Smithtown West Science Olympians Win 11 Medals

The Smithtown High School West Science Olympiad Team performed extremely well at the Eastern Long Island Division C Regional Science Olympiad Competition at Brentwood High School, taking home 11 medals.

During the Science Olympiad, students participate in events pertaining to various scientific disciplines, including earth science, biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. Events fall into three main categories: science concepts and knowledge, science processes and thinking skills, and science application and technology and tasks are either knowledge-based or engineering-based.

Students work in teams of two for most categories and much like an athletic team, Olympiad teams require preparation, commitment, coaching and practice throughout the year. More than 6,700 teams from across the country compete in the Science Olympiad each year.

Ellen Paulik is the HSW Science Olympiad lead coach.

The HSW student-teams and experiments that placed are:

• Hannah Rosenthal and Cory Zhou: Fourth Place: Cell Biology.

• Norman Chen and Brennan Laforge: Fourth Place: Technical Problem Solving

• Natalie Condzal and Asli Kizilkaya: Fifth Place: Bungee Drop

• Cory Zhou and Bradley Zhou: Seventh Place: Write It Do It

• Victoria Savage and Cory Zhou: Ninth Place: Anatomy and Physiology

• Hannah Rosenthal and Stephen Kyranakis: Ninth Place: Disease Detectives

• John Compitello and Tom Scavella: Ninth Place: It’s About Time

• Dianna LaRocco: Ninth Place: Mission Possible

• Steven Spreizer and Mya Dunigan: 10th Place: Astronomy

• Jesse Wu and Brian Kguloian: 10th Place: Game On

• Stephen Kyranakis and Mya Dunigan: 10th Place: Geologic Mapping

Photo courtesy of the Smithtown Central School District