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2026 Science Olympiad Regional Championships team photo edit web
Columbia High School won 24 medals and placed 5th overall at the Science Olympiad Regional Championships this past weekend at Ballston Spa High School. The competition included 20 teams from around the Capital Region.

Congratulations to the following individual medal winners!

Silver:

  • Astronomy – Logan Messina and Neil Gada
  • Electric Vehicle – Omkar Kamat and Likhita Ghanta in
  • Robot Tour – Aki Lovely and Shazia Khaliq

Bronze:

  • Disease Detectives – Manyata Madan and Emmeline Bombard in
  • Electric Vehicle – Sai Sriperambuduri and Romiel Esconde
  • Hovercraft – Brooke Haney and Neil Gada
  • Remote Sensing – Evan Pole and Neil Gada

4th Place:

  • Anatomy and Physiology – Jay Meyyan and Snehaa Gopinath
  • Entomology – Lyla Maguffin and Elizabeth Daoust
  • Water Quality – Ryan Ecker and Lyla Maguffin

5th Place:

  • Boomlilever – Logan Turchin
  • Circuit Lab – Logan Messina and Neil Gada
  • Codebusters – Evan Pole, Emmeline Bombard, and Riya Malge
  • Machines – Ryan Ecker and Snehaa Gopinath

6th Place:

  • Boomilever – Manyata Madan and Lyla Maguffin
  • Codebusters – Allison Hutton, Saige Keenholts and Sai Sriperambuduri
  • Disease Detectives – Manika Mittal and Shazia Khaliq
  • Experimental Design – Jay Meyyan, Hayaa Shah, and Snehaa Gopinath
  • Forensics – Omkar Kamat and Elizabeth Daoust
  • Helicopter – Allison Hutton and Amulya Ryali
  • Materials Science – Manyata Madan and Brooke Haney
  • Robot Tour – Omkar Kamat and Logan Messina
  • Rocks & Minerals – Elizabeth Daoust and Likhita Ghanta
  • Write it Do it – Hayaa Shah and Emmeline Bombard

 

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