On Saturday March 18th, 2023 the Hamilton Science Olympiad team competed at their Regional competition. The team started the year with a goal to win their 3rd consecutive Regional Championship and realized their goal on Saturday afternoon. The day started with a snowy van ride from Hamilton High School to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan and ended with a victory meal at Culver’s in Otesego. The team placed first in Class B and first overall among all teams. The team earned a medal or ribbon in 22 of 23 events and finished 23 points ahead of the 2nd place team. This is the team's third straight regional championship (‘21, ’22, ’23). The team will compete at the state level competition at Michigan State University on April 22nd, 2023.
Individual Awards from Saturday’s Regional:
- Bronze Medals for Caroline Johnson and Por Jearapongpakorn in Anatomy and Physiology
- Silver Medals for Sydney VanBruggen and Kayla Newson in Astronomy
- Gold Medal for Jhalmar Rusck in Bridge
- Bronze Medals for Allysa Franck and Willard Schaub in Chemistry Lab
- Gold Medals for Jhalmar Rusck and Hayden Flick in Detector Building
- Silver Medals for Caroline Johnson and Annika Johnson in Disease Detective
- Gold Medals for Allyssa Franck and Caroline Johnson in Dynamic Planet
- Silver Medals for Allysa Franck and Ben Risedorph in Environmental Chemistry
- Gold Medals for Hjalmar Rusck, Sydney VanBruggen, and Annika Johnson in Experimental Design.
- Gold Medals for Sydney VanBruggen and Jhalmar Rusck in Fermi Questions
- Gold Medals for Ben Risedorph and Willard Schuab in Flight
- Gold Medals for Sara Folkert and Toby Schultz in Forestry
- Gold Medals for Kylie Yoder and Sara Folkert in Green Generation
- Bronze Medals for Kylie Yoder and Annika Johnson in Remote Sensing
- Silver Medals for Sydney VanBruggen and Ben Risedorph in Scrambler
- Silver Medals for Ben Risedorph and Sydney VanBruggen in Trajectory
- Gold Medals for Hayden Flick and Toby Schultz in Wifi Lab
Hamilton Science Olympiad Roster
- Sydney VanBruggen (Senior)
- Sara Folkert (Senior)
- Kylie Yoder (Senior)
- Noppawan Jearapongpakorn (Senior Exchange Student)
- Hjalmar Rusck (Senior Exchange Student)
- Caroline Johnson (Junior)
- Willard Schaub (Junior)
- Ben Risedorph (Junior)
- Alyssa Franck (Junior)
- Kayla Newson (Junior)
- Toby Schultz (Sophomore)
- Hayden Flick (Sophomore)
- Annika Johnson (Freshman)
- Previous Results
- Haslett Invitational (1/28/23) 14th Place Overall
- Plymouth-Canton Invitational (2/4/23) 11th Place Overall
- Allendale Invitational (2/25/23) 7th Place Overall
