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Dalton Science Olympiad Team Wins Top Honors

Congratulations to  the Dalton Science Olympiad team on their 5th place finish at the New York City Regional Science Olympiad Competition. This finish earned Dalton an invitation to the State Tournament. Dalton's three teams were led by captains Ella Tessier-Lavigne '16, Jake Multer '16, and Eleanor Seiler '17.
Sixty teams competed in 25 events in a variety of science and engineering specialties. Medals were awarded for 10th place and better. Twenty different students received medals in the following events:
8th Place
Air Trajectory
Spencer Gallant '18 & Eleanor Seiler '17
9th Place 
 Disease Detectives
Ella Tessier-Lavigne '16 & Carisa Shah '18
1st Place
 Fossils
Matt Bartlett '18 & Samantha Haas '17
6th Place
GeoLogic Mapping Ella Tessier-Lavigne '16 & Ryan Chen '19
8th Place GeoLogic Mapping Jason Friedman '18 and Cortland Perry '16
4th Place
 Invasive Species
Matt Bartlett '18 & Carisa Shah '18
2nd Place
Optics
Nicky Cahill '18 & Jake Multer '16
2nd Place
Protein ModelingAnnabelle Buttenwieser '18, Nadja Umlauf '18, & Matt Bartlett '18
8th Place
Protein Modeling
Meredith Manson '16, Kevin Sanaycela '17, & Jason Friedman '18
9th Place Protein Modeling Kira Weinberg '17, Shruti Das '17, & Ben Rothschild '18
7th Place
 Remote SensingRyan Chen '19 & Carisa Shah '18
10th Place
 Robot ArmGeorgia Gallant '17 & Nicky Cahill '18
9th Place Wind PowerSara Pardee '18 & Georgia Gallant '17
5th PlaceWrite It Do It
Eleanor Seiler '17 & Ella Tessier-Lavigne '16

This was a very strong showing given that Team A had only three seniors this year. The exceptionally high number of medals earned by sophomores and freshmen bodes well for the future.
The full results are posted here: http://newyorkscioly.org/source/Competitions/DivisionC/NYC_metro.php

Thank you also to the teachers who gave of their time to mentor students preparing for events. A special thank you to the teachers who gave up their Saturday to chaperone, judge and run events: Joaquin Ramsey, Gordie Campbell, Vance Condie, Jerry Francischelli, Michael Solan Warren and Josh Ginzberg. Thank you also to parents Andrea Pincus and and Andy Multer for helping in the team room.

Photos are available here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwKyYIkfpbrVT3pzOTRwSm5La2M&usp=sharing

Congratulations to all! Best of luck at States!

Story Submitted by: Jenny Hackett, HS Science Teacher
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