Class of 2023

Lana Graves

Lana Graves, Daughter of Korinna Graves, is currently a Senior at Hudson Falls High School, and is in her third year in the Science Research Program. Lana is the President of Spanish National Honor Society and has also been involved in the National Honors Society as well as Science National Honors Society. She also participates in Key Club, orchestra and chamber orchestra. She is the captain of the varsity swim team for Hudson Falls, and she plans on attending college to pursue a career in medicine as an anesthesiologist. Lana is currently conducting her research entitled “The Effects of Roundup and Glyphosate on Regeneration and Behavior in Planarian.” She became interested in this topic after reading about how pesticides harm the environment when they’re oversprayed.

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Dominick Doyle

Dominick Doyle, Son of Jason Doyle and Danielle Passino, is currently a senior at Hudson Falls High School, and is in his third year in the Science Research Program. Dominick is a three season athlete who participated in varsity wrestling, varsity golf, and varsity baseball. During his free time he likes to go camping, ski, play sports, and spend time with his friends and family. Also, Dominick works as an umpire for youth softball as well as helping his mom run her cleaning business. Dominick is currently conducting his research entitled “Investigating the effect of shoe-surface interaction on traction; Analyzing different footwear and playing surface with a correlation to non-contact lower extremity injury.” He became interested in studying this topic because he tore his ACL while wrestling in 2017 when he was only eleven years old.

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Logan Staunton

Logan Staunton, Son of Thomas Staunton and Diana Cleavland, is currently a Senior at Hudson Falls High School, and is in his third year in the Science Research Program. Logan is a two sport athlete who has played in varsity wrestling and varsity football. In his free time he enjoys working out, spending time with his friends and family, and spending time outside. Logan is currently conducting his research entitled “The improvements of Jumping ability, Upper body muscular strength, and Cardiorespiratory fitness after ingestion of Beetroot juice on frequently training high school athletes.” He became interested in studying this topic due to his love of working out and wanting to improve his athletic capabilities. He noticed his stamina to not be so good in wrestling during his junior year and found out all the improvements Beetroot Juice can provide. 

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