Science Olympiad Wins State Title
This past weekend, the Harriton Science Olympiad team competed at the Pennsylvania Science Olympiad at Juniata College. Harriton took the state tile and placing 1st overall by winning medals in 20 of the 23 events contested.
This earns Harriton an invitation to the National Science Olympiad on May 31-Jun 1 at Cornell University.
On a side note, the Harriton team led a very strong showing from the entire Lower Merion School District. Lower Merion placed 3rd in the high school division. Bala Cynwyd placed 3rd and Welsh Valley 11th in the middle school division. That is an amazing showing by Lower Merion schools overall.
The Harriton team members will continue to work very hard as they shift into a final gear to make a push for national title at Cornell. Coaches Mr. Gauvin, Ms. Lesch, Mr. MacNichol, and Mr. Powers remain confident in the team,
Listed below are individual event medalists at the state tournament followed by a list of the team’s members.
Gold Medals
| Anatomy & Physiology | Ashwini Shende, Michelle Qin |
| Boomilever | Hannah Klatte, Alex Ahn |
| Circuit Lab | Michelle Qin, Avery Parr |
| CodeBusters | Sunme Zhao, Michael O’Connor, Allison Zhang |
| Forensics | Richard Haslam, Monali Zhao |
| Herpetology | Richard Haslam, Ashwini Shende |
| Protein Modeling | Ashwini Shende, Hannah Klatte, Monali Zhao |
| Thermodynamics | Avery Parr, Sam Weissman |
Silver Medals
| Astronomy | Ashwini Shende, Avery Parr |
| Geologic Mapping | Sunme Zhao, Patrick McCann |
Bronze Medals
| Disease Detectives | Sam Weissman, Kaelyn Klatte |
| Fermi Questions | Michael O’Connor, Sophie Boulware |
| Fossils | Richard Haslam, Sunme Zhao |
| Mission Possible | Ezra Frank, Matt Pearl, Robert Fleming, Nora Hanson, Eden Brunner |
| Wright Stuff | John Neary, Sarah Lee, Katie Huynh |
4th Place Medal
| Dynamic Planet | Patrick McCann, Sunme Zhao |
5th Place Medal
| Sounds of Music | Michelle Qin, John Neary, Ezra Frank |
6th Place Medals
| Experimental Design | Richard Haslam, Allison Zhang, Patrick McCann |
| Mousetrap Vehicle | Sam DeCecco, Ezra Frank |
| Water Quality | Allison Zhang, Patrick McCann |
2019 State Championship Team Roster
| Ahn, Alex |
| Boulware, Sophie |
| Brunner, Eden |
| Chimento, Madeline |
| DeCecco, Sam |
| Duranton, Alexandra |
| Fleming, Robert |
| Frank, Ezra |
| Hanson, Nora |
| Haslam, Richard |
| Hollin, Nina |
| Hughes, Quinn (missed due to Penn Relays) |
| Huynh, Katie |
| Jayanthi, Anya |
| Klatte, Hannah |
| Klatte, Kaelyn |
| Kumar, Riya |
| Kwok, Josephine |
| Lee, Sarah |
| Liao, Allison |
| Lim, Yvonne |
| McCann, Patrick |
| Messick, Kate |
| Neary, John |
| O’Connor, Michael |
| Parr, Avery |
| Pearl, Matthew |
| Persaud, Maria |
| Qin, Michelle |
| Shende, Ashwini |
| Vyas, Ishika |
| Wan, Catherine |
| Wang, Maria |
| Weissman, Sam |
| Ye, Saini |
| Zhang, Allison |
| Zhao, Monali |
| Zhao, Sunme |
This story was updated on May 2, 2019. The Banner originally reported that the 5th place medal for “Sound of Music” was Michelle Qin and Summe Zhao. The correct team for the 5th place medal is Michelle Qin, John Neary, and Ezra Frank.