The New Rochelle
High School Science Olympiad team captured its third
championship in four years at the Lower Hudson Valley
Regional Science Olympiad tournament that was held on Feb.
13 at Byram Hills High School.
New Rochelle finished first out of 33 teams, and
now advances to the New York State Championships that will
be held on March 19-20 at West Point.
New Rochelle again
entered three teams in the competition, extending its
record of being the only school in the Lower Hudson Valley
region to field three full teams.
New Rochelle's A team finished in the top five in
10 of the 16 events in which it competed, including four
first place finishes. The
battle for the regional championship was extremely close.
A mere 12 points separated the top four teams.
New Rochelle edged John Jay High School for first
by five points (457-452). Ardsley
High School finished third and host Byram Hills High
School took fourth. Scarsdale
High School rounded out the top five.
Yonkers High School, which appeared in the
tournament for the first time, was named the top
"new" school in the tournament.
A total of 36
students, including 13 girls, competed for New Rochelle.
Fifteen students took home a total of 27 medals.
The medal winners included:
FIRST
PLACE:
Physics Lab: Jon Jove
and Sujoy Khasnavis
Ornithology: Hanna Rosner-Katz and Yumna Piracha
It's About Time: Jon Jove and John Kim
Trajectory: David Harary and Ashley Turcan
SECOND PLACE:
Fossils: Robbie Pruitt and Hanna Rosner-Katz
Protein Modeling Challenge: Oren Weiss and Raj Basak
Physics Lab: Daniel Gruza and Gong Chen
THIRD PLACE:
Ecology: Peter Segall and Oren Weiss
Elevated Bridge: Emily George and Peter Segall
FOURTH PLACE:
Mission Possible: Emily George, Yumna Piracha and John Kim
FIFTH PLACE:
Cell Biology: Oren Weiss and Raj Basak
Forensics: David Harary and Stacey Leiman
Trajectory: Jon Jove and John Kim
Coaches Tom Byrne and Rekha Liveris
along with Science Department Chair, Joyce Kent, accompanied the team to the
tournament.
