Fulton Science Academy Won 1st Place in 2017 Regional Science Olympiad Tournament

FSA CHEERS AS SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM SECURES FIRST PLACE TROPHY IN REGIONAL TOURNAMENT!

In the closest finish in tournament history, the Fulton Science Academy Science Olympiad Team took First Place Honors at the Regional Tournament held at the University of North Georgia, Gainesville Campus, on Saturday, February 18!

After all of the events were tallied, both FSA and archrival, Dodgen Middle School, were tied with 58 points each. Tie breaker rules call for the team with the most first-place event finishes to be declared the winner. Because of this, FSA won decisively with 11 first places versus Dodgen’s six.

“The awards ceremony was intense,” said head coach Gloria Stathos. "We were trying to track the scores, but there were three events in which we did not place, so it was impossible to calculate.”

Fellow Head Coach, Pam Walsh, continued...

“We had some unfortunate problems with a couple of our building events,” said head coach, Pam Walsh. “All week long, students had been coming to school early to practice flying their balsa aircraft. Our flight times were improving every day and we had high hopes for doing well. Then, two seconds into our competition flight, the propeller shattered and the plane plummeted to the ground."

She continued, "In Scrambler, our vehicle smashed into the wall on its first run, breaking our egg and making a second attempt impossible. Not knowing our placement in those two events made the team competition a real nail-biter. But in the end, our strong finishes in our many other events was enough to compensate and we won.”

In the end, “Every team member contributed to our victory,” said Mrs. Stathos. “Each of our thirty students earned at least one medal.”

The team now qualifies to compete in the GA State Science Olympiad Tournament to be held on March 18 at South Cobb High School where they hope to place in the top two teams and qualify for the National Tournament in May.

Specific Awards Include:

Anatomy – coached by Dr. Owens, Ms. Hobbs, Dr. Moscovitch
1st Place – Arul and Arham

Bottle Rockets – coached by Mr. Parlak
1st Place – Jay, Arul, and Arham

Disease Detectives – coached by Mrs. Bhatt and Mrs. Lewis
1st Place – Karen and Navina
3rd Place – Neel and Sneha

Dynamic Planet – coached by Mrs. Walsh
3rd Place – Sophie and Sid
4th Place - Ashi and Shivam

Experimental Design – coached by Mrs. Stathos
1st Place – Sophie, Navina, and Sid
2nd Place – Njeri, Fatima, and Nicole

Fast Facts – coached by Mrs. Sanders
1st Place – Jay and Ezra
4th Place –Nish and Sneha

Food Science – coached by Mrs. Crigler
1st Place – Chance and Navina
2nd Place – Fatima and Sneha

Hovercraft – coached by Mr. Kersey
1st Place – Vihan and Logan

Invasive Species – coached by Mrs. Butler
1st Place – Bella and Shourya
3rd Place – Lizzie and Rohan

Meteorology – coached by Mrs. Walsh
2nd Place – Isabelle and Chance

Microbe Mission – coached by Mr. Shealy
2nd Place – Bella and Jay
3rd Place – Nicole and Ashika

Mission Possible – coached by Mr. Kersey
4th Place – Vihan and Logan

Optics – coached by Mr. Sanders
1st Place – Chance and Holden

Reach for the Stars – coached by Mrs. Walsh
1st Place – Holden and Jay
4th Place – Nish and Rithvik

Road Scholar – coached by Mrs. Stathos
1st Place – Sophie and Sid
4th Place – Lakshya and Neel

Rocks and Minerals – coached by Mrs. Walsh
4th Place – Karen and Shourya

Towers – coached by Mr. Nash
4th Place – Vihan and Ezra

Wind Power – coached by Mr. and Mrs. Wang
1st Place – Sophie and Arham
3rd Place – Ranjani and Ved

Write It, Do It – coached by Mrs. Stathos
2nd Place – Sophie and Ezra

Congratulations to our amazing team!