Three Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High Schools Participate in Science Olympiad

Team from Early College

Students from three Winston-Salem/Forsyth County high schools – Early College of Forsyth, Atkins Academic & Technology High School and West Forsyth – were among 400 students from 26 middle and high schools in eight counties that participated in the Science Olympiad, held Feb. 28 at Atkins Academic & Technology High School.

The regional competition for students interested in math and science had 46 events. About 80 volunteers from Wake Forest University and the Winston-Salem community organized the Olympiad.

The team from Early College, which was coached by Abby W. Stanley, placed third overall and will attend the state competition in April.

Here is a list of Early College winners:

Air Trajectory: Jonathan Rieco assisted by Aril Koagular - 3rd place

Anatomy and Physiology: Jaime' Perez and Jorge Salas - 2nd Place

Bridge: Derick Cooke assisted by Aril Koagular - 2nd place

Cell Biology: Jorge' Salas and Victor Brown - 1st place

CHemistry Lab: Patrece Dear Duhig and Michael Carpenter - 1st Place

Crave the Wave: Vicente' Perez and Luke Duffer - 2nd Place

Disease Detectives: Katie Westendorf and Tricia Zimmer - 2nd Place

Experimental Design: Patrece Dear Duhig and Michael Carpenter - 4th Place

Mission Possible: Collin Bess and Kristopher Maikoo - 2nd Place

Wright Stuff: Luke Duffer - 1st place

JV winners:

Experimental Design - Angelo Jumawid and Andrew Warren - 1st Place

Wright Stuff - David Vestal - 4th Place

Team from Atkins

The team from Atkins, which was coached by Melanie Langley and Terry Howerton, placed first overall.

Here is a list of Atkins winners:

Air Trajectory: Alexa Langley and Tristan Tucker - 1st place

Anatomy and Physiology: Kalyn Younger and J'Son Hughes - 3rd place

Astronomy: Jack Bloomfeld and Chase Miller - 1st place

Bridge: Justin Davies - 1st place

Cell Biology: Chase Miller and Alyssa Williams - 2nd place

Chem Lab: Kayci Nielsen and Stephanie Jeselson - 3rd place

Compound Machines: Alyssa Williams and Zach Solomom - 1st place

Crave the Wave: Jack Bloomfeld and J'Son Hughes - 1st place

Disease Detectives: Kalyn Younger and Julianne Page - 1st place

Duct Tape Challenge: Justin Davies and Zach Solomom - 9th place

Dynamic Planet: Stephanie Jeselson and Madysen Terry - 1st place

Egg-O-Naut: Jeremy Walls and Tristan Tucker - 1st place

Entomology: Jeremy Walls and Sawyer Welden - 1st place

Experimental Design: Alyssa Williams, Zach Solomom, Julianne Page - 5th place

Forensics: Kayci Nielsen and Julianne Page - 2nd place

Fossils: Tristan Tucker and Thomas Moretz - 2nd place

Geologic Mapping: Thomas Moretz and Sawyer Welden - 1st place

Green Generation: Sawyer Welden and Thomas Moretz - 1st place

It Matters: Kayci Nielsen and Stephanie Jeselson - 1st place

Mission Possible: Alexa Langley and Jeremy Walls

Scrambler: Alexa Langley and Tristan Tucker

Wright Stuff: Stephanie Jeselson and Madysen Terry ​- 2nd place

Write it, Do it: Alexa Langley and Madysen Terry - 4th place

Medals were received for places 1-4 so Atkins took home 14 1st place medals, four 2nd place medals, two 3rd place medals, and one 4th place medal for a grand total of medals in 21 of 23 events. All 16 team members medaled in at least one event with most of them medaling in multiple events. Atkins won Regionals with a score of 42 (lowest score wins), 2nd place team had a score of 83. Students have earned the right to move on to state competition at N.C. State University on April 24-25.