Ridgeview's 2009 Science Bowl
Ridgeview's 2009 Science Bowl Team 1 attended the National Science Bowl
Competition in Washington, DC, April 30 - May 5, 2009.
To qualify, the team first won the Rocky Mountain Regional Competion in
February. Of the 24 teams that competed, Ridgeview's team was in 8th
place at the end of the round robin portion and was therefore the final
qualifier for the double elimination rounds. To win, the team,
consisting of captain Ben Michaud, Ryan Hitchman, David Chiavetta,
Westin Webb, and Sarah Hamilton, proceeded to beat all three teams to
which it had lost earlier in the day: Peak to Peak Charter School,
Fairview High School (Boulder), and Poudre High School. (Poudre and
Fairview teams had placed first and second at the regional competitions
for the past three years. The 2007 Poudre team went on to win the
National competition and the 2008 Fairview team was the 4th place team
there.) Ridgeview was undefeated in the double elimination rounds,
winning the final round on the last question in a nail-biter against Poudre.
At the National competition, Ridgeview had a winning record in the round
robin competition, but did not qualify for the double elimination
rounds. However, almost all of the other 63 teams competing were from
much larger schools.
In addition to the actual competition, the National trip included visits
to a number of monuments, to several Smithsonian museums, and to the
U.S. Capitol. At the Capitol, Ridgeview's team was congratulated by
Representative Betsey Markey, who also gave the team a personal,
after-hours tour of the Capitol Rotunda and Statuary Hall.
The team's trip to the National competition was paid for by the Regional
Competition sponsor, WAPA, based in Loveland, CO. Ridgeview also
received more than $1000 from the Shell corporation in recognition of
the team's academic achievement.
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