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Congratulations 2025 Westlake State Tournament team!
Congratulations 2025 Westlake State Tournament team!
Columbus, OH | April 26, 2025
Columbus, OH | April 26, 2025
Westlake Science Olympiad ended the season showcasing their dedication, resourcefulness, and perseverance with improved standings from last season.
Eighty of Ohio's best and brightest Science Olympiad teams competed on Saturday, April 26, at the Ohio state SciOly tournament in Columbus. The High School division (Division C) and the Middle School division (Division B) each had 40 top-notch teams competing. The opposition was fierce, as some of Ohio's teams are regular national tournament winners.
Westlake's hand-picked team brought their best to the table, and their wins speak for themselves:
Division C earned:
Division C earned:
9th Place in Div C
15 Top Ten placements
3 Medals, including 1st place in Air Trajectory
Division B earned:
Division B earned:
11th Place in Div B
8 Top Ten placements
5 Medals
The Westlake Science Olympiad Boosters are proud of our team's hard work and well-deserved accomplishments this year. Way to go, team!
Division C — 9th in State
Division C — 9th in State
Division C State Medalists:
Division C State Medalists:
1st place
1st place
Air Trajectory
Air Trajectory
Nate Grimes
Zach Willmer
4th place
4th place
Engineering CAD (Trial) Team 1
Engineering CAD (Trial) Team 1
Nate Grimes
Zach Willmer
5th place
5th place
Electric Vehicle
Electric Vehicle
Zach Willmer
Ben Suffredini
Division B — 11th in State
Division B — 11th in State
Division B State Medalists:
Division B State Medalists:
3rd place
3rd place
Disease Detectives
Disease Detectives
Mei Mei McIntyre
Cosette Kralovic
5th place
5th place
Potions and Poisons
Potions and Poisons
Genevieve Kim
Mei Mei McIntyre
5th place
5th place
Write It Do It
Write It Do It
Layali Hamed
Vince Dale
6th place
6th place
Crime Busters
Crime Busters
Audrey Willmer
Genevieve Kim
6th place
6th place
Microbe Mission
Microbe Mission
Cosette Kralovic
Lucas Tian
Congratulations to the following team members, whose hard work and stellar placements helped Div C earn 9th place and Div B earn 11th place!
Congratulations to the following team members, whose hard work and stellar placements helped Div C earn 9th place and Div B earn 11th place!
Division C Event Placements
Division C Event Placements
- 7th place – Experimental Design: Martin Bala, Nate Grimes, Connor Tian
- 7th place – Wind Power: Phoenix White, Zach Willmer
- 8th place – Entomology: Dylan Baesel, Caroline Lomax
- 9th place – Codebusters: Martin Bala, Harmon Busic, Ben Suffredini
- 9th place – Dynamic Planet: Harmon Busic, Ben Suffredini
- 9th place – Forensics: Natalie Chang, Allan Xiao,
- 9th place – Fossils: Martin Bala, Harmon Busic
- 10th place – Disease Detectives: Natalie Chang, Ria Gudaguntla
- 10th place – Geologic Mapping: Harmon Busic, Ben Suffredini
- 10th place – Hovercraft (Trial) Team 1: Riley Rhiew
- 10th place – Optics: Natalie Chang, Phoenix White
- 10th place – Tower: Harmon Busic, Luke Melikian
- 11th place – Microbe Mission: Luke Melikian, Phoenix White
- 12th place – Chemistry Lab: Rishabh Ranjan, Connor Tian
- 13th place – Materials Science: Rishabh Ranjan, Ben Suffredini
- 14th place – Astronomy: Rishabh Ranjan, Connor Tian
- 15th place – Ecology: Harmon Busic, Caroline Lomax
- 15th place – Hovercraft (Trial) Team 2: Julia Westley, Mari Dhamija
- 17th place – Robot Tour: Luke Melikian, Zach Willmer
- 18th place – Engineering CAD (Trail) Team 2: Connor Stives, Madi Cook
- 25th place – Bungee Drop: Dylan Baesel, Martin Bala
- 28th place – Anatomy and Physiology: Julia Westley, Ria Gudaguntla
- 29th place – Write It Do It: Martin Bala, Connor Tian
- 31st place – Helicopter: Dylan Baesel, Allan Xiao
Division B Event Placements
Division B Event Placements
- 7th place – Optics: Lucas Tian, Raegan Baesel
- 7th place – Reach for the Stars: Andrew Coolbaugh, Nithara Aring, Seraphina Jia
- 10th place – Entomology: Raegan Baesel, Seraphina Jia
