Science Olympiad Takes #2 in Regionals

The Burroughs Science Olympiad team placed at the Saint Louis Regional Tournament Saturday, February 26. The team repeated its second place finish (out of 10 teams) to Ladue. According to faculty sponsor Ike Irby, "Last year we lost by 42 points whereas Saturday, it came down to the suspense of the last event." Hats off to Ladue, which is the four-time reigning state champion and finished 21st at Nationals last year. The next competition will be the Missouri State Tournament on April 16th. Burroughs finished third at State last year. The top two teams from that tournament advance to the National Tournament. On the 26th, Burroughs medalled (that is, placed in the top four) in 21 of 23 events—more than any other school.

1st Places:  Chemistry Lab, Dynamic Planet, Experimental Design, Optics, Remote Sensing

2nd Places:  Anatomy and Physiology, Astronomy, Helicopters, Microbes, Protein Modeling, Technical Problem Solving, Tower Engineering

3rd Places:  Forensics, Music, Write it Do it

4th Places:  Disease Detectives, Ecology, Mousetrap Vehicle, Ornithology, Sumo Robots, Wind Power

6th Places:  Fossils, Mission Possible

Participating students include seniors Karlos Bledsoe, Maddie Brandt, Maggie Chapman, Kyle Feldmann, Eli Levin, John Krupela and Jacob Mulcahy; juniors Trish Bhat, Nick Goel, George Li, Conor Tillinghast, Sandra Yamada and Andy Zhou; sophomores Xavier Bledsoe and Mackenzie Brandt; and sophomore alternates Joe Roddy, Katherine Taylor and Matt Wong. Faculty sponsors include science teachers Ike Irby, Scott Deken and Jaclyn Yetter.