Columbia High School varsity and JV Science Olympiad teams at the 2019 Regional Championship.
Columbia High School’s Science Olympiad team won the Capital District Regional Championship this past Saturday at the College of Saint Rose and will advance to the New York State Finals on March 15-16 at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. The victory marks Columbia’s 26th regional championship in the last 27 years.
Columbia’s JV team also performed well, finishing in 3rd place overall.
The teams won 41 total medals at the event, including 18 Gold, 11 Silver and 5 Bronze.
Congratulations to the students and coaches!
Individual Medals
Anatomy and Physiology:
1st: Noelle Maloney and Sydney Sill
Astronomy:
1st: Kelly Nagel and Owen Ball
6th: Adam DeCesare and Tyler Pearson
Boomilever:
2nd: Buffy Kromer and Ryan Wei
3rd: Kelly Nagel and Ryan Allen
Chemistry Lab:
1st: Sam Koblensky and Ryan Allen
Circuit Lab:
4th: Sam Koblensky and Owen Ball
5th: Adam DeCesare and Tyler Pearson
Code Busters:
1st: Kate Burns, Nidhi Shah and Clara Xin
3rd: Simon O’Connor, Andy Malak and Buffy Kromer
Designer Genes:
2nd: George Culver and Sydney Sill
Disease Detectives:
1st: Nina Tedeschi and Clara Xin
4th: Leif Haley and Sophia Culver
Duct Tape Challenge:
5th: Ryan Allen and Ekansh Agrawal
Dynamic Planet:
1st: Ollie Olds and Anthony Marino
2nd: Kate Burns and Nina Tedeschi
Experimental Design:
1st: Kelly Nagel, Lindsey Conboy and Noelle Maloney
2nd: Connor Hurley, Joe Vitali and Heather Bryant
Fermi Questions:
1st: Owen Ball and Ryan Allen
Forensics:
1st: Ryan Doyle and Nidhi Shah
2nd: Leif Haley and Simon O’Connor
Fossils:
1st: Ryan Doyle and Justine Fournier
2nd: Adam DeCesare and Leif Haley
Geologic Mapping:
3rd: Nina Tedeschi and Kate Burns
5th: Buffy Kromer and Joe Vitali
Herpetology:
1st: Sydney Sill and Kelly Nagel
2nd: Tyler Pearson and Bailey Tator
Mission Possible:
1st: Owen Ball and George Culver
Mousetrap Vehicle:
2nd: Ryan Doyle and Nidhi Shah
6th: Andy Malak and Simon O’Connor
Parasitology:
2nd: Bailey Tator and Ollie Olds
Protein Modeling:
1st: Sydney Sill, Nina Tedeschi and Ekansh Agrawal
2nd: Heather Bryant, Krystal Li and Joe Vitali
Sounds of Music:
1st: Sam Koblensky and Lindsey Conboy
2nd: Leif Haley and Connor Hurley
Thermodynamics:
1st: Sam Koblensky and Lindsey Conboy
Water Quality:
1st: George Culver and Clara Xin
3rd: Sophia Culver and Krystal Li
Wright Stuff:
1st: Noelle Maloney
3rd: Anthony Marino and Connor Hurley
Write It Do It:
1st: Lindsey Conboy and Justine Fournier