The Hudson Middle School Science Olympiad team recently put on another dominating performance, winning the Allendale Michigan Science Olympiad tournament.
There were more than 20 teams in attendance at this late February tournament, and Hudson earned first, second, and third place. This was only the second time the team has traveled out of the state to compete, the first-time being May 2025 when they went to the US National Championships in Lincoln Nebraska. The team earned 46 medals, including first place in 14 of the 23 events.
Hudson volunteers ran the events Hovercraft and Mission Possible, and assisted with a number of other events like Experimental Design. Head Coach Jordan Renna stated that “taking the students on the road was a great way to remind us we have an elite program, one of the best in the country.”
“We still have work to do, and some challenges remain in front of us, but thinking back to where we were when we gathered in the school auditorium for our first team meeting in September, it is obvious we have come a very long way. Everyone has worked hard, put in time and effort, and grown immensely,” Renna stated.
The team is supported by the local community, including sponsors Hudson Community Foundation, Burton D. Morgan Foundation, Curtiss-Wright, HB Chemical, and Hudson Kiwanis, along with many individual donors. The middle school administration and custodial staff have been supportive and a big reason for the success of the program. Assistant Coach Chirag Patel stated that “this was a great way to conclude the regular season, and we are excited to focus our attention on the Eastern Regional Science Olympiad Tournament hosted by the University of Akron in mid-March and the State tournament hosted by Ohio State in mid-April.”
First Place winners: Anatomy & Physiology (Iti Desai/Victoria Chen), Codebusters (Dylan Wall/Colin Jackowski/Morgan Griffiths), Circuit Lab (Mia Teusan/Morgan Griffiths), Dynamic Planet (Iti Desai/Jessy Xie), Entomology (Andrew Shott/Jessy Xie), Experimental Design (Colin Jackowski/Morgan Griffiths/Victoria Chen), Heredity (Morgan Griffiths/Dylan Wall), Hovercraft (Cole Polak/Wilton Wu), Meteorology (Moksh Bafna/Connor Douds), Metric Mastery (Dylan Wall/Colin Jackowski), Potions & Poisons (Iti Desai/Jessie Cheng), Rocks & Minerals (Cameron Martin/Jasper Herman), Scrambler (Jessie Cheng/Mia Teusan), Water Quality (Jessie Cheng/Ryan Voigt)
Second Place: Anatomy & Physiology (Ava Buterbaugh/Shasha Subedi), Disease Detectives (Jessy Xie/Ryan Voigt), Dynamic Planet (Moksh Bafna/Sherry Wang), Helicopter (Lukas Bunge/Owen Vance), Heredity (Rachel Rush/Sherry Wang), Hovercraft (Eddie Farabee/Owen Vance), Meteorology (Samyukta Iyer/Austin Wu), Metric Mastery (Amila Justice/Zoey Wu), Mission Possible (Jessie Cheng/Mia Teusan), Remote Sensing (Andrew Shott/Victoria Chen), Solar System (Mia Teusan/Ryan Voigt), Write It Do It (Colin Jackowski/Jasper Herman), Water Quality (Rachel Rush, by herself.)
Third Place: Anatomy & Physiology (Sherry Wang/Rachel Rush), Boomilever (Lukas Bunge/Layan Zamili), Crime Busters (Carter Kahl/Lucas Nithang), Disease Detectives (Rachel Rush/Moksh Bafna), Experimental Design (Owen Vance/Eddie Farabee/Zoey Wu), Helicopter (Jessy Xie/Ryan Voigt), Meteorology (Cameron Martin/Jessy Xie),
Fourth Place: Boomilever (Jessy Xie/Ryan Voigt), Disease Detectives (Samyukta Iyer/Uma Ghosal), Dynamic Planet: Austin Wu, by himself), Experimental Design (Uma Ghosal/Wilton Wu/Austin Wu), Solar System (Ava Buterbaugh, by herself.)
Fifth Place: Heredity (Carter Kahl/Shasha Subedi), Hovercraft (Hyun Su Kim/Cole Polak), Machines (Owen Vance/Mia Fodor)
Sixth Place: Crime Busters (Lukas Bunge/Moksh Bafna), Hovercraft (Andrew Shott/Colin Jackowski), Mission Possible (Amilla Justice/Layan Zamili), Write It Do It (Cole Polak/Samyukta Iyer)
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Hudson Middle School sweeps Allendale Science Olympiad Invitational
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