- 11th place – Fossils: Genevieve Kim, Mei Mei McIntyre
- 11th place – Hovercraft (Trial) Team 1: Kiran Rangoon, Colin Pajer
- 12th place – Codebusters: Audrey Willmer, Grant Burgess, Mei Mei McIntyre
- 13th place – Anatomy and Physiology: Cosette Kralovic, Genevieve Kim
- 13th place – Dynamic Planet: Heath Robbins, Lucien Ghosh
- 13th place – Experimental Design: Heath Robbins, Lucien Ghosh, Raegan Baesel
- 14th place – Road Scholar: Andrew Coolbaugh, Cosette Kralovic
- 15th place – Engineering CAD (Trial) Team 1: Emmet McKenna, Dev Thakkar
- 16th place – Meteorology: Nithara Aring, Seraphina Jia
- 16th place – Wind Power: Grant Burgess, Vince Dale
- 20th place – Ecology: Kieran Hura, Raegan Baesel
- 20th place – Helicopter: Layali Hamed, Vince Dale
- 20th place – Hovercraft (Trial) Team 2: Lilly McKenna, Oliver Setala
- 21st place – Mission Possible: Audrey Willmer, Nithara Aring
- 21st place – Tower: Grant Burgess, Kieran Hura
- 23rd place – Engineering CAD (Trial) Team 2: Jitesh Rade, Olivia Klinger
- 24th place – Scrambler: Heath Robbins, Layali Hamed
- 26th place – Metric Mastery: Andrew Coolbaugh, Lucas Tian
- 27th place – Air Trajectory: Andrew Coolbaugh, Lucien Ghosh
Westlake S.O. — 2025 Northern Regional Tournament Reigning Champs!
Westlake S.O. — 2025 Northern Regional Tournament Reigning Champs!
Division B & Division C | Rocky River, OH | March 8, 2025
Division B & Division C | Rocky River, OH | March 8, 2025
Congratulations to the Westlake Science Olympiad teams for their outstanding performance at the Northern Regional Competition on March 8, 2025 where each team secured first place in their respective divisions.
Our two high school division (grades 10-12) teams collectively earned eight 1st place medals, four 2nd place medals, five 3rd place medals, six 4th place medals, and six 5th place medals.
Our two middle school division (grades 6-9) teams earned a remarkable total of twelve 1st place medals, twelve 2nd place medals, twelve 3rd place medals, six 4th place medals, and three 5th place medals.
Each team, composed of 15 students, competed in 23 STEM events across five scientific domains. Students participated in a variety of challenges, including knowledge-based tests, lab experiments, and device testing using pre-built designs.
The Westlake teams will travel to Columbus on April 26 to compete in the Ohio Science Olympiad State Tournament at Ohio State University.
Div C — 1st Place at Regionals!
Div C — 1st Place at Regionals!
Our Division C White & Green teams (grades 10-12) earned medals in the following events:
1st place:
1st place:
- Chem Lab (Green team: Ranjan, Tain)
- Codebusters (Green team: Bala, Busic, Suffredini)
- Entomology (Green team: Baesel, Lomax)
- Experimental Design (Green team: Bala, Grimes, Tian)
- Forensics (Green team: Chang, Xiao)
- Fossils (Green team: Bala, Busic)
- Materials Science (Green team: Ranjan, Suffredini))
- Wind Power (Green team: White, Wilmer)
2nd place:
2nd place:
- Ecology (Green team: Busic, Lomax)
- Disease Detectives (Green team: Chang, Gudaguntla)
- Electric Vehicle (Green team: Suffredini, Wilmer)
- Microbe Mission (Green team: Drake, White)
3rd place:
3rd place:
- Astronomy (Green team: Ranjan, Tian)
- Dynamic Planet (Green team: Busic, Suffredini)
- Experimental Design (White team: Stives, Pajer, Rebbeck)
- Geologic Mapping (Green team:Busic, Suffredini))
- Wind Power (White team:McKenna, Sharda)
4th place:
4th place:
- Anatomy and Physiology (Green team: Drake,Gudaguntla)
- Air Trajectory (Green team: Grimes, Ranjan)
- Bungee Drop (Green team: Baesel, Bala)
- Dynamic Planet (White team: Stives, Sayon)
- Optics (Green team: Chang, White)
- Tower (Green team: Busic, Melikian)
5th place:
5th place:
- Bungee Drop (White team: Rhiew, Rebbeck)
- Codebusters (White team: Stives, Herman)
- Disease Detectives (White team: Sayon, Sharda)
- Fossils (White team: Stives, Cook)
- Geologic Mapping (White team: Zaman, Snow))
- Microbe Mission (White team: Sayon, Cook)
Div B — 1st Place at Regionals!
