Bloomington high schools advance to state science competition

Published on Feb 14, 2023
Science Olympiad Teams

The Science Olympiad teams from Bloomington Jefferson and Kennedy high schools advanced to the state competition after a strong performance at regionals. Kennedy took third and Jefferson placed fifth, qualifying the teams to compete on March 4 at Bethel University.

Individual medal winners from Kennedy:

  • Siri Anderson, Maddie Houtkooper, and Raymond Tu, first in Codebusters
  • Ben Gustafson and Maddie Alford, first in Scrambler
  • Emily Kwon and Rose Alford, first in Trajectory
  • Elli Alford and Maisie Pederson, first in Write It Do It
  • Siri Anderson and Audrey Crippen, second in Bridge Design
  • Ruby Bruins and Ayan Hajhassan, third in JV Astronomy

The Kennedy team is led by Laura Gislason and Annika Jensen.

Individual medal winners from Jefferson:

  • Julia Wenzel and Nicole Guan, second in Write It Do It
  • Irene Zheng and Julia Wenzel, second in Trajectory
  • Jessie Pham and Irene Zheng, second in It's About Time
  • Irene Zheng and Nicole Guan, third in Forestry
  • Toby Parcon and Nicole Guan, third in Fermi Questions

The Jefferson team is led by Jon Leverenz and Emily Trieu.

Science Olympiad is a competition in which teams of 2-3 middle and high school students compete in various science and engineering events, including biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and engineering.