IAE Science Olympiad Plymouth-Canton Invitational
On February 1st, the International Academy East Science Olympiad Team went to their second invitational of the year, called the Plymouth-Canton Invitational at Salem High School. This competition was nerve-wracking and quite exciting since it was our last competition before regionals, so it was the competition to check how ready we were. After a long day of competition, everyone waited for the results to be announced. Here are the results below and they are shockingly amazing with our team placing in over 12 events!
Arjun Gupta & Ahyoung Song - 4th Place (Anatomy & Physiology)
Raghav Karur, Aryan Khedkhar, & Mahith Majithia - 3rd Place (Codebusters)
Anjali Arvind & Saanvi Duruvasan - 5th Place (Disease Detectives)
Arjun Gupta & Ahyoung Song - 3rd Place (Dynamic Planet)
Serah Issac, Anshumiee Malli Aravind, & Rishik Thanugula - 6th Place (Experimental Design)
Simra Santhosh & Saanvi Duruvasan - 6th Place (Forensics)
Rushir Teli & Abimanyu Jeyasingham - 2nd Place (Fossils)
Raghav Karur & Saanvi Mandapati - 1st Place (Geologic Mapping)
Anandavel Sakthi & Aasrith Modem - 5th Place (Robot Tour)
Mahith Majithia & Anshumiee Malli Aravind - 5th Place (Tower)
Anshumiee Malli Aravind & Abimanyu Jeyasingham - 6th Place (Tower)
Lakshya Matele & Himanish Pasula - 2nd Place (Wind Power)
Raghav Karur & Aryan Khedkar - 5th Place (Write it Do it)
An even more exciting news is that IAE placed 3rd overall out of 41 teams! Our next competition will be regionals on March 1st, which is exactly one month away from this invitational. Regionals will be very important since it will determine if we go to states. Wishing the team good luck for regionals!
Blog Post by Lakshya Matele, a Creative Guild Student Contributor.