Goshen’s Science Olympiad Junior Team heads to state competition

GOSHEN — The Goshen Junior Science Olympiad team excelled at the Mid-Hudson Division B Regional tournament on March 17, placing first overall in the competition and securing a spot at the State Finals in Syracuse on April 13 and 14.
Goshen’s two teams, consisting of 31 students, competed at the event while several of the Science Olympiad Senior Team members volunteered their time to assist the Monroe-Woodbury School District with running the tournament. Students competed in events such as Microbiology, Forensics, Optics, Thermodynamics, and Anatomy and Physiology. At the events, students competed in pairs; the top three teams in each event are awarded medals. Goshen students medaled in every event the teams competed in at the Regional tournament.
The following medals were awarded:
Anatomy & Physiology: First place – Xander Danella and Ekam Singh; Second place – Dan Fellenzer and Kapil Foster
Battery Buggy: First place – Jason Barnes and Ben Pahucki; Second place – Carlos Alicea and Rohan Chhabra
Crime Busters: Second place – Kaylee Kohn and Nahal Jangda
Disease Detective: First place – Ryan Mistretta and Nahal Jangda; Third place – Eesha Ramanathan and Serena Yeddu
Dynamic Planet: Second place – Ryan Mistretta and Jackson Diglio
Ecology: First place – Jackson Diglio and Dan Fellenzer; Second place — Kylie Danella and Bryce Rodriguez
Experimental Design: First place – Arun Foster, Alex Mistretta, and Andrew Rampulla; Second place – Rohan Chhabra, Xander Danella, and Bryce Rodriquez
Fast Fact: Third place – Gabe Kaufman and Francis McGuiness
Herpetology: Second place – Zachary Jessup and Cora Pahucki; Third place – Kylie Danella and Gabe Kaufman
Hovercraft: First place – Carlos Garcia and Ekam Singh
Meteorology: First place – Jackson Diglio and Andrew Rampulla
Microbe Mission: First place – Zachary Jessup and Ryan Mistretta
Optics: First place – Arun Foster and Alex Mistretta; Second place – Rohan Chhabra and Tanvir Singh
Parasitology: First place – Xander Danella and Kiara Paulino; Second place – Jason Barnes and Cora Pahucki
Potions & Poisons: First place – Kaylee Kohn and Imaan Beg; Second place – AJ Bauer and Serena Yeddu
Road Scholar: First place – Ben Pahucki and Kapil Foster
Rocks & Minerals: First place – Ben Pahucki and Andrew Rampulla; Third place – AJ Bauer and Eesha Ramanathan
Science Quiz Bowl: Second place – AJ Bauer, Kylie Danella, and Julisa Posada
Solar Systems: First place – Arun Foster and Ben Pahucki; Third place – Ysa Paneto and Kiara Paulino
Thermodynamics: First place – Imaan Beg and Zachary Jessup; Second place – Carlos Alicea and Ysa Paneto
Towers: First place – Arun Foster and Cora Pahucki; Third place – Gabe Kaufman and Francis McGuiness
Wright Stuff: Second place – Jackson Diglio and Andrew Rampulla; Third place – Eesha Ramanathan and Bryce Rodriguez
The team and its coachesThe team consists of students from grades 6 through 9 and is lead by head coach Becky DenDanto, assistant coaches Laura Muller and Warren Young, and volunteer coaches Greg Foster, Devra Mistretta and Chrissy Pahucki.
The members of the Goshen Junior Science Olympiad Team are Carlos Alicea, Jason Barnes, AJ Bauer, Imaan Beg, Rohan Chhabra, Kylie Danella, Xander Danella, Jackson Diglio, Dan Fellenzer, Arun Foster, Kapil Foster, Carlos Garcia, Nahal Jangda, Zachary Jessup, Gabe Kaufman, Kaylee Kohn, Francis McGuinness, Alex Mistretta, Ryan Mistretta, Ben Pahucki, Cora Pahucki, Ysabela Paneto, Kiara Paulino, Julisa Posada, Eesha Ramanathan, Andrew Rampulla, Bryce Rodriguez, Ekamjot Singh, Tanvir Singh, Marissa Villamil, and Serena Yeddu.
Next up are the New York State Finals in Syracuse, NY. Find out more about the team and the events they participate in by visiting their website at goshenscioly.wixsite.com/scioly.