March 4, 2004

Timberline Claims Varsity 'Jets' Engineering Title At Boise State

The Boise High JV team hit the books and won the JV title.   First Place Team Second Place Team Twenty-four teams competed in JETS competition on Feb. 28.   For the sixth year in a row, Timberline High School captured the varsity championship title at the southwest Idaho JETS TEAMS (Junior Engineering Technical Society, Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) competition held at Boise State University Feb. 28. Boise High won the junior varsity division. Students from 24 area high schools flexed their intellectual muscles to solve science and engineering problems, competing in teams of eight members. The annual event was hosted by the Boise State College of Engineering. The Timberline-B team took first place in the varsity division with 66 out of a possible 100 points. Team members, who are all sophomores and juniors, were: Gregory Danner, Ian Viable, Varsha Iyer, Diana Ye, Brian Huntington, Josh Archibald-Seiffer, Lisa Reppell and Christoph Hurley. The Timberline-A varsity team finished second with 60 points. The team was comprised of Jason Danner, Tim Ashworth, Henry Unrein, Ciara Huntington, David Li, Devin Allphin, Eric Standley and Andrea Gains-Germain. Both Timberline teams are coached by physics teacher Greg Antonini. In third place was the Borah-B team, with 58 points posted by members Geoff Lodal, Bryan Brocksome, Anthony Lock-Smith, Abra McGillivary, Justin Walters, Shawna Garrison, Mark Gregory and Edith Medina. Vic Hofstetter coaches the Borah teams. In the junior varsity competition the Boise High School team of Lindsay Emerson, Sean Stephens, Jerica Fannin, Alec Williams, David Folkner, Mir Rahmeen Seyyedy and Corwin Delight took first place with 46 points. The team was coached by Robert Bellomy. Borah was the JV runner-up, also with 46 points. The tie was broken by scoring select questions. The team consisted of Ben Coryell, Cody Gough, Bobby Freeman, Nicole Hochstrasser, McKenzie Vaughn, Clara Madsen, Jason Porter and William Gabe. Finishing third in the JV category was Meridian Charter High School-A team with members Vikram Patel, Randi Lowe, Brittney Arnold, Zack Fields, Phil Cottan, Michael Pook, Max McCorkel and Lee Yarbrough. Paul Fischer coached the team. A total of 15 varsity and 9 JV teams competed from the following high schools: Bishop Kelly, Boise, Borah, Capital, Eagle, Emmett, Kuna, Meridian Charter, Nampa Christian, Nampa and Timberline. The competition is part of a national academic program and that helps prepare students for potential careers in engineering and the sciences. The TEAMS competition enables high school students to learn team development skills and then participate as a group in an engineering problem competition. Problems cover mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, visual interpretation of information, computer applications and reading analysis and interpretation. Each year more than 20,000 high school students participate at more than 100 TEAMS sites nationwide. JETS will announce state rankings after March 22 and national rankings in May and will recognize the top 10 national teams at both the varsity and junior varsity level. -30- Contact Leandra Aburusa College of Engineering 208 426-4432 laburusa@boisestate.edu Media contact Pat Pyke communications and marketing 208 426-1987 ppyke@boisestate.edu