Science Olympiad Teams Ace VASO Regional Tournament

In the VASO Regional Science Olympiad tournament hosted at TFS on February 21, 21 teams representing 12 schools registered and competed in the Division C tournament (high school level) and 2 teams representing 2 schools registered to compete in the Division B tournament (middle school level). 
 
In Division C, medals were awarded to 1st-4th place in each event and trophies were awarded to 1st-4th place overall school performance. Those four schools also qualified to compete at the Division C state tournament at UVA on Saturday, March 21. In Division B, medals were awarded to the event winners as there were only 2 teams competing and a trophy was awarded to the overall winner. The overall winner also qualified to compete at the Division B state tournament (also at UVA on Saturday, March 21).
 
TFSSO had a strong performance, earning several notable accomplishments. Our program this year marks a record for TFS student participation, with 57 students (15 middle school, 42 upper school) participating across four teams at the regional tournament. This represents more than 30% of the student population in the upper school and a strong start to the middle school program. What incredible growth for a program that is celebrating its 10th season!
 
Second, TFSSO qualified for the state tournament in both Division B and Division C for the first time in school history, with the middle school team emerging as the overall winner of yesterday's Division B tournament and TFS Emerald earning 2nd overall in the Division C tournament. This is not a common occurance and is an exciting milestone for TFSSO! Each qualifying school (TFS, Albemarle HS, Rock Ridge HS, and South Lakes HS) will be permitted to send one 15-person team to the state tournament (with a maximum of 7 seniors), so it will be an exciting opportunity for a rematch with those schools as well as other traditionally strong programs from across Virginia (e.g. TJHS for Sci & Tech, Langley HS, CG Woodson HS, Lake Braddock SS, and Fairfax HS in Division C).
 
Finally, the results yesterday continued to demonstrate the strength of the TFSSO program in the physical, Earth/space, and engineering/technical sciences. The Division B team won 3/4 of the events in each of the physical and Earth/space science categories and won all of the engineering/technical events. In Division C, TFS Alabaster, a team of first time 9th and 10th grade students, had an impressive performance beating 53% of teams in physical science events and 83% of teams in engineering/technical science events. Our veteran TFS Emerald team beat 80% of competing teams in physical science events, 85% of competing teams in Earth/space science events, and 95% of competing teams in engineering/technical science events. 
 
What a fantastic accomplishment for our program! A big shout out to Coach Emily in Division B and to Coach Casey in Division C - thank you so much for all the support, time, and effort you continue to give! Onward to the state tournament!
Here is the breakdown of TFSSO's Division B wins. Full tournament results can be found here.
  • Boomilever: Iris D, Charlie F
  • Circuit Lab: William A, Mae T
  • Codebusters: April A, Robert D, Sage W
  • Crime Busters: William A, Daniel B
  • Disease Detectives: Lucien D, James W
  • Heredity: April A, Daniel B
  • Hovercraft: Lucien D, Henry P
  • Machines: Ryan J, Henry P
  • Remote Sensing: Henry F, Henry P
  • Rocks & Minerals: Robert D, James W
  • Scrambler: Daniel C, Henry F
  • Solar System: Sage W, James W
Here is the breakdown of the 1st-4th place medals earned by TFSSO (in bold) as well as 5th-8th place results in Division C. Full tournament results can be found here.

  • Anatomy & Physiology
    • TFS Emerald (Oscar D, Addie T): 5 
  • Astronomy
    • TFS Emerald (Madeline M, Owen S): 5
  • Boomilever
    • TFS Emerald (Eli C, Sofia S): 2
    • TFS Obsidian (Tyler B, Otis H): 6
    • TFS Alabaster (Peter D, Harrison P): 3
  • Circuit Lab
    • TFS Emerald (Hayes B, Oscar D): 2
  • Codebusters
    • TFS Emerald (John B, Eli C, Nati Y): 3
    • TFS Obsidian (Tyler B, Jude G, Otis H): 4
  • Designer Genes
    • TFS Obsidian (Ty B, Will M): 7
  • Disease Detectives
    • TFS Emerald (Lucy L, Catriona S): 7
  • Dynamic Planet
    • TFS Emerald (John B, Eli C): 2
  • Electric Vehicle
    • TFS Emerald (Owen S, Peter W): 1
    • TFS Alabaster (Sophie M, Annie R): 2
  • Forensics
    • TFS Emerald (Nina I, Madeline M): 5
    • TFS Obsidian (Ella W): 8
  • Hovercraft
    • TFS Emerald (Lucy L, Jack J): 1
    • TFS Obsidian (Miles G, Kavi M): 2
    • TFS Alabaster (Jon D, Sean T): 4
  • Machines
    • TFS Emerald (Eli C, Jack J): 1
    • TFS Obsidian (Miles G, Elijah M): 7
    • TFS Alabaster (Eli H, Harrison P): 6
  • Materials Science
    • TFS Obsidian (Claire G, Avery M): 8
    • TFS Alabaster (Emory B, Annie R): 7
  • Remote Sensing
    • TFS Emerald (Hayes B, Peter W): 3
  • Rocks & Minerals
    • TFS Emerald (Nina I, Nati Y): 1
  • Water Quality
    • TFS Obsidian (Ty B, Will M): 1
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