HOPEWELL JUNCTION – John Jay High School Science Olympiad students won the Mid-Hudson Science Olympiad Regional Competition for the fourth consecutive year on their home turf and qualified to compete in the New York State Tournament at LeMoyne College on March 20-21.
Of the 35 teams representing 20 schools, John Jay’s teams placed 1st, 7th, and 21st overall and won medals in 22 of the 23 events, including first place in seven of them. The medal winners and participants from John Jay are as follows:
* Indicates a club officer. **Indicates a club president
12th Graders:
Deniya Mark*
Hailey Kim**: 1st Chemistry Lab, 4th Codebusters, 4rd Experimental Design, 5nd Bungee Drop
Jacob Cheung**: 1st Dynamic Planet, 3rd Water Quality, 4th Codebusters, 6th Remote Sensing
Lilah Burger
Matthew Glasser: 1st Circuit Lab, 3rd Robot Tour, 6th Electric Vehicle
Nathaniel Eisley: 1st Circuit Lab, 3rd Machines, 3rd Write it do it, 4th Experimental Design
Nhan Nguyen
Ved Kaderu*: 4th Experimental Design, 1st Helicopter, 4th Materials Science
11th Graders:
Aaron Pouani
Abhishek Thomas: 6th Designer Genes, 8th Anatomy and Physiology
Angel (Toluwalase) Ogunsakin*: 2nd Anatomy and Physiology, 2nd Disease Detectives, 7th Designer Genes
Anika Anne
Anya Pillai*: 1st Chemistry Lab, 2nd Disease Detectives, 4th Forensics
Arsh Qamar: 4th Forensics, 4th Materials Science
Austin Servay
Ava Davis
Ayaka Sakuma
Giancarlo Jara
Makayla Pierson: 1st Entomology, 7th Rocks and Minerals
Nicole Lillo
Nicolas Naso
Niko Bombay*: 1st Entomology, 3rd Water Quality, 6th Remote Sensing
Rohan Shukla*: 2nd Anatomy and Physiology, 5th Bungee Drop, 7th Designer Genes
Zachary Freer: 1st Dynamic Planet, 7th Rocks and Minerals
10th Graders:
Anthony Chen: 1st Hovercraft, 1st Astronomy, 3rd Robot Tour, 6th Electric Vehicle
Bennett Eisley: 1st Astronomy, 3rd Write It Do It, 4th Experimental Design
Carter Marshall: 4th Bungee Drop
Erika Lillo
Gabriel Mazzotta*: 4th Bungee Drop, 7th Electric Vehicle
George Boumis
Jackson Rougeux: 1st Helicopter, 1st Hovercraft
Mahin Baddam
Nathaniel Marra: 7th Electric Vehicle, 6th Codebusters
Veda Kodakandla*: 6th Dynamic Planet, 8th Anatomy and Physiology
9th Graders:
Johnny Price
Lion Ogino: 2nd Water Quality, 6th Dynamic Planet, 6th Codebusters
Noah Kaplan: 2nd Water Quality, 6th Designer Genes, 6th Codebusters, 8th Entomology
Raghav Mathur
Stanley Zhang
Shawn Glasser
Coaches:
Mrs. Morsey
Mr. Freedman
John Jay High School took the time to thank Mr. Herman, Amy Matts, Kathy Prisco and Joe Sonntag for organizing the competition as well as teachers, parents, the PTSA, student volunteers, administrators, the BOE, maintenance staff and more.



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