Mon-Rose, ROWVA Win Titles at WYSE Academic Challenge

  Aaron Frey
  Monday, February 19, 2018 4:41 PM
  Campus News

Galesburg, IL

Monmouth-Roseville High School and ROWVA High School took home the team titles at the 37^th annual Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge regional competition Feb. 15 at Carl Sandburg College’s Main Campus in Galesburg.

Monmouth-Roseville also had the individual champion as Abby Newcomb won first place in both chemistry and English.

Students from Abingdon-Avon, AlWood, Bushnell-Prairie City, East Moline United Township, Galesburg, Farmington, Knoxville, Monmouth-Roseville, Rockridge, ROWVA, Sherrard, Spoon River Valley, United and Williamsfield high schools were tested in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics and physics.

The top three overall finishers in each category received awards, and the top two in each division from each category advanced to compete in the WYSE sectional competition March 13 at Knox College.

Abingdon-Avon, AlWood, Bushnell-Prairie City, ROWVA, Spoon River Valley, United and Williamsfield competed in Division 300. Farmington, Knoxville, Monmouth-Roseville, Rockridge and Sherrard competed in Division 700. Galesburg competed in Division 1,500, and United Township was in the unlimited division.

The WYSE Academic Challenge is offered by more than 50 community colleges and universities in Illinois and Missouri. Material for the multiple-choice tests is drawn from senior high school and freshman-level college curricula.

The top three overall finishers in each subject were as follows:

BIOLOGY

1. Sarah Wallenfelsz, Galesburg
2. Evenlyn Blackford, Monmouth-Roseville
3. Joey Droel, United Township

Honorable Mention — Jack Fletcher, Farmington; Rafael Contreras, Galesburg; Kennedy German, Williamsfield

CHEMISTRY

1. Abby Newcomb, Monmouth-Roseville
2. Christopher Leahy, Galesburg
3. Collin Antolik, United Township

COMPUTER SCIENCE

1. Jacob Betz, Knoxville
2. Harrison Wight, Williamsfield
3. Seth Silvest, Williamsfield

Honorable Mention — Carly Thompson, United

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

1. Matthew Durdle, Monmouth-Roseville
2. Caleb Harrison, Spoon River Valley
3. Evan Dinnon, Rockridge

Honorable Mention — Nate Peters, ROWVA

ENGLISH

1. Abby Newcomb, Monmouth-Roseville
2. Kayla Ault, Monmouth-Roseville
3. Sarah Wallenfelsz, Galesburg

MATHEMATICS

1. Christopher Leahy, Galesburg
2. Rafael Contreras, Galesburg
3. Harrison Wight, Williamsfield

Honorable Mention — Lucas Shroyer, Galesburg

PHYSICS

1. Lucas Shroyer, Galesburg
2. Cole Bizarri, Sherrard
3. Lane Frieden, Monmouth-Roseville

Honorable Mention — Timothy Benedict, Farmington; Baily Taylor, Sherrard

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION

Abby Newcomb, Monmouth-Roseville

DIVISION 300

1. ROWVA
2. United
3. Williamsfield

DIVISION 700

1. Monmouth-Roseville
2. Farmington
3. Knoxville