District Wins 41 Awards in Region II Science & Engineering Fair

Richland One students captured 41awards at the 49th Annual Region II Science & Engineering Fair, held at USC. Awards were presented March 20 in ceremonies at the Koger Center.

Our students swept first, second and third places in the senior division of physics. They are, respectively: Cannon Rhame, Dreher; Mary Beth Ward, Dreher; and Max Blankenship, Dreher. Katelyn Bowie of Crayton won first place in the junior division. She also won first place in the junior
division, Most Imaginative Use of a Computer.

The team of Luis Suarez and Alex Zhang of Dreher won several awards, including: first
place, senior division, Most Imaginative Use of a Computer; Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award; and Eastman Kodak Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Theodore Gwara of Hand won second place, junior division, behavioral and social sciences; William Kana of Hand won third place, junior division, civil engineering; Rebecca Chappell of
Crayton won third place, junior division, health; Eliza Smith of Brennen won Belle W. Baruch Institute Award, junior division, and first place junior division, S.C. Energy Office; Taylor Patterson of St. Andrews won Columbia Audubon Society Award, senior division, outstanding achievement; Kevin Yeh of Dreher won U.S. Navy /Marine Corps Award for distinguished achievement; and Woody Horn of Hand won third place, junior division, S.C. Energy Office.

Lucas Wentworth of Dreher won second place, Most Imaginative Use of a Computer, and second place, senior division, Intel Columbia Design Center Award.

Cannon Rhame of Dreher won the Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Award for outstanding achievement.

In the Association for Women in Science Awards, the winners were: junior division, general science, Eliza Smith, Brennen; engineering, DeAnna Chambers, Hand; team project, Lauren
Teague and Julia Theus, Crayton; senior division, engineering, Alice Robinson, Dreher; and senior team project, Rachel Love and Amy Zhang, Dreher.

Taylor Patterson of St. Andrews won the Association for Women Geoscientists Outstanding Junior Achievement Award. Brittany Flemming of Crayton won USC-Sumter Outstanding Achievement in
biology, and Katelyn Bowie of Crayton won USC-Sumter Outstanding Achievement in earth/ physical sciences.

The S.C. Science Council Best Junior Team Project went to Brionca Dunham, Tchnavia Tucker
and Shanavia Gibson of Webber.

Winners in the Central S.C. Best 10 Fifth-Grade Projects were: Marshall Sheorn, Catherine Watson, Sarah Hipp and Eliza Smith, all of Brennen; and Robert Lloyd and Giovanni Dwight of Webber. In Best of Three of 10 Best, first place went to Marshall Sheorn, and third place went to Catherine Watson.

Alexis Blair of Crayton was one of Central S.C. Best 10 Sixth-Grade Projects; Jessica Grant and Theodore Gwara of Hand were among the Central S.C. Best 10 Eighth-Grade Projects.

The Best Fifth-, Sixth- and Eighth-Grade Project Awards were presented by Dr. Richard Moniuszko, interim superintendent.