State Science Olympiad Winners

Two PSD Schools Win First Place in their Divisions at the State Science Olympiad Competition

Poudre School District schools dominated the state Science Olympiad competition, with a PSD high school team and junior high team winning first place in their divisions at the event which was held recently at the School of Mines in Golden.

Poudre High School’s #1 team finished 1^st place in the high school division, placing in the top 3 in 19 of 23 events and beating out 2^nd place Cheyenne MT by 106 points. The competition included 26 participating high schools, which were narrowed down from the 52 teams at the regional competition.

Blevins Junior High also gave a stellar performance, winning 1^st place in the junior high division. Blevins competed against 26 junior high teams, which were selected from 55 teams that participated in the regional competition.

Both the winning PHS and Blevins teams will represent Colorado at the National Science Olympiad finals in Wichita, Kansas in May. The top 60 teams from across the US (representing more than 8,000 teams nationwide) will compete at the national finals.

This is the 7^th national trip in 8 years for PHS and the 3^rd national trip for Blevins.

The break down of Poudre School District teams accomplishments includes:

High School Division:

Poudre High School Team #1       

1^st place team overall

Twelve 1^st place individual medals

Four 2^nd place individual medals

Three 3^rd place individual medals

Poudre High School Team #2

3^rd place team overall

one 1^st place individual medal

four 2^nd place individual medals

Poudre High School Team #3

6th place team overall

one 1st place individual medal

one 2^nd place individual medal

two 3rd place individual medals

Fort Collins High School

9th place team overall

one 2^nd place individual medal

Rocky Mountain High School Team #2

           10th place team overall

           one 1st place individual medal

            one 3rd place individual medal

Rocky Mountain High School Team #1

            17th place team overall

            one 2^nd place individual medal

Junior High School Division:

Blevins Junior High School

            1^st place team overall

            four 1^st place individual medals

            one 2^nd place individual medal

Lincoln Junior High School

            5^th place team overall

           two 1^st place individual medals

           three 2^nd place individual medals

           one 3^rd place individual medal

Boltz Junior High School

            11^th place team overall

            one 2^nd place individual medal

For more information, contact Jack Lundt, PHS Science Olympiad coach, at 488-6011.

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