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TAMUK Announces Chemistry Olympics Winners

KINGSVILLE (May 16, 2002) — At Texas A&M University-Kingsville's chemistry department's 29th annual Chemistry Olympics, St. Mary's Hall High School from San Antonio placed first in the Division I sweepstakes for the second year in a row. The team scored 3,273 points to beat Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High School who scored 2,818 points.
In Division II schools, J.B. Alexander High School from Laredo also repeated as first place winner with 2,012 points. Following in second place was Believer's Academy in San Antonio with 1,821 points.

In Division III schools, Bishop High School placed first in the sweepstakes award with 1,126 points. Cotulla High School was second in the sweepstakes competition with 927 points.
Winners by competition are:
Titration Races

Division I, Post-Chemistry I — Stephanie Mappes and Manuel Rosales, Edinburg North High School, first; Sandra Montepeque and Juan Del Rio, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High School, second; and Jamie Kidwell and Dina Abdelsamad, W. B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi, third.

Division I, Chemistry I — Kevin Harrington and Tyler White, Alice High School, first;
Nancy O'Conner and Adam Stiles, St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio, second; and Marco and Mike Castillo, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High School, third.

Division II — Ruben Alexander and Nelly Ruiz de Chavez, J. B. Alexander High School in Laredo, first; Joel Hillner and Aaron Sanford, Believer's Academy in San Antonio, second; and Esmeralda Muñiz and Idalía Alanis, Teacher Academy in Edinburg, third.

Division III — Brandy Meyer and Kristina Rodriguez, Cotulla High School, first; Zelia Zavala and Taylor Rives, Academy High School in Kingsville, second; and Eric Ornelas and Jimmie Heath, third.

Overall first place winners receiving the Golden Buret Award — Rueben Massey and Nelly Ruiz de Chavez, J. B. Alexander High School in Laredo.

Overall second place winners receiving the Silver Buret Award — Joel Hiller and Aaron Sanford, Believer's Academy in San Antonio.
Qualitative Analysis

Division I — Siyu Chen and Lauren Wheeler, H. M. King High School in Kingsville, first; Miranda Vella and Lani Lawson, Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, second; and Anna Barrera and Yolanda Suarez, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High School. The first place team from H. M. King was only seven seconds faster than Flour Bluff and all three schools correctly identified all five unknowns in less than five minutes.

Division II — Aaron Moore and Caleb Robinson, Believer's Academy in San Antonio, first; Matthew Carroll and Alex Garza, J.B. Alexander in Laredo, second; and Ben Montgomery and Kevin Sheridan, Incarnate Word Academy in Corpus Christi, third.

Written Competition
Division I, Chemistry I — Don Fox and Nicki Martinez, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High School, first; Miriam Goldberg and Jessica Spector, St. Mary's Hall High School in San Antonio, second; and Matt Miller and Nansi Singh, St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio, third. There had to be a tie breaker between the first and second place teams to determine a winner.

Division I, Post-Chemistry I — Siyu Chen and Tiffanee Reyes, H. M. King High School in Kingsville, first; Alfredo Fiallo and Margaret Wood, St Mary's Hall High School, in San Antonio, second; and Daniel Davila and Bobby Garcia, Edinburg North High School, third.

Division II — Valeria Montes and Matt Carroll, J.B. Alexander High School in Laredo, first; Nishant Mukherji and Ravi Sharma, J. B. Alexander High School in Laredo, second; and Mary McCulley and Sarah Mumme, Believer's Academy in San Antonio, third.

Division III — Kwok Hang Liu, Bishop High School, first; Laura Bierstedt and Michelle Winterbottom, Orange Grove High School, second; and Jason Ellis and Jessica DeVore, Bishop High School, third.

Team Competition
Division I, Chemistry I — Sean Sandoloski, Sarah Gross and Adam Monroe, St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio, first; Robert Sada, Dan Fox and Melissa Peña, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School, second; and Lee Ann Richey, Michael McDonnell and Fah Pang, Port Aransas High School, third.

Division I, Post-Chemistry I — Chris Perez, Bobby Garcia and Daniel J. Davila, Edinburg North High School, first; Alfredo Fiallo, Ashley Parker and Tim Freeman, St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio, second; and Carla Coltharp, Aaron Assefau and Angie Guerrero, Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, third.

Division II — Matt Carroll, Nelly Ruiz de Chavez and Alex Garza, J.B. Alexander High School in Laredo, first; Mary McCulley, Abby Moffitt and Sarah Mumme, Believer's Academy in San Antonio, second; and Destinee Clubb, Jesse Rossett and Cedric Johnson, Sinton High School, third.

Division III — Jason Ellis, Vic Liu and Jennifer Burkhardt, Bishop High School, first; Emily Gomez, Luke Montgomery and Victor Villarreal, Cotulla High School, second; and Debra Rios, Myra Zimmerman and Genero Vela, Academy High School in Kingsville, third.
Crystal Growth

Manuel Rosales and Stephanie Mappess, Edinburg North High School, first; Maconda O'Conner and Brittany Parrish, St. Mary's Hall in San Antonio, second; and Whitney Corbett and Michael Johnston, Flour Bluff High School, third.
T-shirt Design

Bishop High School took the award in the t-shirt design competition. Nathan Barrientes and Jeremy Martinez accepted the award for their team. Pharr-San Juan-Alamo North High School took second. They were represented by Valeria and Verenice Olmeda. Third place was won by Ingleside High School. Andrew and Amanda Evans accepted the award.

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