The Science Olympiad team run by science instructors Lynn Zimmerman and Beth Schiel placed 3rd all around at their regional competition at Fort Hays State University, on Feb. 9. This qualified them to advance onto state competition at Wichita State University on April 1.

The team consists of seniors Jacob Alexander, Brianna Brin, Nicholas Cox, Madison Crees, Sierra Eichman, Ethen Schmidt, Rachel Taylor, juniors Ashton Balthazor, Seth Beauchamp, Autumn Hohmann, Drew Morley, Sara Rohleder, Dawson Rooney and sophomore Cori Isbell.

The results from their Thursday performance:

Anatomy and Physiology- Crees, Eichman, 3rd

Game On- Rooney, Schmidt, 2nd 

Ecology- Alexander, Balthazor, 5th

Remote Sensing- Rohleder, Schmidt, 4th

Forensics- Crees, Eichman, 4th

Disease Detectives- Brin, Taylor, 9th

Towers- Isbell, Rooney, 6th

Wind Power- Cox, Morley, 3rd

Microbe Mission- Eichman, Isbell, 5th

Materials Science- Morley, Taylor, 1st

Write it, Do it- Cox, Crees, 10th

Optics- Balthazor, Hohmann, 6th

Astronomy- Rohleder, Rooney, 5th

Helicopters- Alexander, Schmidt, 7th

Invasive Species- Alexander, Rohleder, 3rd

Dynamic Planet- Beauchamp, Hohmann, 4th

Hovercraft- Isbell, Balthazor, 2nd

Chemistry Lab- Brin, Taylor, 1st

Robot Arm- Brin, Taylor, 4th

Hydrogeology- Crees, Eichman, 2nd

Electric Vehicle- Beauchamp, Morley, 4th

Experimental Design- Isbell, Hohmann, 8th

Rocks and Minerals- Beauchamp, Cox, 11th