • Disease Detectives:  1st -  Brian Merski and Nikhil Sardana
  • Dynamic Planet:  3rd - Brian Merski and Nikhil Sardana
  • Entomology: 3rd - Dan Ni and Yash Shekar
  • Experiemental Design:  1st - Arsh Ganjoo, SJ Kachru and Aaraj Vij
  • Heredity:  3rd - Brian Merski and Anish Karpurapu
  • Road Scholar: 5th - Christopher Yuan and Daniel Zou
  • Rotor Egg Drop: 2nd - Rohan Puvvada and Justin Zhou
  • Shock Value: 1st - Nikhil Sardana and Justin Zhou
  • Simple Machines: 3rd - Yash Shekar and Christopher Yuan
  • Solar Systems: 6th - Arsh Ganjoo and Lawrence Wang
  • Sounds of Music: 3rd - Christopher Yuan and Justin Zhou
  • Water Quality: 4th - Anish Karpurapu and Rohan Puvvada
  • Write It Do It: 1st - Dan Ni and Aaraj Vij
  • BioSphere: 6th - Joshua O'Cain and Frank Tian 
  • Codebreakers: 1st - Nathan Chow and Mathew Harrington

A huge thanks goes out to the Science Olympiad Coordinators and the parent volunteers who helped support the team's efforts throughout the season.

Great job to all for representing yourselves and your school so well!

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