Submitted by Amanda Finke & Chelsey Ricketts
RIVER FALLS, WI – The Baldwin-Woodville High School Science Olympiad students competed in their second tournament of the season on January 20th at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Sixty-two teams competed representing schools from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Medals were awarded to the top four finishers in each event, for each division. Baldwin-Woodville earned fourteen top 10 placements, including a bronze medal by Nicky Carriveau in Code Analysis and a fourth place medal by Annabelle George and Michiah George in Forestry.
Their most recent competition was the Regional Tournament hosted on February 24th at the Menomonie High School. Twenty-four teams competed representing 11 schools from western Wisconsin.
A silver medal was earned by Nicky Carriveau in Code Analysis. Bronze medals were awarded to Nicky Carriveau and Grayson Paster in Astronomy; Brandon Lee in Chemistry Lab; and Madalyn Olsen in Microbe Mission. Fourth place medals were achieved by Colin Iverson and Nicholas Lawrenz in Detector Building; Nicholas Lawrenz and Maran Luckwaldt in Fermi Questions; Nicholas Lawrenz and Annabelle George in GeoLogic Mapping; Michiah George and Annabelle George in Mystery Architecture; Nicholas Lawrenz in Optics; and Charlie Willink and Colin Iverson in Scrambler.
The varsity team is looking forward to competing in the State Tournament on April 13th at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. Congratulations and best wishes!
