march 4, 2003

BOISE STATE CROWNS ANNUAL SCIENCE COMPETITION DAY WINNERS

Timothy Lipus of Timberline High School and Joe Nutting of Skyview High School were the top winners at the 36th annual Science Competition Day, held last Saturday at Boise State University. As the grand-prize winners Lipus and Nutting will each be offered a four-year renewable scholarship to Boise State.

The event, sponsored by Boise State and the Micron Technology Foundation, featured high school students from around Idaho who participated in a variety of academic competitions on the Boise State campus. Approximately 250 students participated in the event.

"This was an opportunity for students to compete and win prizes for academic excellence and to demonstrate skills in designing, building and solving problems," said mechanical engineering professor and Science Day committee chair Joe Guarino.

The Science Competition Day exam is a written test that covers biology, chemistry, engineering, geosciences, mathematics and physics. Hands-on design and problem-solving competitions include building bridges and earthquake-resistant towers from toothpicks and white glue; a team computer programming competition; and a team ProbleMATHon where students develop original solutions to challenging math problems.

Following are the results of Saturday’s annual Science Competition Day:

Timothy Lipus, Timberline High School

Joe Nutting, Skyview High School

Large School: Timberline High School (Timothy Lipus, Derek Oldridge, Jeff Johnson, Michael Merkley)

Medium School: Middleton High School (Kevin Vandebogart, Tyson Meeks, Tiare Weber)

Small School: Nampa Christian (David Morrison, David Stone)

Large School: Tied for 1st, Timothy Lipus, Timberline High School, Joe Nutting, Skyview High School, and Wesley Essig, Boise High School; Tied for 2nd, Kurt Palmer, Bishop Kelly High School and Lorne Hofstetter, Boise High School

Medium School: 1st, Kevin Vandebogart, Middleton High School; 2nd, Tyson Meeks, Middleton High School; 3rd Marie Bingham, Snake River High School

Small School: 1st, David Morrison, Nampa Christian; 2nd, David Stone, Nampa Christian; 3rd, Trenton Ivey, Nampa Christian

Bishop Kelly High School (Kurt Palmer, Brian Lantz, Nathan Murphy, Jeff Schoenfelder)

Mathematics (individual)

Large School: 1st, Kurt Palmer, Bishop Kelly High School; 2nd, Joe Nutting, Skyview High School; 3rd, Austin Call, Centennial High School

Medium School: 1st, Kevin Vandebogart, Middleton High School; 2nd, Tiare Weber, Middleton High School; 3rd, Dallin Cook, Snake River High School

Small School: 1st David Morrison, Nampa Christian High School; 2nd, Jonny Olson, Nampa Christian High School; 3rd, David Stone, Nampa Christian High School

Timberline High School (Laura Arjona, Daria Kanevski, Jeff Johnson, Ciara Huntington)

Large School: 1st, Devin Smith, Boise High School; 2nd, Laura Arjona, Timberline High School; 3rd Joe Nutting, Skyview High School

Medium School: 1st, Marie Bingham, Snake River HS; 2nd, Derreck Blight, Snake River High School; 3rd, Kevin Vandergobart, Middleton High School

Small School: 1st, David Morrison, Nampa Christian High School; 2nd, Benjamin Simpson, Nampa Christian High School; 3rd, Grant Bruner, Nampa Christian High School

Timberline High School (Eric Standley, Timothy Lipus, Derek Oldridge, Jeff Johnson)

Large School: 1st, Eric Standley, Timberline High School; 2nd, Timothy Lipus, Timberline High School; 3rd Derek Oldridge, Timberline High School

Medium School: 1st, Tyson Meeks, Middleton High School; 2nd, Kevin Vandergobart, Middleton High School; 3rd, Dustin Marshall, Snake River High School

Small School: 1st, David Stone, Nampa Christian High School; 2nd, David Morrison, Nampa Christian High School; 3rd, Benjamin Simpson, Nampa Christian High School

Timberline High School (Timothy Lipus, Michael Merkley, Jeff Johnson, Jake Renz)

Large School: 1st, Lorne Hofstetter, Boise High School; 2nd , David Rush, Borah High School; 3rd, Timothy Lipus, Timberline High School

Medium School: 1st, Tyson Meeks, Middleton HS; 2nd, Kevin Vandergobart, Middleton High School; 3rd, Erron Prickett, Middleton High School

Engineering Small School: 1st, Grant Bruner, Nampa Christian High School; 2nd, Trenton Ivey, Nampa Christian High School; 3rd, David Stone, Nampa Christian High School

Geology: Timberline High School (Timothy Lipus, Eric Standley, Devin Allphin, Jason Danner)

Large School: 1st, Jeff Schoenfelder, Bishop Kelly High School; 2nd, Timothy Lipus, Timberline High School; 3rd, Dan Goodwin, Boise High School

Medium School: 1st, Tyson Meeks, Middleton High School; 2nd, Tiare Weber, Middleton High School; 3rd, Marie Bingham, Snake River High School

Small School: 1st, Trenton Ivey, Nampa Christian High School; 2nd, Grant Bruner, Nampa Christian High School; 3rd, David Morrison, Nampa Christian High School

Timberline High School (Michael Merkley, Timothy Lipus, Scott Mitchell, Aaron Dorn)

Large School: 1st, Kurt Palmer, Bishop Kelly High School; 2nd , Michael Merkley, Timberline High School; 3rd, Timothy Lipus, Timberline High School

Medium School: 1st Kevin Vandergobart, Middleton High School; 2nd Tyson Meeks, Middleton High School; 3rd, Nathan Marshall, Snake River High School

Small School: 1st, David Morrison, Nampa Christian High School; 2nd, Jonny Olson, Nampa Christian High School; 3rd, Lorenna Ellis, Nampa Christian High School

Bridge building

1st, Tiare Weber, Middleton High School; 2nd, David Rush, Borah High School; 3rd, Staci Ritch, Middleton High School

1st, David Rush, Borah High School; 2nd, Tracy Bryant, Borah High School; 3rd, Lee Barats , Eagle High School

Tied for 1st: Bishop Kelly High School (Eileen Bassiri, Kurt Palmer, Laura Smith) and

Capital High School (Jamie Bird, Jamaal Justice, Lindsey Parker, Ilia Shadrin)

3rd, Eagle High School (Matthew Johnson, Kurt Krohmer, Matthew Wilson)

1st, Centennial High School (Kelv Cutler, Austin Call, Mike Turi); 2nd, Capital High School (Ben Bartle); 3rd, Nampa Christian High School (David Morrison, David Stone, Trenton Ivey)

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Joe Guarino

Engineering

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Pat Pyke

communications and marketing

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