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NCS Shines in Science Olympiad Regionals
NCS’s Science Olympiad teams “absolutely rocked” at the regional Science Olympiad tournament held on Saturday, March 28 at the University of Maryland, according to team coaches Susan Karpatkin, mathematics teacher, and Nancy Ehrlich, STEM coordinator/ engineering teacher.
Competing against 36 teams in the high school “C’ division and 42 teams in the middle school division, the NCS varsity team medaled in each of the 23 events and the junior varsity, in 15 of the 23. Every NCS student who participated came away with a medal in at least one of their events. The NCS team placed first in a field of seven in the small-school division, and seventh overall in a field of 31 teams, “an outstanding showing for a first-year competition," according to Ehrlich.
With the tournament hastily rescheduled from its original snow closure date to a day during NCS’s spring break, our teams were smaller than usual. NCS was down two girls on the varsity team, but still managed to medal in every single event.
The girls picked up 11 first-place medals, five second-place medals, four third-place medals, and three fourth-place medals. Of special note were their accomplishments on the “building” events with first place in “Bungee Drop,” “Bridge Building,” and “It’s About Time.” The bridge that Ellen Kim ‘16 and Danielle “Danny” Horne ’16 presented was “a tiny, incredibly light one which held over eight bucketfuls of sand before breaking,” said Karpatkin. “And the bungee that Anna Christou ’17 and Natalie Nigro ‘16 presented was described by the judge as ‘absolutely the best bungee’ he had ever seen with ‘a perfect drop only one millimeter above the ground.’ Hitting the ground is a disqualification” She also said that the clock built for the “It’s About Time” event clocked the time perfectly for India Bhalla-Ladd ’17 and Anna Christou ‘17.
The girls picked up 11 first-place medals, five second-place medals, four third-place medals, and three fourth-place medals. Of special note were their accomplishments on the “building” events with first place in “Bungee Drop,” “Bridge Building,” and “It’s About Time.” The bridge that Ellen Kim ‘16 and Danielle “Danny” Horne ’16 presented was “a tiny, incredibly light one which held over eight bucketfuls of sand before breaking,” said Karpatkin. “And the bungee that Anna Christou ’17 and Natalie Nigro ‘16 presented was described by the judge as ‘absolutely the best bungee’ he had ever seen with ‘a perfect drop only one millimeter above the ground.’ Hitting the ground is a disqualification” She also said that the clock built for the “It’s About Time” event clocked the time perfectly for India Bhalla-Ladd ’17 and Anna Christou ‘17.
The junior varsity team was down four girls due to spring break, but the remaining team members were flexible and still managed to pick up 15 medals out of 23 events. A special shout-out goes to Michelle Zhu ’17 and Macallan Penberthy '17 who earned first-place medals in both “Green Generation” and “Geologic Mapping” and to Sophia Dai '16 and Nikki Krisztinicz '17 for a first-place medal in “Anatomy and Physiology,” one of the most competitive events.
NCS will now compete at the state Science Olympiad tournament at Johns Hopkins University on Saturday, April 11. Go Eagles! We are so proud of you!
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The Olympians with their team coaches. (Click on image to enlarge it.)
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Head of School Kathleen Jamieson hands out the medals on April 1.
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