User:Alex-RCHS
Alex-RCHS is a former competitor for Raleigh Charter High School in the state of North Carolina, graduating in 2018. He enrolled as a first-year Biology major at UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall of 2018. He will continue his involvement with Science Olympiad by helping/supervising events at several NC regional tournaments, the NC state tournament, and the Duke Invitational Tournament. For the 2019 season he will be supervising/assisting with Thermodynamics B/C and Heredity/Designer Genes.
Competitive Experience
2018 (Senior Year, Co-Captain)
| Event | Regionals* | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 3rd | 2nd | 38th |
| Astronomy | -- | 2nd | ** |
| Microbe Mission | 2nd | 1st | 14th |
| Mousetrap Vehicle | 3rd | 7th | 19th |
| Remote Sensing | 3rd | 2nd | 8th |
| Thermodynamics | 3rd | 9th*** | 20th |
2017 (Junior Year)
| Event | Regionals* | States |
|---|---|---|
| Team | 4th | 5th |
| Disease Detectives | 3rd | 6th |
| Microbe Mission | 3rd | 2nd |
| Remote Sensing | -- | 4th |
| Wind Power | 3rd | 2nd |
2016 (Sophomore Year)
| Event | Regionals* | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 3rd | 2nd | 38th |
| Cell Biology | 3rd | 3rd | 21st |
| Disease Detectives | 3rd | 7th | 22nd |
| Wind Power | 1st | 26th**** | 39th |
2015 (Freshman Year, Junior Varsity)
These rankings are against the other 9 JV teams at the regional tournament.
| Event | Regionals |
|---|---|
| Chem Lab | 6th |
| Dynamic Planet | 7th |
| Egg-O-Naut (Bottle Rocket) | 6th |
"--" indicates that I was added to this event between Regionals and States.
*Raleigh Charter High School competed in the National Ready Region in the 4 years I competed, and for as long as I know. For this reason, we competed against only 3 other varsity teams at the regional tournament, except in 2015 when we competed against 4 teams. The results indicated in these columns reflect mine and my school's rankings against varsity teams only.
**In this case, I would have competed in Astronomy if not for a scheduling conflict at Nationals that required me to choose between Astronomy and Microbe Mission. Due to my experience with and familiarity for the event, I chose to compete in Microbe Mission.
***The points we were awarded were tallied improperly; with correct scoring we would have placed around 4th or 5th.
****This was by far my worst placement ever, and I do not have a reasonable excuse or extenuating circumstance to justify it. Rather, it was a result of poor preparation due to overconfidence brought on by a fluky first-place finish at regionals. It inspired me to promise myself to never place out of the top 10 at states again.
Supervising Experience
To be determined!