Churchill Science Olympiad Team Takes 8th Place at Nationals

took eighth place at the National Championships on Saturday on the beautiful University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. 

Coaches Jeff Jungk and Robert Sherriff along with team captains Ryan Cohen and Callie Kernick were presented with a trophy on stage in front of thousands of spectators. Churchill took home seven total medals (top six) out of the 23 events; this doubled the goal set by the coaches. 

The top finish was second place in Microbe Mission by Marcello Chang and Vivian Yang. Thank you to Ms. Hollenbeck for her outstanding coaching on that event. 

Marcello was the team's top medalist earning three total medals. Ryan Cohen was our other multiple medalist with two. The team is very pleased with their results. 

Finishing top 10 (out of 60 total teams) was not easy but the kids stepped up to the challenge performed great and had a lot of fun in the process. Mira Loma High School took 10th place and also was called up on stage for a trophy. 

Thank you for your support, we will be proud to bring back this trophy and share our victory with our Churchill friends and family.

Churchill Medalists:

Marcello Chang: Microbe Mission 2nd, Optics 4th, Anatomy 6th
Ryan Cohen: Compute This 5th, Shock Value 4th
Vivian Yang: Microbe Mission 2nd
Arvind Sundararajan: Shock Value 4th
Jennifer Tan: Anatomy 6th
Allyson Porter: Awesome Aquifer 4th
Kiran Long-Iyer: Awesome Aquifer 4th
Jasper Miura: Compute This 5th
Daniel Shen: Optics 4th
Shipa Nair: Mag Lev Vehicle 2nd
Gina Wu: Mag Lav Vehicle 2nd

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Submitted by Churchill Middle School