WYSE Finishes First at Regionals
Congratulations to our students for placing first in the WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) Regionals at Oakton Community College last week. Each student competes in two subjects Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics, or Physics.
Varsity Team: Areeba Ali (Biology and English), Maura Heneghan (Biology and English), Gillian King, Co-Captain (Chemistry and Physics), Rachel Lucas, Co-Captain (Biology and English), Meghan McCabe (Chemistry and Physics), Jennifer Ovist (Mathematics and Physics), Sophia Rana (Biology and English), Nora Reese (Chemistry and Mathematics), Leia Spaniak (Biology and English), Xindi Sun (Biology and Chemistry), Grace Tamisiea (Chemistry and Physics), Caitlin Ward (Chemistry and Physics), Grace Zhao (Mathematics and Physics), Ying Zhou (Biology and Mathematics).
At-Large: Kendall Barrett (Mathematics and Physics), Anne Berg (Biology and Mathematics), Kaitlin Byrne (Chemistry and Physics), Abbie Farmer (Biology and English), Chloe Guo (Mathematics and Physics), Sophie Hoffman (Biology and English), Elizabeth Loeher (Chemistry and Mathematics), Lina Nguyen (Biology and Math), Lisa Spaniak (Mathematics and Physics).
The Regina Dominican medal winners were as follows:
Biology
First place – Xindi Sun
Third place – Rachel Lucas
Chemistry
First place – Xindi Sun
Second place – Gillian King
Third place – Grace Tamisiea
English
Second place – Maura Heneghan
Third place – Leia Spaniak
Mathematics
First place – Grace Zhao
Second place – Liz Loeher
Physics
First place – Grace Zhao
Second place – Gillian King and Jennifer Ovist (tied)
Third place – Chloe Guo
We advance next to Sectionals on March 6 at Vernon Hills High School. If we do well at Vernon Hills, we will then go on to the State finals at Champaign-Urbana in April.
Good luck to all!
