State Science Olympiad Yields Great Results for Tandem Scientists

Alex Siragy, Science Olympiad Mentor
I am thrilled to share that for the first time in school history, Tandem earned medals in two events at the Science Olympiad state tournament - 5th in Flight (Mary & Emory) and 2nd in Robot Tour (John & Hayes). This is such an amazing accomplishment! Engineering events are notoriously difficult to do well in at the state level and to earn medals in two is phenomenal. I want to shout out the performances of several other teams as well: 8th in Scrambler (Bailey, Owen), 9th in Fermi Questions (John, Emory), and 12th in Wind Power (Oscar, John). Though they didn't medal, earning a spot in the top 12 at the state tournament is no small feat and requires a level of effort and success comparable to earning a 3rd/4th place medal at the regional level. Well done!

The timing of the tournament had a major impact on our overall team score as Spring Break conflicts meant that several events were covered by team members that hadn't done the event at the regional level. They nonetheless put forth their best effort and did a fantastic job representing TFS. Once again, medals were awarded to 1st-6th place in each event and trophies were awarded to 1st-5th place overall school performance. 23 school teams participated in the tournament and 4 "gold-bid" teams were present as well.  

Individual results are provided below, and check out the photos shared.

Individual Event Results

Group A
- Disease Detectives - 18th (Charlie, Sawyer)
- Fermi Questions - 9th (Emory, John)
- Forensics - 23rd (Mary, Bailey)

Group B
- Detector Building - 19th (Hayes, Charlie)
- Fossils - 17th (Owen, Ty)
- Write It, Do It - 16th (Mary, Bailey)

Group C
- Experimental Design - 22nd (Mary, Owen, Jude)
- Geologic Mapping - 21st (Charlie, Will)
- Microbe Mission - 23rd (Ty, Sawyer)

Group D
- Chemistry Lab - 18th (John, Oscar)
- Codebusters - 19th (Sawyer, Emory, Jack N)
- Ecology - 14th (Evelyn, Will)

Group E
- Dynamic Planet - 20th (Jack N, Kavi)
- Forestry - 19th (Charlie, Evelyn)
- Wind Power - 12th (Oscar, John)

Group F
- Anatomy & Physiology - 24th (N/A)
- Astronomy - 16th (Kavi, Jack N)
- Optics - 20th (Oscar, Hayes)

Self-Scheduled
- Air Trajectory - 20th (Ty, Will)
- Flight - 5th (Mary, Emory)
- Robot Tour - 2nd (John, Hayes)
- Scrambler - 8th (Bailey, Owen)
- Tower - 16th (Kavi, Jude)

Even with the challenges created by Spring Break and the looming end of the year, everyone once again put in an incredible effort and I am proud of all we did. What a great season!
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