Indiana

Indiana
	General Information
Member of SO since	1985
Total teams	107 ( 17.58% 2021 to 2022)
Division B Champion	Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Division C Champion	Carmel High School
State Tournament Location	Purdue University Northwest
Website	www.indianascienceolympiad.org

Indiana has been one of the largest participants in Science Olympiad for many years now, with Division B claiming 2 slots at the national competition each year, and Division C claiming 2 slots at the national competition until 2015. Two National Tournaments have been held in this state as well, both of which occurred at Indiana University Bloomington (always referred to as "IU" by Indiana residents) in 1995 and 2006.

History

The state is home to national champion Thomas Jefferson Middle School, which won in 1993.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School has dominated Division B for most of its existence, although Batchelor and Ben Franklin have been known to make runs in the past. The Stanley Clark School, Wilbur Wright, Tri-North, Raymond Park Middle School, and Chesterton Middle School have become rising challengers in recent years. The competition between established champion Thomas Jefferson and newer contenders reached a new level of intensity in 2019, a year where both Thomas Jefferson and Raymond Park set the record for lowest scores. Thomas Jefferson won 1st place with 50 points, and Raymond Park got 2nd place with 66 points. Both scores remain state records today.

In Division C, Bloomington High School North, Bloomington High School South and Valparaiso High School have programs with extensive histories, almost always placing in the top 10 at the state tournament in any given year. Other historically strong programs include Carmel High School and North Central High School.

Beginning in the early 2010s, several northern Indiana schools had grown into formidable forces for the state title, most notably Northridge High School and Munster High School, each of which has won a state championship. Lake Central High School and John Adams High School have also proved top contenders in the last 5 years. After a streak of placing 4th place, Lake Central placed 3rd at the 2017 state tournament, and 2nd in 2018. Likewise, John Adams surpassed traditional favorites when it broke into the top 5 in 2018.

In 2013, Munster High School dominated the state tournament winning by a record-breaking margin of 79 points under the 2nd place school, Bloomington High School North. They went on to win the 2014 State Tournament, and continued their victory with a win at the 2015 State Tournament. In 2015, they broke the previous state record with a score of 61 as well as gold medals in 11 out of 23 main events, setting a new record for most gold medals at a tournament. The Munster team would go on to secure a monumental finish at the 2015 National Science Olympiad competition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where they placed 6th in the nation overall—one of the highest placing Division C teams in the history of Indiana. Despite losing to Carmel in 2016, Munster swiftly reclaimed the state title in 2017, where they once again broke their own record again, scoring only 59 points at the state tournament.

In both 2018 and 2019, Carmel High School took the state title. This was first time where Carmel achieved two consecutive wins at the Indiana state tournament.

Past State Champions

This is a record of the past state champions and runners up, and their respective places at the national competition. Scores at the state competition shown in parentheses.

Indiana

General Information
Member of SO since	1985
Total teams	107 ( 17.58% 2021 to 2022)
Division B Champion	Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Division C Champion	Carmel High School
State Tournament Location	Purdue University Northwest
Website	www.indianascienceolympiad.org

Season	Division B					Division C
	Champion		Runner-Up		Third Place	Champion		Runner-Up		Third Place
	Team	Nats Place	Team	Nats Place	Team	Team	Nats Place	Team	Nats Place	Team
1985	Gavit Middle School	11th	Charleston Middle School	19th		Gavit High School	22nd	Seymour High School	24th
1986	Gavit Middle School	9th		N/A		Gavit High School	29th		N/A
1987						North Central High School	24th		N/A
1988	Carmel Clay Middle School		Thomas Jefferson Middle School			North Central High School	17th		N/A
1989	Gavit Middle School	25th	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	N/A		Gavit High School	33rd		N/A
1990	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	21st				Gavit High School	24th		N/A
1991	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	29th	Clay Junior High School	27th		Gavit High School	35th	North Central High School	16th
1992	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	12th		N/A		North Central High School	22nd	Gavit High School	41st
1993	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	1st	Clay Junior High School	8th		North Central High School	15th	The Indiana Academy	43rd
1994	Clay Junior High School	10th	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	8th		North Central High School	26th	The Indiana Academy	37th
1995	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	5th	Clay Junior High School	3rd		North Central High School	10th	Bloomington High School South	15th
1996	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	2nd		N/A		North Central High School	6th	Carmel High School	9th
1997	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	8th		N/A		Bloomington High School South	7th	Carmel High School	11th
1998	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	16th		N/A		Bloomington High School South	19th	Carmel High School	15th
1999	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	4th	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	25th		Bloomington High School South	12th	Valparaiso High School	11th
2000	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	2nd	Batchelor Middle School	13th		Bloomington High School South	11th	Carmel High School	31st
2001	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	3rd	Benjamin Franklin Middle School	14th		Bloomington High School North	14th	Bloomington High School South	25th
2002	Batchelor Middle School	18th	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	3rd		Bloomington High School North (72)	13th	Carmel High School (133)	26th
2003	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (118)	2nd	Benjamin Franklin Middle School (139)	22nd		Bloomington High School North (108)	24th	Carmel High School (150)	26th
2004	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (97)	4th	Benjamin Franklin Middle School (117)	18th		Bloomington High School North (151)	23rd	Carmel High School (159)	15th
2005	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (110)	2nd	The Stanley Clark School (145)	14th		Bloomington High School North (84)	25th	Bloomington High School South (135)	36th
2006	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (116)	10th	Wilbur Wright Middle School (154)	20th		Bloomington High School South (131)	35th	Northridge High School (133)	28th
2007	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (94)	11th	Wilbur Wright Middle School (124)	22nd		Bloomington High School North (130)	15th	Valparaiso High School (137)	11th
2008	The Stanley Clark School	21st	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	15th		Bloomington High School North (95)	10th	Valparaiso High School (97)	11th
2009	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	8th	The Stanley Clark School	23rd		Bloomington High School North	21st	Bloomington High School South	14th
2010	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	9th	Wilbur Wright Middle School	23rd		Bloomington High School South (74)	13th	Bloomington High School North (86)	16th
2011	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (100)	12th	The Stanley Clark School (134)	25th		Northridge High School (123)	21st	Bloomington High School South (144)	13th
2012	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (90)	19th	Wilbur Wright Middle School (104)	24th		Bloomington High School North (135)	23rd	Bloomington High School South (140)	25th
2013	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (85)	19th	The Stanley Clark School	37th		Munster High School (87)	18th	Bloomington High School North (166)	27th
2014	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (95)	20th	Wilbur Wright Middle School (107)	42nd		Munster High School (78)	15th	Whiting High School (162)	35th
2015	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (82)	21st	Chesterton Middle School (178)	N/A		Munster High School (61)	6th	Carmel High School (134)	N/A
2016	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (96)	24th	Chesterton Middle School (164)	N/A		Carmel High School (116)	18th	Munster High School (123)	N/A
2017	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (83)	25th	Raymond Park Middle School (185)	N/A		Munster High School (59)	17th	Bloomington High School South (139)	N/A
2018	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (87)	17th	Raymond Park Middle School (135)	N/A		Carmel High School (77)	24th	Lake Central High School (144)	N/A
2019	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (50)	20th	Raymond Park Middle School (66)	28th		Carmel High School (108)	23rd	Munster High School (110)	N/A
2020	Cancelled due to the 2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak
2021	Thomas Jefferson Middle School (56)	21st	Raymond Park Middle School (76)	45th		Carmel High School (32)	9th	Munster High School (32+0.1)	N/A
2022	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	23rd				Carmel High School (90)	9th	Munster High School (93)	N/A	Lake Central High School (93)

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