Div B — 1st Place at Regionals!
Our Division B White & Green teams (grades 6-9) earned medals in the following events:
1st place:
1st place:
- Codebusters (Green team: Jones, Burgess)
- Crime Busters (Green team: Kim, Wells)
- Disease Detectives (Green team: Kralovic, McIntyre)
- Dynamic Planet (Green team: Robbins, Tian)
- Ecology (Green team: Hura, Baesel)
- Entomology (Green team: Baesel, Jia)
- Experimental Design (Green team: Robbins, Ghosh, Baesel)
- Fossils (Green team: Kim, McIntyre)
- Microbe Mission (Green team: Kralovic, Tian)
- Potions and Poisons (White team: Burgess, Rade)
- Road Scholar (Green team: Jones, Kralovic)
- Wind Power (Green team: Burgess, Dale)
2nd place:
2nd place:
- Anatomy and Physiology (Green team: Kralovic, Kim)
- Codebusters (White team: Wilmer, Burgess)
- Crime Busters (White team: Wilmer, Westley)
- Dynamic Planet (White team: Wilmer, Rangoon)
- Experimental Design (White team: Coolbaugh, Boonpongmanee, Chowdry)
- Helicopter (Green team: Setela, Dale)
- Metric Mastery (Green team: Jones, Tian)
- Microbe Mission (White team: Snow, Dhamija)
- Optics (White team: Jones, Rangoon)
- Potions and Poisons (Green team: McIntyre, Tian)
- Reach for the Stars (Green team: Wells, Jia)
3rd place:
3rd place:
- Air Trajectory (Green team: Hura, Ghosh)
- Anatomy and Physiology (White team: Westley,Dhamija)
- Disease Detectives (White team: Rade, Dhamija)
- Helicopter (White team: Rangoon, Klinger)
- Mission Possible (White team: Wilmer, McKenna)
- Meteorology (Green team: Aring, Jia)
- Optics (Green team: Tian, Baesel)
- Reach for the Stars (White team: Westley, Rangoon)
- Road Scholar (White team: Coolbaugh, Rade)
- Scrambler (White team: Burgess, Hamed)
- Wind Power (White team: Jones, Jones)
- Write It Do It (White team: Dhamija, Hamad)
4th place: 6
4th place: 6
- Air Trajectory (White team: Coolbaugh, Jones)
- Entomology (White team: Snow, McKenna)
- Fossils (White team: Westley, Klinger)
- Metric Mastery (White team: Coolbaugh, Burgess)
- Mission Possible (Green team: Wells, Aring)
- Scrambler (Green team: Robbins, Setala)
5th place: 3
5th place: 3
- Ecology (White team: Boonpongmanee, Chowdry)
- Tower (Green team: Burgess, Hura)
- Write It Do It (Green team: Setala, Dale)
2024 Raymond Park Invitational
2024 Raymond Park Invitational
Division B & Division C | Raymond Park, IN | December 14, 2024
Division B & Division C | Raymond Park, IN | December 14, 2024
On Saturday, December 14, 2024, fifty-four students from Div C (WHS) and Div B (DIS/LBMS/WHS) participated in the out-of-state tournament held at Raymond Park, Indiana. The Division C team secured a 4th place trophy, and over 31 students earned individual event medals, totaling 54 medals overall. Despite the achievements, the highlight of the event was the lengthy bus trip and the overnight hotel stay.
2024 Northview Invitational
2024 Northview Invitational
Division C | Sylvania, OH | December 7, 2024
Division C | Sylvania, OH | December 7, 2024
On Saturday, December 7, 2024, twenty-one students from our high school took part in the esteemed Northview Invitational Tournament in Sylvania, Ohio. During this full-day competition, our team exhibited their abilities across 23 events. Competing against over 57 teams from more than three states, the team achieved many individual awards and had a great time with friends.
2024 Mini Tournament
2024 Mini Tournament
Division B | Westlake, OH | November 22, 2024
Division B | Westlake, OH | November 22, 2024
On Friday November 22, 2024, our Division C high school students organized a trial tournament for the Division B students. This condensed version of a full tournament allowed all participants to gain insight into the real competition experience. It was an invaluable opportunity for skill development and team bonding. Many thanks to the Division C students and parent volunteers for making it a tremendous success.
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