Jose Marcos, who was part of Coupeville’s winning Wind Power team, works on a project. (Photo from the CHS Science Olympiad web site)
Four Coupeville High School students showed off their superior brain power Saturday, taking home first place in Wind Power at a Science Olympiad regional competition in Seattle.
Luke Carlson, Jose Marcos, Connor McCormick and Zane Bundy combined to net the Wolves’ lone title, while CHS also took three second-place finishes and a fourth-place award.
The competition capped a season that started in October and has required the Wolves, many of whom juggle Science Olympiad with sports, drama and regular school work, to put in extensive time and effort.
Coupeville claimed second in Bridge Building, Robot Arm and Wright Stuff, which is an event involving gliders.
It’s named in honor of the Wright brothers (Wilbur and Orville), who, if you were paying attention in school, kind of kick-started this whole airplane thing.
The teams for those disciplines included Mitchell Carroll, Joseph Wedekind, Loren Nelson and Laurence Boado (Bridge Building), Nick Dion and Carroll (Robot Arm) and Carlson, Julianne Sem and Madison Rixe (W. Stuff)
The Wolves also copped fourth in Air Trajectory, with Teo Keilwitz, Marcos, Jakobi Baumann and McCormick working on that project.
Overall, 19 CHS students competed across 23 events in the all-day contest.
Other Wolf competitors included Dani Johnson, Garrett Compton, Sebastian Davis, Lilan Sekigawa, Mckenzie Meyer and John McClarin.
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