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The Menomonie High School Varsity Science Olympiad team secured a second-place finish at the Regional competition in Menomonie on March 1st, falling just short to Hudson by a single point, 47-48. All three of Menomonie's Junior Varsity teams delivered strong performances as well. Next up, the team will compete at State on April 5th at UW-Stout.
Medaling at the meet were:
Regional Event Champions
Grant Burns and Amy Liu- Anatomy (Varsity)
Oliver Lugo and Noah Winder- Bungee Drop (Varsity)
Amy Liu and Olivia Rubenzer- Disease Detectives (Varsity)
Grant Burns and Luke Ray- Dynamic Planet (Varsity)
Ben Seguin and Olivia Rubenzer- Forensics (Varsity)
Ben Seguin and Bri Klimek- Forestry (Varsity)
Grant Burns and Luke Ray- Geocaching (Varsity)
Grant Burns and Amy Liu- Microbiology (Varsity)
Logan Topper and Oliver Kerze- Optics (Junior Varsity)
2nd Place Medals
Ethan Pax & Olivia Rubenzer- Ecology (Varsity)
Olivia Rubenzer & Amy Liu- Electric Vehicle (Varsity)
Derek Weber & Enzo Parent- Entomology (Varsity)
Bri Klimek & Ellie Beck- Horticulture (Varsity)
Oliver Lugo & Noah Winder - Robot Tour (Varsity)
Emily Hoyland & Ellie Moulder- Forensics (Junior Varsity)
Oliver Kerze & Tim Berends- Air Trajectory (Junior Varsity)
Alex and Andrew Heckendorf -Bungee Drop (Junior Varsity)
Jai Hasse- Entomology (Junior Varsity)
Alex Heckendorf & Miles Ogden- Optics (Junior Varsity)
Nora Scorczewski & Mia Osterhaus- Disease Detectives (Junior Varsity)
Caylee Schaefer & Toni Fiorini- Forestry (Junior Varsity)
3rd Place Medals
Cole Christianson/Tanner Husby- Air Trajectory (Varsity)
Ben Seguin & Maddie Horvath- Astronomy (Varsity)
Ben Seguin, Maddie Horvath & Oliver Lugo- Code Busters (Varsity)
Maddie Horvath, Oliver Lugo & Noah Winder- Experimental Design (Varsity)
Derek Weber & Oliver Lugo- Fossils (Varsity)
Luke Ray & Ethan Pax- Geologic Mapping (Varsity)
Cole Christianson & Enzo Parent- Material Science (Varsity)
Enzo Parent & Ethan Pax- Optics (Varsity)
Bri Klimek & Enzo Parent- Wind Power (Varsity)
Pajci Xiong, Gabi Johnston & Andrew Heckendorf - Experimental Design (Junior Varsity)
Emily Hoyland, Mia Osterhaus & Oliver Kerze- Code Busters (Junior Varsity)
Mathew Snavely & Ethan Nyirongo- Robot (Junior Varsity)
Mathew Snavely & Oliver Kerze- Wind Power (Junior Varsity)
Grant Nigon & Otis Yonko- Material Science (Junior Varsity)
4th Place Medals
Grant Burns & Luke Ray- Chem Lab (Varsity)
Amy Liu & Ellie Beck- Precision Medicine (Varsity)
Logan Topper & Ethan Nyirongo- Dynamic Planet (Junior Varsity)
Nora Scorczewski & Mia Osterhaus- Precision Medicine (Junior Varsity)
Grace Edenborg & Jay Beston- Entomology (Junior Varsity)
Gabi Johnson & Pajci Xiong- Write It Do It (Junior Varsity)
