Nearly 150 Students Participate in 2016 WYSE
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Almost 150 high school students from the region met on the campus of Southeastern Illinois College Thursday, Feb. 4, to take a series of regional exams as part of the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) academic competition.
Jason Fitzgerald, chair of the Math and Science Division at the college, along with Dr. Mila Maring-Sims, anatomy and physiology instructor at SIC and regional WYSE director, hosted the event.
“With nearly 150 students participating in the competition this year, this was one of the largest, if not the largest, WYSE completion I’ve seen in the past 15 years,” said Fitzgerald. “It is always such a pleasure to host the event because not only do we get to see some good natured rivalry and camaraderie among the high schools of our district, but we also get to see what a wonderful impact some of the coaches have on their students. It is great to see such wonderful bonds between some of the teams and their coaches; we need more of that.”
Exams administered during the three levels of WYSE competition are designed to test students’ knowledge of biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, math, and physics.
Regional winners, both in team and individual competition, qualify for sectional exams, which will be held March 16 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). Illinois state finals are scheduled for April 11-14 at the Illini Union, University of Illinois Urbana campus in Champaign. The 300 division (or small school division) will compete on the eleventh and the 700 division will compete on the twelfth.
Team and individual results are listed below. Teams marked with an asterisk move on to the sectional competition at SIUC, and individuals marked with an asterisk, who are not members of an advancing team, are allowed to take the sectional exams as individual competitors.
Small School (300 Division) Team Winners:
*Gallatin County High School–First Place
*NCOE High School – Second Place
Hardin County High School – Third Place
Large School (700 Division) Team Winners:
*Carmi-White County High School – First Place
*Eldorado High School – Second Place
Harrisburg High School – Third Place
Small School (300 Division) Individual Winners:
Biology
Carrier Mills- Stonefort High School – *Chloe Brandon – First
Galatia High School – *Chase Kendall – Second
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – *Clifford Kretzer – Second
Pope County High School – Jackie Clardy – Third
Gallatin County High School – Michaela Springer — Third
Chemistry
Gallatin County High School – *Kaleb Burklow – First
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – *Jacob Hodge – Second
Gallatin County High School – Dylan Boggs – Third
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – Emily Travelstead- Third
Computer Science
Hardin County High School — *Jamison Hicks — First
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – *Lexie Money – First
Gallatin County High School — *Makalyn Smith – First
Gallatin County High School – *Brody Watts – First
Hardin County High School – *Dallas Fricker – Second
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – Hannah Pettijohn- Third
Engineering Graphics
Gallatin County High School – *Dylan Boggs – First
Gallatin County High School – *Nathan Schultz – Second
Gallatin County High School – Dylan Garrison – Third
English
Pope County High School – *Emily Billington – First
Hardin County High School – *Alexsandria M Hanson – Second
Gallatin County High School – *Michaela Springer – Second
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – Mattie Colbert – Third
Math
Galatia High School – *Kylie Horstmann – First
Gallatin County High School – *Kaleb Burklow – Second
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – Melanie Ellison – Third
Gallatin County High School – Jacob Watson — Third
Physics
Hardin County High School – *Brody B Gustin – First
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – *Ben Taylor – Second
Gallatin County High School – *Brody Watts – Second
Pope County High School – Pierce Bowman – Third
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School – Jacob Hodge – Third
Hardin County High School – William H Owens – Third
Pope County High School – Emma Wasson — Third
Large School (700 Division) Individual Winners
Biology
Harrisburg High School – *Meredith Russell – First
Harrisburg High School – *Bailey Drone – Second
Eldorado High School – *Jordan Fricks – Second
Harrisburg High School – Micaylen Wolf – Third
Chemistry
Carmi- White County High School – *Chance Hamblin – First
Harrisburg High School – *Emma Eldridge – Second
Eldorado High School – Dalton Phelps – Third
Computer Science
Carmi-White County High School – *Hadyn Browning – First
Eldorado High School – *Hunter Davis – First
Carmi-White County High School – *Peyton Frymire – Second
Carmi- White County High School – Dakota Mullins – Third
Eldorado High School – Dalton Phelps – Third
Engineering Graphics
Carmi- White County High School – *Dakota Mullins – First
Carmi- White County High School – *Hadyn Browning – Second
Eldorado High School – *Caleb Huelsmann – Second
Eldorado High School – Hunter Davis — Third
English
Carmi-White County High School – *Hailey Winkleman – First
Eldorado High School – *Alex Jones – Second
Harrisburg High School – Emma Eldridge – Third
Math
Eldorado High School – *Alex Jones – First
Carmi-White County High School – *Chance Hamblin – Second
Eldorado High School – Hiroto Tokumon– Third
Physics
Eldorado High School – *Clay Boulds – First
Harrisburg High School – *Bryce Beal – Second
Eldorado High School – *Hiroto Tokumon – Second
Harrisburg High School – Kerrigan Murphy – Third
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