BOZEMAN — Hamilton High School and Corvallis Middle School defended their state championships by claiming the team trophies in the annual Montana Science Olympiad state tournament held at Montana State University on Friday, April 19.
Both schools will now move on to represent Montana at the National Science Olympiad tournament held at Michigan State University in May. Dozens of other schools earned trophies, medals and certificates in the annual tournament hosted by MSU’s Science Math Resource Center.
Science Olympiad is among the largest STEM competitions in Montana, with hundreds of students participating in events covering life sciences, chemistry, engineering and other topics. Schools register as a team, with individuals or pairs of students competing in various events. Students can earn awards in each event, and the school with the highest number of points wins the state championship trophy. Science Olympiad was started in 1984, and across the United States, more than 6,000 teams compete in hundreds of Science Olympiad tournaments.
The winners of the team trophies are listed below by division, place and school:
Division C (high school) overall winners:
First place: Hamilton High School
Second place: Gallatin High School, Bozeman
Third place: Corvallis High School
Division B (middle school) overall winners:
First place: Corvallis Middle School
Second place: C.R. Anderson Middle School, Helena
Third place: Hamilton Middle School
Small schools trophies, division C:
First place: Choteau High School
Second place: Ennis High School
Third place: Chinook High School
Small schools trophies, division B:
First place: Choteau Junior High School
Second place: Helena Area Christian Home Educators
Third place: Ennis Middle School
In addition to the team trophies, medals and certificates were awarded to students in each of 30 events:
Division C:
Agricultural Sciences (trial event):
First place: Belgrade High School
Second place: Choteau High School
Anatomy and Physiology, varsity:
First place: Fergus High School, Lewistown
Second place: Capital High School, Helena
Third place: Choteau High School
Anatomy and Physiology, junior varsity:
First place: Gallatin High School
Second place: Capital High School, Helena
Third place: Billings Senior High School
Astronomy, varsity:
First place: Gallatin High School
Second place: Hamilton High School
Third place: Fergus High School, Lewistown
Astronomy, junior varsity:
First place: Laurel High School
Second place: Hamilton High School
Third place: Capital High School, Helena
Chem Lab, varsity:
First place: East Helena High School
Second place: Billings Senior High School
Third place: Bozeman High School
Chem Lab, junior varsity:
First place: Capital High School, Helena
Codebusters, varsity:
First place: Corvallis High School
Second place: Capital High School, Helena
Third place: Hamilton High School
Codebusters, junior varsity:
First place: Capital High School, Helena
Second place: Billings Senior High School
Third place: Corvallis High School
Experimental Design, varsity:
First place: Hamilton High School
Second place: Flathead High School, Kalispell
Third place: Billings Senior High School
Experimental Design, junior varsity:
First place: Corvallis High School
Second place: Hamilton High School
Third place: Capital High School, Helena
Fermi, varsity:
First place: Gallatin High School, Bozeman
Second place: Bozeman High School
Third place: Hamilton High School
Fermi, junior varsity:
First place: Capital High School, Helena
Second place: Hamilton High School
Forestry, varsity:
First place: Roundup High School
Second place: Corvallis High School
Third place: Gallatin High School, Bozeman
Forestry, junior varsity:
First place: Billings Senior High School
Second place: Capital High School, Helena
Third place: Laurel High School
Fossils, varsity:
First place: Noxon Schools
Second place: Helena High School
Third place: Capital High School, Helena
Fossils, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton High School
Second place: Corvallis High School
Third place: Capital High School, Helena
Microbe Mission, varsity:
First place: Whitefish High School
Second place: Capital High School, Helena
Third place: Hamilton High School
Microbe Mission, junior varsity:
First place: Capital High School, Helena
Optics, varsity:
First place: Corvallis High School
Second place: Hamilton High School
Third place: Fergus High School, Lewistown
Optics, junior varsity:
First place: Corvallis High School
Second place: Hamilton High School
Third place: Capital High School, Helena
Scrambler, varsity:
First place: Fergus High School, Lewistown
Second place: Capital High School, Helena
Third place: Corvallis High School
Scrambler, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton High School
Second place: Laurel High School
Third place: Capital High School, Helena
Tower, varsity:
First place: Hamilton High School
