Science Olympiad Oakland County Regionals Competition
Written by an IA East Student
IA East students attend the Oakland County regionals competition.
On March 1st, the Science Olympiad Oakland County Regionals Competition occurred at Detroit Country Day School. Teams from many cities in Oakland County came to compete for their school. Everyone knew that only the top six schools in our county would move on to the next big competition, which was States, and everyone wanted to be that school, knowing that if they weren’t, this would be their last competition of the season. After a long day of events, everyone came to the award ceremony to know how well they performed. So here are the results for Division C (high school division): International Academy East got 5th place overall, which is fantastic because that means we get to go to states! Here is everyone who medaled or won a ribbon in their event from IAE:
Primary:
Anshumiee Malli Aravindh & Abimanyu Jeyasingham - 1st Place (Tower)
Anandavel Sakthi & Lakshya Matele - 2nd Place (Optics)
Arjun Gupta & Ahyoung Song - 3rd Place (Dynamic Planet)
Raghav Karur, Aryan Khedkhar, & Anshumiee Malli Aravindh - 4th Place (Codebusters)
Anjali Arvind & Saanvi Duruvasan - 4th Place (Disease Detectives)
Saanvi Duruvasan & Aryan Khedhkar - 4th Place (Ecology)
Anandavel Sakthi, Anshumiee Malli Aravindh, & Serah Issac - 4th Place (Experimental Design)
Anandavel Sakthi & Aasrith Modem - 4th Place (Robot Tour)
Simra Santhosh & Himanish Pasula - 5th Place (Air Trajectory)
Arjun Gupta & Ahyoung Song - 5th Place (Anatomy & Physiology)
Aasrith Modem & Saanvi Mandapati - 5th Place (Electric Vehicle)
Simra Santhosh & Saanvi Duruvasan - 5th Place (Forensics)
Saanvi Mandapati & Abimanyu Jeyasingham - 5th Place (Fossils)
Serah Issac & Lakshya Matele - 5th Place (Helicopters)
Lakshya Matele & Himanish Pasula - 5th Place (Wind Power)
Raghav Karur & Aryan Khedkar - 5th Place (Write it Do it)
Himanish Pasula & Serah Issac - 7th Place (Astronomy)
Arjun Gupta & Anshumiee Malli Aravindh - 8th Place (Bungee Drop)
Anjali Arvind & Aasrith Modem - 8th Place (Materials Science)
Alternate:
Octavian German, Sathwika Uttaradi, & Eshaal Raza - 3rd Place (Experimental Design)
Rahul Perala & Rushir Teli - 3rd Place (Fossils)
Rushir Teli & Aditya Kulkarni - 3rd Place (Geologic Mapping)
Octavian German & Sathwika Uttaradi - 4th Place (Astronomy)
Sathwika Uttaradi - 4th Place (Helicopter)
Vaman Kommi & Sameer Singh - 4th Place (Materials Science)
Rithvik Pereddy & Sameer Singh - 5th Place (Disease Detectives)
Rithvik Pereddy & Aditya Kulkarni - 6th Place (Ecology)
Round of applause for you if your name is up there! Other high schools in the Troy School District, such as Athens High School, got 3rd place, and Troy High School got 2nd place overall. These are amazing ranks! It is impressive that all three of our high schools excelled and are advancing to the State Competition! States is on April 26th this year at Michigan State University, and it is usually competitive because the best teams from all around Michigan will come to compete! So, come back after April 26th for an update on how amazing International Academy East and our other two high schools' Science Olympiad teams did in States Competition—wishing the team good luck for States!
Blog post by Lakshya Matele, a Creative Guild Student Contributor.