The Montgomery Catholic Middle School Science Olympiad team placed fourth overall in the Regional competition held on March 9 at Auburn University and is expected to attend the State tournament. The team brought home the following awards: Third place in Write It, Do It – Erica Blackburn and Emily Talbot.
Fourth place in Air Trajectory – Ricky Treloar and Austin Collett and Road Scholar – Ricky Treloar and Emily Talbot. Fifth place in Bridge Building – Jonah Gier and Erica Blackburn; Elastic Launch Glider – Christian Friday and Jacob Holston. Sixth place in Bio Process Lab – Christian Friday and Jacob Holston; Crimebusters – Erica Blackburn and Emily Talbot; Can’t Judge A Powder – Austin Collett and Lexie Becker; Crave the Wave – Clare Wilson and Lexie Becker; Dynamic Planet – Austin Collett and Christian Friday; Entomology – Jonah Gier and Jacob Holston. Seventh place in Bottle Rocket – Darian Riley and Jonah Gie r; Simple Machines – Katie Perkins and Ashley Hayes. Eighth place Anatomy – Clare Wilson; Disease Detectives – Ashley Hayes and Clare Wilson; Meteorology – Katie Perkins.
The Middle School Science Olympiad team is sponsored by Mrs. Vicki Petters and Mrs. Julie Flowers who would like to thank the chaperons for making the trip such a great success: Mr. Gier, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Bartos and Mr. and Mrs. Collett.