SPRINGFIELD—Twenty high schools in the Lincoln Land Community College district competed in the 11th annual Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) regional level academic challenge held Thursday, Feb. 8 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 6. 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 April 17-19. A complete list of teams and individuals who qualified to advance from the LLCC regional competition to the March 6 SIU-E sectional is posted at http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/wyse/AC/2007_Results/llcc.pdf. 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. Mt. Pulaski 2. Illini Central 3. Pawnee 4. New Berlin 5. Greenview 6. Nokomis 7. Girard Individual Rankings Mathematics First - Andrew Neaville, Mt. Pulaski Second - Luke Boros, Illini Central-Mason City Third – Nathan McCann, Greenview English First – Madeline Mier, Pawnee Second – Morgan Compton, Nokomis; Kaitlyn Faucon, Mt. Pulaski Third – Kelsey Sickmeyer, Illini Central-Mason City; Melissa Wagner, Pawnee Chemistry First – Spencer Koehler, New Berlin Second – Kyle Stenemeyer, New Berlin Third – Jennifer Allspach, Mt. Pulaski; John Wiemer, Illini Central-Mason City Physics First – Andrew Neaville, Mt. Pulaski Second – Adam Marks, Pawnee Third – Kaitlyn Faucon, Mt. Pulaski; Cody Jones, Nokomis; Spencer Koehler, New Berlin; Alexis Westerhausen, Girard Biology First – Luke Murphy, Girard Second – Morgan Murphy, Girard Third – Stephanie Ford, Pawnee Engineering Graphics First – Jordan Kirk, Nokomis Second – Zach Dennis, Pawnee Third – Levi Crays, Nokomis Computer Science First – DJ Stoughton, Pawnee Second – Luke Boros, Illini Central-Mason City; Phil Savoy, Girard; Tim Very, Greenview Third – Kyleigh McLaughlin, Greenview; Alex Shaw, Pawnee; John Wiemer, Illini Central-Mason City DIVISION 700 Team Rankings 1. Pleasant Plains 2. Rochester 3. Athens 4. PORTA 5. Hillsboro 6. Riverton Individual Rankings Mathematics First – Isaac Shelton, Porta-Petersburg Second – Kenneth Knuppel, Porta-Petersburg Third – Nathaniel Bone, Athens English First – Matt Emmons, Rochester Second – Hannah Helfer, Pleasant Plains; Hannah Jones, Rochester Third – Olivia Helfer, Pleasant Plains Chemistry First – Tracy Chestnut, Pleasant Plains Second – Nathan Billington, Hillsboro; Tim Mallette, Athens Third – Blair Cullison, Hillsboro Physics First – Joe Hawkes-Cates, Pleasant Plains Second – Griffin McNamara, Pleasant Plains Third – Seth Carter, Porta-Petersburg Biology First – Ted Allen, Athens Second – Tim Mallette, Athens Third – Nathaniel Bone, Athens Engineering Graphics First – Tom McGuire, Rochester Second – Nathan Alderman, Porta-Petersburg Third – Luke Andreasen, Athens Computer Science First – Tom McGuire, Rochester Second – Simon Brauer, Porta-Petersburg Third – Brandon Johnson, Rochester DIVISION 1500 Team Rankings 1. Springfield HS 2. Taylorville 3. Sacred Heart-Griffin 4. Lincoln 5. Jacksonville 6. Southeast 7. Lanphier Individual Rankings Mathematics First – Xinlong Cheng, Springfield HS Second – Jeff Green, Lincoln Third – Stacey Solliday, Taylorville; Justin Stocks-Smith, Springfield HS English First – Caitie Flynn, Springfield Second – Kelsey Coker, Taylorville Third – Carl Butt, Springfield; David Clatterback, Jacksonville; Samantha Whittaker, Taylorville Chemistry First – Sam Schoenburg, Springfield Second – Jackie Dodwell, Springfield; Stacey Solliday, Taylorville Third – Tim Krah, Springfield; Alex Nester, Sacred Heart-Griffin; Scott Nimner, Taylorville Physics First – Tim Wiser, Lincoln Second – Xinlong Cheng, Springfield Third – Sam Schoenburg, Springfield; Justin Stocks-Smith, Springfield Biology First – Brian Bell, Sacred Heart-Griffin Second – Chris Burnett, Taylorville Third – Katherine Burgener, Taylorville; Fiona Finnigan, Lincoln; Matthew Stegeman, Sacred Heart-Griffin Engineering Graphics First - Emily Held, Taylorville Second – Allison Labelle, Springfield Third – Adam Dow, Southeast; Kyle Mansfield, Taylorville; Chiarra Manzanares, Lanphier-Springfield Computer Science First – Tim Wiser, Lincoln Second – Kyle Mansfield, Taylorville Third – Chris Jackson, Southeast-Springfield
Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007
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