Falcons Win Regional Science Olympiad
The Upper School and Middle School Science Olympiad team members completed the satellite regional competition on Saturday. The teams participated in person within their own school February 20th and March 6th.
The Upper School team placed 1st among 26 teams competing at the regional level – unofficially a historical moment for O’Neal at the high school level. The team medaled (6th place or better) in 14 out of 25 events. The top 10 varsity teams will head to state tournament on April 23rd and 24th.
Medals won:
1st place in Water Quality – Logan H and John S
2nd place in Write It Do It – Audrey K and Lauren K
3rd place in Machines – Alan G and Vicky M
4th place in Circuit Lab – Alan G and Logan H
4th place in Geologic Mapping – Vicky M
4th place in Ornithology – Vicky M and Lauren K
5th place in Picture This – Audrey K and Ria E
5th place if Fast Facts – Emily W-P and Tylar P
6th place in Digital Structures – Alan G and Claire C
6th place in Disease Detectives – Audrey K and John S
6th place in Dynamic Planet – John S and Vicky M
5th place in Fermi Questions – Max E and Tylar P
6th place in Forensics – Ria E and Nicole K
6th place in Fossils – Alan G and Claire C
The Middle School has a varsity and JV team. Special congratulations to the JV team (all 5th graders) for knocking it out of the park! The individual places are as follows:
Representing the Varsity Team (out of 20):
Anatomy: Reagan Daly and Judy Goetzl (5th)
Circuit Lab: Jacob Sager and Robert Everts (6th)
Codebusters: Jacob Sager and Robert Everts (7th)
Density Lab: Judy Goetzl and Reagan Daly (7th)
Disease Detectives: Reagan Daly (7th)
Food Science: Judy Goetzl (3rd)
Heredity: Reagan Daly (4th)
Fast Facts: Meredith Whaley and Reagan Daly (6th)
Representing the JV Team (out of 4):
Crimebusters: Harrison O'Connor and Radford Walker (2nd)
Disease Detectives: Andrew Burgess (1st)
Game On: Corey Adams and Harrison O'Connor (1st)
Mousetrap Vehicle: Alex Gold (1st)
Ornithology: Chloe Newberry and Isla Riggsbee (1st)
Reach for the Stars: Hannah Wilcox (2nd)
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