After winning last month's Worldwide Youth in Science & Engineering (WYSE) competition against St. Ignatius and other local competitors, the Fenwick WYSE team advanced to the sectional competition held at North Central College in Naperville, IL. In a pool of 5 teams that each took 1st or 2nd in their respective regionals, Fenwick again took 1st place with a perfect team score of 500 and advances to the state competition to be held on April 20th in Champaign, IL. Congratulations to the whole team. Individual winners follow:
Biology
Eva Homberger 1st
Sean Obrochta 2nd
Chemistry
Garrett Mulcahy 1st
David Francisco 2nd
Marisa Morella 2nd
Computer Science
Jack Lulich 1st
Skye Ozga 2nd
Andrew Morrissey 3rd
English
Robert Metaxatos 1st
Sean Obrochta 1st
Paul Cederoth 2nd
Math
Garrett Mulcahy 1st
Ian Crowell 2nd
Andrew Morrissey 3rd
Physics
Ian Crowell 1st
Graham Rowsell 2nd
Jack Lulich 3rd
The student's success is a testament to their hard work and the efforts of their coaches and teachers. A special shout out to Amy Christophell and John Schoeph for their efforts in prepping the students. Attached is a picture of the team after lunch on competition day with their game faces on, and of Garrett Mulcahy and Marisa Morella accepting the 1st place trophy for the team. On to state...!