GVHS Science Olympiad Team Shatters Records at Regional Tournament

By: Ameya Singh

The GVHS Science Olympiad team has made history! Competing at the Southeastern PA Regional Tournament on March 14th, the team delivered an amazing performance, earning an impressive 16 medals and achieving their best score ever. In one of the toughest regions in Pennsylvania, they tied their highest placement yet, securing 4th place.

The team is now setting their sights on the PA State Tournament on April 26th, where they aim to make even more history. Congratulations to the GVHS Science Olympiad team on this incredible achievement! Our medalists are as follows:

Medalists:

Helicopter 1st - Rohit Rajagopalan

Experimental Design 1st - Ekansh Agrawal, Shreya Bose, Ved Maru

Anatomy 2nd - Anisha Gowtham Srinivas, Samhitha Eluri

Air Trajectory 3rd - Ekansh Agrawal and Ved Maru

Bungee Drop 3rd - Ekansh Agrawal and Jerry Huang

Ecology 3rd - Saiteja Pobbala and Anisha Gowtham Srinivas

Materials Science 3rd - Cooper Giles and Aditya Parab

Microbe Mission 3rd - Saiteja Pobbala and Pilar Ruiz-Esquide

Optics 3rd - Cooper Giles and Rohit Rajagopalan

Robot Tour 3rd - Ekansh Agrawal and Ved Maru

Tower 3rd - Rohit Rajagopalan

Wind Power 3rd - Cooper Giles and Rohit Rajagopalan

Astronomy 4th - Shreya Bose and Manas Goyal

Electric Vehicle 4th - Ekansh Agrawal and Ved Maru

Dynamic Planet 5th - Saharsh Narsingolu and Atharva Kanase

Geologic Mapping 5th - Saharsh Narsingolu and Atharva Kanase

The team couldn’t have done this without their club advisor, Mr. Politano, and their new mascot, Turpentine: