St. Johns Science Olympiad

Frankenmuth 2020 Invitational! St Johns took First Place overall for the first time ever!! Some of the other teams competing were Troy, Hastings, Detroit Country Day, Holt! WOW🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

St. Johns tied for first place in Regional Science Olympiad competition

The St. Johns Science Olympiad team proved once again that hard work pays off by taking first place at a closely contested regional competition among 22 mid-Michigan schools held at Lansing Community College on Saturday March 16. The varsity team earned 199 points overall to tie for first place with East Lansing who also earned 199 points. They were followed closely by Holt with 193 points. Of the 23 science and engineering events St. Johns took six first place trophies, and four second place medals, finishing out of the top five in just four events. First place trophies were won in Chemistry Lab, Circuit Lab, Dynamic Planet, Experimental Design, Mousetrap Vehicle and Sounds of Music.

The St. Johns Junior Varsity team also did exceedingly well, earning 123 points overall putting them in first place among the junior varsity teams and unofficially 7th overall in the competition.

Coach Rich Lund had this to say about the team's success: “At the start of the season, after our first invitational, things looked a bit rough. Definitely we had a lot of success at the Haslett invite, but at the same time, we were noticeably behind where we needed to be compared to the others in our region. We lit some fires in strategic areas we needed them, and the team responded. Oh, did they ever respond. Our Olympians, every single one, upped their game. They didn't aim for the target, but through it, and we blasted far beyond it. I'm so extremely proud of them.”

The varsity team will advance for the 11th time in 13 years to compete in the Science Olympiad State Finals at Michigan State University on Saturday April 27th, where the top two teams in the state will move on to the National Competition being held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Events and First Place Winners:

Chemistry Lab—Anna Crites, Becca Bunn
Circuit Lab---Becca Bunn, Suzie Livermore
Dynamic Planet---Meagan Moeggenborg, Kenny Goodsell
Experimental Design---Logan Hyzer, Levi Beck, Chloe Western
Mousetrap Vehicle—Kenny Goodsell, Suzie Livermore
Sounds of Music—Mitch Gifford, Emily Voisinet, Jonny Collins

Second Place Finishers:

Fossils—Grace Moeggenborg, C**t Fleischer
Geologic Mapping—Megan Moeggenborg, C**t Fleischer
Herpetology—Kaitlyn Knapp, Mitch Gifford
Mission Possible—Logan Hyzer, Anna Crites

We were on pins and needles waiting for the results! At this point tied with Holt for first place but with 8 more events to go! Unbearable!

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Testing the strengh of our tower at the Regional Competition at LCC.

Helicopter team ready to run at Regionals today.