NTHS Science Olympiad to Defend State Title

The New Trier High School Science Olympiad team will be shooting for the state title in April — for the 11th time in a row. 

The Varsity Science Olympiad team placed first at the Oakton Regional Science Olympiad Competition on March 16. The team medaled in every event, earning them a place at the April 20 state competition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The junior varsity team also won first place in their division. 

Science Olympiad is one of the top science competitions in the country, with 6,400 teams participating nation-wide. In 2012, New Trier placed 5th in the U.S. 

This year's coaches are Alex Howe, Dr. Bruce Credo, Tony Harper, Loyola Pasiewicz, Nate Silvers and Harold Slav.

Varsity team members include Hayley Bounds (senior), Arthur Tsang (senior), Jung Hyun Oh (senior), Ruth Lee (junior), Katie Shade (junior), Ari Wolfe (junior), Amanda Newmark (junior), Sean Ye (junior), Michael Knippen (junior), Elizabeth lee (junior), Warren Fay (junior), Andy Feis (junior), Luke Finnerty (sophomore), Becky Wang (sophomore) and Matthew Ong (sophomore). 

Sophomores: Luke Finnerty, Becky Wang, Matthew Ong

Junior team members include Oliver Zhu (senior), Sriram Boppana (senior), Shuhua Shen (senior, Jiham Lee (senior), Tong Qi (junior), Iris Chiou (junior), Charlie Zoller (junior), Hunter Homans (junior), Declan Mulroy (junior), Michael Gobeli (junior), Ethan Clemmitt (junior), Byron Hopps (junior), Yanghe Zhou (junior), Brian Tsuru (junior), Emma Stewart (sophomore), SangYa Bae (sophomore), Josh Park (sophomore), Samantha Yang (sophomore), Isa Kaminsky (sophomore), David Pollak (sophomore), Vijay Ramamurthy (sophomore), Alexander Chen (sophomore), Nina Zhou (sophomore), Kevein Weimer (sophomore), Daniel Grossman (sophomore). 

New Trier’s 2013 varsity regional medal winners are:

• Hayley Bounds and Ruth Lee (Anatomy and Physiology)
• Luke Finnerty and Arthur Tsang (Astronomy)
• Elizabeth Lee and Andy Feis (Boomilever)
• Jung Hyun Oh and Katie Shade (Chemistry Lab)
• Ari Wolfe and Amanda Newmark (Disease Detectives)
• Sean Ye and Ruth Lee (Dynamic Planet)
• Michael Knippen and Amanda Newmark (Elastic Launched Glider)
• Becky Wang, Michael Knippen and Jung Hyun Oh (Experimental Design)
• Jung Hyun Oh and Andy Feis (Fermi Questions)
• Hayley Bounds and Michael Knippen (Forestry)
• Elizabeth Lee and Becky Wang (Forensics)
• Matthew Ong and Arthur Tsang (Magnetic Levitation)
• Ruth Lee and Elizabeth Lee (Materials Science)
• Warren Fay and Amanda Newmark (Remote Sensing)
• Sean Ye and Warren Fay (Robot Arm)
• Katie Shade and Jung Hyun Oh (Technical Problem Solving)
• Hayley Bounds and Sean Ye (Water Quality)

New Trier’s 2013 junior varsity regional medal winners are:

• Tong Qi and Emma Stewart (Anatomy and Physiology)
• Byron Hopps and Iris Chiou (Circuit Lab)
• SangYa Bae and Hunter Homans (Designer Genes)
• Jiham Lee and Yanghe Zhou (Disease Detectives)
• Ethan Clemmitt and Alexander Chen (Dynamic Planet)
• Declan Mulroy and Oliver Zhu (Elastic Launched Glider)
• Alexander Chen, David Pollak and Emma Stewart (Experimental Design)
• Isa Kaminsky and Yanghe Zhou (Forestry)
• Byron Hopps and Brian Tsuru (Materials Science)
• Ethan Clemmitt and Kevin Weimer (Remote Sensing)
• Alexander Chen and Brian Tsuru (Rocks and Minerals)
• Nina Zhou and Oliver Zhu (Technical Problem Solving)
• Daniel Grossman and Byron Hopps (Thermodynamics)
• Shuhua Shen and Josh Park (Write It Do It)

2nd Place, Varsity

• Hayley Bounds and Jung Hyun Oh (Designer Genes)
• Katie Shade and Andy Feis (Write It Do It)
• Matthew Ong and Luke Finnerty (Thermodynamics)

2nd Place, Junior Varsity

• Kevin Weimer and Daniel Grossman (Astronomy)
• Sriram Boppana and Charlie Zoller (Chemistry Lab)

3rd Place, Varsity

• Ari Wolfe and Luke Finnerty (Circuit Lab)
• Ari Wolfe and Arthur Tsang (Rocks and Minerals)

3rd Place, Junior Varsity

• Shuhua Shen (Fermi Questions)

4th Place, Junior Varsity

• David Pollak and Emma Stewart (Water Quality)

5th Place, Varsity

• Ari Wolfe and Sean Ye (Gravity Vehicle)