Science Olympians Place Third at State  
                                              posted 7/12/2005       
     
   
Sporting lots of "Bling", the 2005 Science Olypiad team gathers with Coach Loren Shinn and the third place trophy.





 
 

Under the watchful eye of a judge, Seth Wiley (left) and Cameron Seals Schwanke test their bridge engineering skills.

  
 

 

 

  
     

After last year’s State Science Olympiad, Coach Loren Shinn said, “The team is excited to do even better next year!” Did they ever! This year’s team finished 3rd in the small school division, up from 7th last year and 12th the year before. The team traveled to Wichita State University on April 2 for the state contest.

 The team also improved its overall finish, placing seventh among all schools competing this year, both large and small. That’s up from 12th last year and 21st the year before.

 This year’s team brought home six first place medals, two second place and one third place medal.

 Coach Shinn’s top team highlights in this year’s state contest include:

  • Winning our first trophy ever at state,
  • Seeing our Naked Egg Drop result stand up throughout the entire afternoon of competition,
  • Watching our bottle rocket soar,
  • Knocking two minutes off our regional Robo-Billiards event time.

 Mr. Shinn credits the remarkable progress TCS has made in the three short years we’ve been competing in Science Olympiad to “the students’ hard work, commitment and dedication to the goal of eventually qualifying for the national tournament.” The top two finishers overall go to nationals.