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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