A team of Carson Middle School students recently took part in the Science Olympiad competition in Las Vegas. Despite limited time to prepare for the competition's 22 categories, the team managed to medal in 10 of them and finished in the top five in another six.
The strong finishes by the students also garnered them a third-place finish overall. Hyde Park Middle School in Las Vegas took first and Coral Academy in Reno finished second. Here is a list of how the students fared:
• Anatomy - Fourth
Vanessa Brown and Nick Hummel
• Awesome Aquifer - Silver
Ben Drozdoff and Lucas Johnson
• Bottle Glide Launcher - Gold
CeCe Dietlein and Mali Hanks
• Tower Building - Silver
Mohamad Sayafi and Sashank Kandhadai
• Disease Detectives - Fourth
Vanessa Brown
• Don't Bug Me - Fourth
Dillon Winkelman and Ben Drozdoff
• Meteorology - Fourth
Mali Hanks
• Mission Possible - Gold
Sean and Lucas Johnson, Ben Drozdoff
• Oceanography - Bronze
Mohamed Sayafi
• Road Scholar - Silver
Connor Farrell and Lue Vang
• Rocks and Minerals - Silver
Dillon Winkelman and Ben Drozdoff
• Science Crime Busters - Fourth
Nick Hummel and Dillon Winkelman
• Science Word - Silver
Connor Farrell and Lue Vang
• Solar System - Bronze
Lucas Johnson and Nick Hummel
• Storm the castle - Fourth
Sean Johnson and Sashank Kandhadai
• Wheeled vehicle - Silver
Mali Hanks and CeCe Dietlein
Carson High School also sent a team of students to the competition. Eight out of the nine students who went received medals in at least one event. The group received two gold medals, which went to Michael Smith and Stephanie Dodge for Sounds of Music. Michael "Bob" Schuler received the most medals with three, with silver medals in Write it/Do It and Rocks and Minerals and a bronze in Scrambler.
Other awards:
• Write It/Do It - Silver
Ariel Sanchez
• Scrambler - Silver
Sam White
• Chemistry - Silver
Chris Robertson
• Forensics - Silver
Robert Reed