West Science Olympiad Nationals 2024 Update

5/28/24

At nats, we got 13th overall as a team, our best placement since 1992. Some notable individual medals are:

• Fermi Questions first place: Bobby Henkelmann and Isaac Hessman
• Flight first place: Clare Hu Pesh and Anna Siebers
• Experimental Design 2nd place: Chloe Hu Pesh, Clare Hu Pesh, and Chase Xia
• Wind Power 5th place: Bobby Henkelmann and Chloe Hu Pesh
• Robot Tour 6th place: Jiyoon Chang and Jayden Chiu

Some notable top ten finishes include:

• Optics 7th place: Jiyoon Change and Bobby Henkelmann
• Dynamic Planet 9th place: Zijun He and Ian O'Callaghan
• Agricultural Sciences 10th place: Aria Tokaji and Ayelet Blum

As a team, we won the Corteva Enterprise Team Award for Being the best placing team that did not go to Nationals last year and placed below the top 10 overall.

We had a ton of fun during the trip and are looking forward to next year's season!