The Michigan Science Olympiad tournament was held at Michigan State University on Saturday, April 26, 2008. There were 48 high school teams and 48 middle school teams competing in the tournament. Grand Haven High School finished in first place in the High School Division for the 11th time in their 23-year history of participating in Science Olympiad. This makes the third consecutive year of first place finishes for Grand Haven High School. White Pines Middle School finished in first place and Lakeshore Middle School finished in eighth place in the Middle School Division.
Grand Haven High School and White Pines Middle School will continue on to the National Science Olympiad tournament on Saturday, May 31st, at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. This will be the 18th consecutive year of going to the national tournament for GHHS and the seventh consecutive year for WPMS (eight years total). Also representing Michigan at the national tournament will be Plymouth Christian High School from Grand Rapids, and Heritage Junior High School from Sterling Heights, for their second place finishes in the state tournament.
Medals were awarded to the participants of the top six placing teams in the 23 individual events of the Olympiad. Grand Haven High School students received medals in 15 of the 23 events and they are as follows:
First Place: 1 Point
Boomilever: Alex Cotton, Jared Sutherland
Rocks and Minerals: Nick Ackerson, Alex Vander Meulen
Second Place: 2 Points
Cell Biology: Kent Brummel, Katie Spoelman
Circuit Lab: Neil DeBoer, Trevor Greene
Experimental Design: Kent Brummel, Alex Cotton, Elizabeth Shay
Forensics: Becky Boeve, Alissa Jullie
Health Science: Kent Brummel, Katie Spoelman
Herpetology: Nick Ackerson, John ONeill
Sounds of Music: Nick Ackerson, Elizabeth Shay
Third Place : 3 Points
Disease Detective: Nick Ackerson, Trevor Greene
Ecology: Kent Brummel, Alex Vander Meulen
Wright Stuff: Alex Cotton, Jared Sutherland
Fourth Place: 4 Points
Astronomy: Neil DeBoer, Derek VanderLaan
Fifth Place: 5 Points
Five Star Science: Becky Boeve, Derek VanderLaan
Physics Lab: Neil DeBoer, Derek VanderLaan
Seventh Place: 7 Points
Remote Sensing: Nick Ackerson, Alan Lisowicz
Ninth Place: 9 Points
Oceanography: Kent Brummel, Derek VanderLaan
Eleventh Place: 11 Points
Food Science: Bethany Bailey, Becky Boeve
Twelfth Place: 12 Points
Write It, Do It: Alissa Jullie, Alan Lisowicz
Thirteenth Place: 13 Points
Fermi Questions: Alex Cotton, Alan Lisowicz
Sixteenth Place: 16 Points
Chemistry Lab: Becky Boeve, Katie Spoelman
Twenty-third Place: 23 Points
Electric Vehicle: Trevor Greene, Jared Sutherland
Thirty-ninth Place: 39 Points
Robot Ramble: Alex Cotton, Jared Sutherland
Point totals for the top five teams in the High School Division were:
First Place: Grand Haven: 169 points
Second Place: Plymouth Christian: 208 points
Third Place: West Ottawa: 224 points
Fourth Place: Grand Rapids Christian: 248 points
Fifth Place: Troy: 315 points
Medals were awarded to the participants of the top six placing teams in the 23 individual events of the Olympiad. White Pines Middle School students received medals in 16 of the 22 events (one event was eliminated from the scoring) and they are as follows:
1st Place Medals:
Ecology- Sarah Ou and Leah Matchett
Oceanography- Nathan Kelly and Leah Matchett
Bio Process Lab- Carolyn Coutre and Kristin Spelde
Rocks and Minerals- Jake Carter and Leah Matchett
2nd Place Medals:
Balloon Launch Glider- Nathan Kelly and Alex McSpaden
Meteorology- Nathan Kelly and Dan Hanson
Science Crime- Terry Greene and Sarah Ou
4th Place Medals:
Disease Detectives- Sarah Ou and Terry Greene
Crave the Wave- Alex McSpaden and Rebecca Shay
5th Place Medals:
Tower Building- Terry Greene, Alex McSpaden, tower built by Mitch Veele
Scrambler- Terry Greene and Ben Maat
Food Science- Nathan Kelly and Sarah Ou
Anatomy- Sarah Ou and Jake Carter
6th Place Medals:
Metric Mastery- Carolyn Coutre and Kristin Spelde
Reach for the Stars- Carolyn Coutre and Nathan Kelly
Simple Machines- Carolyn Coutre and RebeccaShay
8th Place Medals:
Road Scholar – Alex Mcspaden and Rebecca Shay
9th Place Medals:
Amphibians and Reptiles- Jake Carter and Leah Matchett
12th Place Medals:
Trajectory- Kristin Spelde and Alex McSpaden
17th Place Medals:
Science Word- Leah Matchett and Alex Izokaitis
25th Place Medals:
Robo Cross- Clark Teeple and Ben Maat
28th Place Medals:
Mystery Architecture- Ben Maat and Terry Greene
Unknown place: Write it/ Do it – Lanie Kenny and Gretchen Kelly (but they did GREAT!!!)
Medals were awarded to the participants of the top six placing teams in the 23 individual events of the Olympiad. Lakeshore Middle School students received medals in 9 of the 22 events (one event was eliminated from the scoring).
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