Larson Science Olympiad Regionals
Recently, the Science Olympiad Oakland County Regional Competition took place at Detroit Country Day School. This was the most nerve-wracking competition in the season so far. For all the students it was either go big or go home! That was because, everyone knew that only the top five schools in our whole county would move on to the next big competition, which was States. Everyone wanted to be that school, knowing that if they weren’t, this would be their last competition of the year!
So, without further ado, here were the results *drumroll please*, Larson got 2nd place overall in our whole county!! This was a spectacular result and proved that we were going to States for sure!!
Mr. Egan, Larson Science Olympiad Coach
“I’m always just excited for our team to make it to the State competition. This is what we work for all year,” said Mr. Egan, Larson’s Science Olympiad Coach. Larson also won first place medals in Flight, Optics and Roller Coaster! They were also the #1 best team in Troy!! This was really the best competition of the season, so far, for the students in Larson Middle School’s Science Olympiad! “In terms of being number two in the county, that’s amazing. I think I was most excited, Larson has never been number one in Troy, this is our first year that we’ve got, that we’ve come out on top. We’ve been like number two in Troy but we’ve never been number one so I am really excited about that, it’s amazing,” Mr. Egan said proudly.
Fortunately, Regionals was not the end and States is left to win! States is on May 4th this year, in Western Michigan University and is usually really competitive because the best teams from all around Michigan will come to compete! What place do you predict Larson would get? According to Mr. Egan, “If we keep up our hard work that we would place no lower than seventh, but I feel like we could also clench for fourth, fifth or six depending if our team finds those extra like six or seventh and eighth gears, it’s gonna depend on how hard they’re willing to work, but we’re easily a top 10 team in the state right now. 6th is our highest place ever so I’d like to at least tie that again, if we broke that and we got fifth that would be incredible!” But, to achieve that goal Mr. Egan says, “As a team we got to stay focused. STAY FOCUSED!” So, come back after May 4th to get an update on how amazing Larson Middle School’s Science Olympiad team did in States Competition! Wishing the team good luck for States!!
Blog Post by Lakshya Matele, a Creative Guild Student Contributor.