Science Olympiad

6th Annual Marquette University High School Division C Invitational (High School)

Saturday, January 7, 2023
Tournament Director - Nicole Williams, williams@muhs.edu

Registration now open: Registration Link

This will be planned as an in-person invitational. This invite will be limited to 40 high school teams. All schools will be able to register 2 teams. If there is space, teams will be allowed to register up to 6 teams. If you are interested in having more teams, please let us know and we will do our best to honor this request.

The registration fee for the in-person tournament will be $100 per team for the first two teams. Any teams beyond this number will be $75.

You can fill out this form to reserve a spot for your team(s) at our tournament but positions will not be secured until payment is received. Payment is due by Dec. 1, 2022. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Nicole Williams, tournament director.

Coaches WILL NOT be required to write tests for this event. Coaches WILL be asked to provide one volunteer to help with scoring/running an event.

In-Person Tournament Policies

The In-person tournament for both Divisions C will be on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Below are a list of some of the policies that will be in effect for this tournament:

• It will be our goal to provide as many schools with homeroom spaces as possible, but with space limited many teams will have homeroom space in the gymnasium.
• Students, coaches, and spectators are only allowed to take pictures of their own team’s devices. This will be strictly enforced by event supervisors and tournament personnel and may result in team penalties being assessed.
• Event signups will be handled through Avogadro.
• Scoring will be handled through Avogadro.
• Test events will be handled on-site using traditional paper/pencil exams and activities. Scilympiad will not be used for exams in the in-person tournament.
• The awards ceremony will begin following competition. Specific award places will be determined after the number of competing teams is determined.

Regional Tournament Division B (Middle School)

Saturday, March 4, 2023
Tournament Director - Nicole Williams, williams@muhs.edu

All 23 National Events will be run at this regional tournament and the state schedule will be followed completely in addition to the five Wisconsin Science Olympiad events. There will be an awards ceremony after all events have been completed.

Remember that multiple teams who are registered with the state ARE allowed to compete at regionals, even though only one team per school is allowed to compete at the state tournament.

Regional assignments will be made by Wisconsin Science Olympiad and team numbers are posted with the schedule when they are available

Regional Tournament Schedule and Team Numbers – TBD

Coaches with questions are asked to contact either Wisconsin Science Olympiad or Regional Tournament Director Nicole Williams.

THIS IS ONLY A DIVISION B REGIONAL. There will be a division C invitational held at the high school on the same day of this competition.

Team History

Hello, we are the Marquette University High School Science Olympiad team. As a team, we love to learn about the natural world around us, and through the exploration of it, the friendship between each of our many members grows. What exactly we explore about the world could be anything. Whether it’s the behavior of electrical currents, running several titrations or dilutions, studying the structure of essential proteins, or even what conditions plants live in best, different members of the team study it all.

Here is a record of some of our previous accomplishments:

2017-2018

• 3rd at State

2018-2019

• 3rd at State

2019-2020

• State tournament canceled due to COVID-19

2020-2021

• 1st at State
• 14th at Nationals
• 1st in 2 national events
• Highest-ranked private school

2021-2022

• 1st at State, reigning State Champions
• 4th at Nationals
• 1st at 3 national events
• Highest-ranked private school

The success is not limited to Science Olympiad. Below, you will find a list of varsity members who competed on a state roster or were slated to compete at a state tournament, and where they are now. All members with an * were founding members:

Class of 2017
Connor Johnson* - Air Force Academy
Jake Klenz* - UW-Madison

Class of 2018
Dan Cesarz - Illinois Technical Institute
Stephen Foley* - UW-Madison
Keegan Gruss* - UW-Madison
Sai Nagisetti* UW-Madison
John Price - UW-Madison
Jayce Stazak - UW-Madison
Josh Surges* - UW-Madison

Class of 2019
John Baylon - UW-Madison
Kevin Carrig - Air Force Academy
Aidan Grogan - University of Chicago
Dominic Kowalik* - Merchant Marines
Michael Rose* - Caltech
Jonathan Sargent - UW-Eau Claire
Joey Yamat - UW-Madison

Class of 2020
Carlos Ayala - Caltech
Mika Chang - UW-Madison
Sal Fragrassi - MSOE
Jonathan Schimmels - Marquette University
Michael Sohn - UW-Madison
Ben Zeidler - Northwestern University

Class of 2021
Zach Baldridge - Case Western Reserve University
Ayden Ellis - Notre Dame University
Mason Leffler - University of Washington - St. Louis
Jake Piotrowski - Colorado School of Mines
Aidan Reno - University of Dayton
Patrick Schlosser - Notre Dame University

Class of 2022
David Arthur - Northwestern University
Tyler Chang - UW-Madison
Mitchell Dees - Columbia University
Nathan Petrucci - Purdue University
Michael Rentmeester - Xavier University
Thomas Rose - Caltech
Ian Walsh - Olin College of Engineering
Patrick Walsh - Stanford Univeristy
John Wood - Yale University

If you are interested in exploring the natural world like we are, we would love to meet you and to share in our common interests.

Directions to Marquette University High School

Wisconsin Science Olympiad