Manhattan High Science Olympiad took second at the Kansas City Regional tournament on Saturday to qualify for the State competition in April.
The MHS team finished only 10 points behind returning State champion Blue Valley North. The top five first place finishers include Astronomy, Fossils, Disease Detectives, Ecology and Write It Do It.
“I’d say it went pretty well. Second place overall, a lot of first, top threes,” junior David Li said. “I felt pretty good about my event. It was fun. Good collaborative effort as a team.”
The team placed top six out of 19 teams in 17 out of 22 events.
“A lot of our teams placed in the top five. We were very happy to see that all of our teams were coming together, being very supportive of one another. Still got some room for improvement before states, but very satisfied with performance today,” Coach Austin Becker said. “Making sure we’re prepared for the different questions asked on tests; there were a lot of new questions with different questions as today. So making sure we’re prepared for whatever is coming.”
The state tournament is on Saturday, April 6, at Wichita State University.