FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Date:  February 13, 2008 Contact:  Diane Buzick, 786.4508, diane.buzick@llcc.edu SPRINGFIELD—Twenty-three high schools in the Lincoln Land Community College district competed in the 12th annual Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) regional level academic challenge held Thursday, Feb. 7 at LLCC.     Students competed as individuals and as teams in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics and physics.  The tests were written by teams of college and university faculty and designed to present a challenge to high school students.     School teams comprise six to 14 students who compete in one of three divisions, based on total school enrollment.  Division 300 comprises schools with a total enrollment of 300 or less.  Division 700 schools have 301 to 700 students and Division 1500 schools have enrollments of 701 to 1,500 students.     Teams and individuals that place either first or second (or third in the case of teams in divisions with eight or more teams) within their respective divisions at the regional level are eligible to advance to the sectional competition to be held at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville March 13.  Teams and individuals that score high enough at the sectional competition will advance to the state finals, which will be held at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign April14-16.     The regional level competition at LLCC was sponsored by LLCC, the WYSE office at UIU-C and the Capital Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE). DIVISION 300 Team Rankings 1.  Illini Central                 2.  Girard 3.  Mt. Pulaski 4.  Nokomis 5.  New Berlin 6.  Pawnee 7.  Greenview 8.  Edinburg Individual Rankings Mathematics First – Paul Foley, Mt. Pulaski Second – Jerry Barringer, Nokomis; Samuel Stowell, New Berlin Third – Jennifer Allspach, Mt. Pulaski English First – Alicia Gudgel, Girard Second – Donieka Burris, Illini Central-Mason City; Troy Kimbro, Nokomis Third – Queenie Ho, Mt. Pulaski Chemistry First – John Wiemer, Illini Central-Mason City Second – Sabrina Allen, Illini Central-Mason City; Lisa Miller, Mt. Pulaski Third – Samuel Stowell, New Berlin Physics First – Luke Boros, Illini Central-Mason City; Landon J. Frye, Illini Central-Mason City;   Luke  Murphy, Girard; Joey Walters, Pawnee Second – Dustin Aylesworth, Mt. Pulaski; Ryan DeWerff, Nokomis; Valen Howell,    Nokomis Third – Jerry Barringer, Nokomis; Sara Dukett, New Berlin; Joseph Eickhoff, Nokomis;   Paul Foley, Mt. Pulaski; Dani Holman, Nokomis; Tess Savage, New Berlin Biology First – Luke Murphy, Girard Second – Alyssa Cole, Girard Third – Emily Eck, New Berlin Engineering Graphics First – Aaron Neal, Pawnee Second – Adam Coers, Illini Central-Mason City Third – Justin Schurman, Illini Central-Mason City; Cory Sizemore, Mt. Pulaski Computer Science First – John Wiemer, Illini Central-Mason City Second – Tim Verry, Greenview Third – Jaqualien Rowald, Nokomis DIVISION 700 Team Rankings 1.  PORTA 2.  Rochester 3.  Pleasant Plains 4.  Athens 5.  Hillsboro 6.  Riverton 7.  Beardstown Individual Rankings Mathematics First – Isaac Shelton, Porta-Petersburg Second – Ben Kay, Rochester Third – Simon Brauer, Porta-Petersburg English First – Annie Egan, Rochester Second – Erin Richey, Rochester; Kathy Rudd, Porta-Petersburg Third – Molly Mathewson, Athens Chemistry First – Chris Barnes, Pleasant Plains Second – Brad Cady, Hillsboro Third – Alana Gedrose, Pleasant Plains; Ben Kay, Rochester Physics First –Isaac Shelton, Porta-Petersburg Second – Drew Stone, Pleasant Plains Third – Nathan Alderman, Porta-Petersburg Biology First – Nathaniel Bone, Athens Second – Alana Gedrose, Pleasant Plains Third – Olivia Helfer, Pleasant Plains Engineering Graphics First – Nathan Alderman, Porta-Petersburg Second – Luke Andreasen, Athens Third – Emylee Darnielle, Rochester; Sierra Jockisch, Beardstown Computer Science First – Simon Brauer, Porta-Petersburg Second – Dakota Kennedy and Robert O’Brien, both of Rochester Third – Ian Lake, Rochester DIVISION 1500 Team Rankings 1.  Glenwood-Chatham 2.  Springfield HS 3.  Sacred Heart-Griffin 4.  Jacksonville 5.  Taylorville 6.  Southeast 7.  Lincoln 8.  Lanphier Individual Rankings Mathematics First – Zach Kretchmar, Glenwood-Chatham Second – Alex Nester, Sacred Heart-Griffin; Rachel Wang, Glenwood-Chatham Third – Matthew Knudsen, Sacred Heart-Griffin; James Sun, Glenwood-Chatham English First – Carl Butt, Springfield; Triveni Singh, Sacred Heart-Griffin Second – Caitie Flynn, Springfield Third – Meleah Ofcarcik, Taylorville; Kathy Rolf, Springfield Chemistry First – Carl Butt, Springfield Second – Alex Weaver, Glenwood-Chatham Third – Jackie Dodwell, Springfield Physics First – Zach Kretchmar, Glenwood-Chatham; Tom Shull, Springfield; James Sun,  Glenwood-Chatham Second – Sharon Kim, Springfield; Alex Nester, Sacred Heart-Griffin Third – Marissa DeWeese, Springfield; Michael Feller, Sacred Heart-Griffin; Palida Noor,  Glenwood-Chatham Biology First – Rachel Mittelstaedt, Glenwood-Chatham Second – Angela Qian, Glenwood-Chatham Third – Matt Stegeman, Sacred Heart-Griffin Engineering Graphics First – Grant Harper, Springfield; Cameron Jones, Jacksonville Second – David Finnigan, Lincoln; Alex Goins and Paul VanDeventer, both of Southeast  HS Third – Matthew Runyon, Lincoln Computer Science First – Grant Harper, Springfield Second – Jonathan Hughes, Springfield Third – Ryan Cookson, Lanphier
Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008
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