Syosset Students Earn More Than 100 Medals at Science Olympiad Competition

Students from H.B. Thompson and South Woods middle schools in Syosset competed in the Science Olympiad Western Long Island Regional Competition earlier this month and earned more than 100 medials.

Five teams representing the two schools participated in the competition held at Wisdom Lane Elementary School in Levittown.

One team from South Woods also qualified to advance to the state competition.

All three teams from South Woods Middle School placed within the top 10. Congratulations to Team 40, which claimed second-place honors and will advance to the state competition at Minoa High School in East Syracuse on April 8. Team 40 is comprised of Maanuv Allu, Eugene Aspiras, Evan Cheng, Erin Chon, Aren Cizmecioglu, Vivian Duan, Victoria Guo, Akitora Iyoda, Martha Kim, Jason Lan, Kevin Li, Cole Menchel, Nolan Smithwick, Merin Thomas and Alice Wang.

The two teams from HBT also placed well, with Team 22 earning the 11th spot, just six points shy of the top 10. All of the Syosset teams earned praise from their coaches and are already looking forward to doing well again in next year’s competition.

Story by Syntax, Photos courtesy of the Syosset CSD:

Photo A: Science Olympiad students from South Woods Middle School are all smiles after a strong finish at the Science Olympiad regional competition.

Photo B: H.B. Thompson Middle School students Shreya Motaganahalli and Trisha Sinha took second place in the Anatomy category at the Science Olympiad regional competition.