Teams from Kearney High School and Kearney Junior High achieved outstanding results during the Science Olympiad regional competition on Saturday, Feb. 18.
The KHS team placed fourth, which earned them a spot at the state competition on April 1 in Springfield.
High School Results:
- Anatomy and Physiology: Fourth Place – Kayla Rinehart and Hailey Yeager
- Cell Biology: Fourth Place – Skyler Shipley and Daniel Nelson
- CodeBusters: Third Place – Aiden Hansen, Nic Seuferer and Hailey Yeager
- Detector Building: Second Place – Nic Seuferer
- Disease Detectives: Second Place – Aiden Hansen and Anna Tourney
- Dynamic Planet: Fourth Place – Hailey Yeager and Anna Tourney
- Environmental Chemistry: Third Place – Abby Harper and Alayna Dostal
- Experimental Design: Fourth Place – Kieran Creeden, Kayla Rinehart and Skyler Shipley
- Forestry: Second Place – Taylor and Zoe Sexton
- Green Generation: Fourth Place – Alayna Dostal and Abby Harper
- Remote Sensing: Second Place – Kieran Creeden and Amanda Tran
- Rocks and Minerals: Second Place – Kieran Creeden and Amanda Tran
- WiFi Lab: Fourth Place – Kieran Creeden and Amanda Tran
The KJH team, pictured above, finished in second place and is also headed to the state event:
- Camille Hermon
- Avery Janiak
- Mary Shaw
- Charity Smith
- Landon Morrill
- Katie Shaw
- Myka Sitton
- Ezra Stuart
- Luke Vanderstel
- Harrison Young
