Science Olympiad State Results

On March 28, Hopkins science students participated in the CT State Science Olympiad competitions at the University of Connecticut. The two teams, led by faculty coaches Sarah Leite and Jennifer Stauffer, performed exceptionally well, with Team A placing first in the state, and Team B placing second. Team A will go on to the 26th

annual Science Olympiad National Tournament May 20–22, 2010 at the University of Illinois.

Science Olympiad initially involves about 2 million students annually in grades K-12, with 6,000 teams in grades six through 12 actively competing in regional, state and the national tournament. The mission of the program is to enhance the quality of science education, to create a passion for science among young people and to reward both students and teachers for academic achievement.

About 2,400 students in middle school and high school are expected to compete in the National Tournament.

The students, representing 120 teams of champions from across the country, will compete in more than two

dozen events, such as astronomy, bridge building, chemistry, computing and ecology.

Below are the Hopkins Students by Team and the first,

second and third place awards for individual contest

during the State Competition:

Team A

Nicholas Aeppel (Milford, CT)

Steven Bell (Easton, CT)

Jonathan Chien (New Haven, CT)

Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld (New Haven, CT)

Rahul Dhodapkar (New Haven, CT)

Michael Gold (Norwalk, CT)

Patrick Hulin (New Haven, CT)

Michael-David Mangini (Weston, CT)

Michael Mayor (Guilford, CT)

Elizabeth Peters (Cheshire, CT)

Benjamin Pollak (Woodbridge, CT)

Ariel Rock (Woodbridge, CT)

Alex Siegenfeld (Westport, CT)

Sophia Szymkowiak (Guilford, CT)

Michael Ying (Darien, CT)

First Place Competitions:

Astronomy - Siegenfeld, Appel

Ecology - Mangini, Chua-Rubenfeld

Environmental Chemistry - Gold, Mayor

It’s About Time - Hulin, Gold

Physics Lab - Chien, Siegenfeld

Technical Problem Solving - Chien, Siegenfeld

Second Place Competitions

Forensics - Chien, Mayor

Ornithology - Rock, Peters

Remote Sensing - Hulin, Pollak

Third Place Competitions

Cell Biology - Siegenfeld, Mangini

Picture This - Chien, Chua-Rubenfeld, Ying

Team B

Sara Arthurs (Weston, CT)

Neal BasuMullick (Weston, CT)

Chelsea Casareale (Westport, CT)

Emma Gleeman (Fairfield, CT)

Emilia Hernandez (Fairfield, CT)

Matt Hodel (Wilton, CT)

Lauryn Isford (Greenwich, CT)

Gopal Kodumudi (Fairfield, CT)

Veena Krish (Trumbull, CT)

Alex Leffell (New Haven, CT)

Roger Lo (Trumbull, CT)

Maddie Pantalena (Madison, CT)

Leland Pung (Madison, CT)

Dutch Waanders (Old Saybrook, CT)

Leon Wang (Woodbridge, CT)

First Place Competitions

Trajectory - Arthurs, Hodel

Mission Possible - BasuMullick, Leffell, Lo

Second Place Competitions

Environmental Chemistry - Pung, Krish

It’s About Time - Isford, Hernandez

Picture This - Pantalena, Gleeman, Hernandez

Third Place Competitions

Astronomy - Kodumudi, Krish