Second place: Fergus High School, Lewistown
Third place: Bozeman High School
Tower, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton High School
Second place: Corvallis High School
Third place: Laurel High School
Wind Power, varsity:
First place: Helena High School
Second place: Hamilton High School
Third place: Fergus High School, Lewistown
Wind Power, junior varsity:
First place: Capital High School, Helena
Second place: Corvallis High School
Third place: Laurel High School
Write It Do It, varsity:
First place: Billings Senior High School
Second place: Laurel High School
Third place: Gallatin High School, Bozeman
Write It Do It, junior varsity:
First place: Capital High School, Helena
Second place: Billings Senior High School
Division B:
Agricultural Sciences (trial event), varsity:
First place: C.R Anderson, Helena
Second place: Corvallis Middle School
Third place: Gallatin Gateway School
Agricultural Sciences (trial event), junior varsity:
First place: Corvallis Middle School
Second place: Hamilton Middle School
Anatomy and Physiology, varsity:
First place: Clancy School
Second place: Hamilton Middle School
Third place: Target Range School, Missoula
Anatomy and Physiology, junior varsity:
First place: Corvallis Middle School
Second place: Hamilton Middle School
Codebusters, varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Second place: Helena Middle School
Third place: Target Range School, Missoula
Codebusters, junior varsity:
First place: Sacajawea Middle School, Bozeman
Second place: Hamilton Middle School
Crime Busters, varsity:
First place: North Middle School, Great Falls
Second place: Shepherd Middle School
Third place: Belgrade Middle School
Crime Busters, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Second place: Huntley Project School
Third place: Lewistown Junior High School
Experimental Design, varsity:
First place: North Middle School, Great Falls
Second place: Corvallis Middle School
Third place: Sacajawea Middle School, Bozeman
Experimental Design, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Second place: Sacajawea Middle School, Bozeman
Third place: Lewistown Junior High School
Forestry, varsity:
First place: Corvallis Middle School
Second place: North Middle School, Great Falls
Third place: Lewistown Junior High School
Forestry, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Second place: Sacajawea Middle School, Bozeman
Third place: Ennis Middle School
Fossils, varsity:
First place: Conrad Middle School
Second place: C.R. Anderson, Helena
Third place: Ennis Middle School
Fossils, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Meteorology, varsity:
First place: North Middle School, Great Falls
Second place: C.R. Anderson, Helena
Third place: Hamilton Middle School
Meteorology, junior varsity:
First place: Sacajawea Middle School, JV1, Bozeman
Second place: Corvallis Middle School
Third place: Sacajawea Middle School, JV2, Bozeman
Microbe Mission, varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Second place: C.R. Anderson, Helena
Third place: Target Range School, Missoula
Microbe Mission, junior varsity:
First place: Corvallis Middle School
Second place: Hamilton Middle School
Third place: Shepherd Middle School
Optics, varsity:
First place: North Middle School, Great Falls
Second place: C.R. Anderson, Helena
Third place: Hamilton Middle School
Optics, junior varsity:
First place: Lewistown Junior High
Second place: Huntley Project School
Third place: Corvallis Middle School
Road Scholar, varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Second place: Lewistown Junior High School
Third place: Clancy School
Road Scholar, junior varsity:
First place: Corvallis Middle School
Second place: Shepherd Middle School
Third place: Ennis Middle School
Tower, varsity:
First place: Lewistown Junior High School
Second place: Hamilton Middle School
Third place: Corvallis Middle School
Tower, junior varsity:
First place: Lewistown Junior High
Second place: Corvallis Middle School
Third place: Huntley Project School
Wheeled Vehicle, varsity:
First place: C.R. Anderson, Helena
Second place: Hamilton Middle School
Third place: Lewistown Junior High School
Wheeled Vehicle, junior varsity:
First place: Hamilton Middle School
Second place: Lewistown Junior High School
Third place: Corvallis Middle School
Wind Power, varsity:
First place: Lewistown Junior High School
Second place: Corvallis Middle School
Third place: Target Range School, Missoula
Wind Power, junior varsity:
First place: Corvallis Middle School
Second place: Lewistown Junior High
Third place: Ennis Middle School
Write It Do It, varsity:
First place: Target Range School, Missoula
Second place: Clancy School
Third place: Lewistown Junior High School
Write It Do It, junior varsity:
First place: Sacajawea Middle School, JV2, Bozeman
Second place: Lewistown Junior High School
Third place: Sacajawea Middle School, JV1, Bozeman
