Over the weekend, Cary Academy’s MS Science Olympiad team competed in the regional tournament in Wilmington, NC. We had several students receive medals for their outstanding performances. We are so proud of all the hard work and dedication that each student put into preparing for the competition. Below are the students who received a top 3 placement in the tournament. A huge congratulations goes to Nathan DeMoss (’28) and Jaden Hong (’28) who placed 1^st overall in their Roller Coaster event and earned a bid to the State tournament at NCSU in April.

Varsity Top 3 Placements
Nathan DeMoss: 1^st place, Roller Coaster
Jaden Hong: 1^st place, Roller Coaster AND 3^rd place, Crime Busters
Lingfei Tang: 3^rd place, Crime Busters
Xuanjin Zhu: 3^rd place, Rocks & Minerals
Audrey Fan: 3^rd place, Rocks & Minerals

JV Top 3 Placements
Kaitlyn Cromer: 1^st place, Write it Do it
Xinya Pan: 1^st place, Write it Do it
Rishi Ramesh: 1^st place, Crave the Wave AND 3^rd place, Code Busters
Keshav Munshi: 1^st place, Crave the Wave AND 1^st place, Rocks & Minerals
Aarnavi Boppana: 2^nd place, Crime Busters
Sebastian Escobar: 3^rd place, Code Busters
Levin Ma: 3^rd place, Code Busters AND 1^st place, Roller Coaster
Rainna Jiang: 1^st place, Roller Coaster
Amy Zheng: 1^st place, Rocks & Minerals
Sophie Liu: 2^nd place, Crime Busters

Overall Top 3 placements
Kaitlyn Cromer: 2^nd place, Write it Do it
Nathan DeMoss: 1^st place, Roller Coaster
Jaden Hong: 1^st place, Roller Coaster AND 3^rd place, Crime Busters
Keshav Munshi: 2^nd place, Crave the Wave AND 3^rd place, Rocks & Minerals
Xinya Pan: 2^nd place, Write it Do it
Rishi Ramesh: 2^nd place, Crave the Wave
Lingfei Tang: 3^rd place, Crime Busters
Amy Zheng: 3^rd place, Rocks & Minerals

If you would like to view pictures of the tournament, please use this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/RgPfugLpLnaGA63w7