Regional Results 2013

The Niles West Science Olympiad Team competed to an exciting 3rd place finish at Oakton Community college this past weekend (March 16, 2013). This placement earns Niles West a return to the State Science Olympiad Tournament. It is its 18th trip to state in its 20 year history at Niles West.

Individual Team results of the 23 events at the competition:

Gold medals were earned by:

Shana Nissan and Reyvin Reyes for Designer Genes

Sheryl Cherian and Patrick Liscio for Thermodynamics

Silver medals were earned by:

Lyba Zia and Bill Pendavinji for Circuit Lab (Varsity)

Lucy Chang and Nick Clark for Circuit Lab (JV)

Bill Pendavinji and Nate Pichler for Boomilever

Sarah Chamness and Suha Mohiuddin for Rocks and Minerals

Lucy Chang and Awais Ahmed for Forensics (JV)

Nick Clark and Awais Ahmed for Fermi Questions (JV)

Bronze medals were earned by:

Sheryl Cherian, Reyvin Reyes and Patrick Liscio for Experimental Design

Shana Nissan and Reyvin Reyes for Forestry

Nate Pichler and Bill Pendavinji for Mag Lev

4th place:

Shana Nissan and Patrick Liscio for Technical Problem Solving

Reyvin Reyes and Patrick Liscio for Fermi Questions

6th place:

Nate Pichler and Bill Pendavinji for Gravity Vehicle

Sarah Chamness and Josmi Joseph for Disease Detectives

Jessica Klier and Josmi Joseph for Write it Do It

Yesha Shah and Lyba Zia for Material Science

Femin Gheewala, Jayna Shah and Purva Chandel also contributed to our strong 3rd place finish!

Onto State Competition!