Vestal High School
| Vestal High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | 205 Woodlawn Dr, Vestal, NY 13850 |
| State |  New York
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| Region | Southern Tier Regional |
| Map | Coordinates: 42°05′10″N 76°02′43″W / 42.086119215681045°N 76.04518906276782°W |
| Information | |
| Member of SO since | Between 1984-87 |
| Teams | 2 |
| Feeds from | Vestal Middle School |
| Results History | |
| Best regional | 1st (2003) |
| Best state | 4th (2003) |
| Best nationals | NA |
| Social Media | |
| Website | [1] |
Vestal High School, located in the southern tier of New York, was founded in the 90s, and rose to its peak in New York in the early 2000s. It consists of two competing teams, named Gold and Green (sometimes just A and B).
Their mascot is the BLÅVINGAD whale, the school colors are of Gold and Green, and they are known for having the best snacks (Pringles are amazing). The team has never made an appearance at the national tournament, with 4th place being the highest place in history. However, it is our goal one day to advance to the national tournament and with hard work and dedication, anything is possible!
Results History
Vestal's best performance was at the 2003 States Tournament when they achieved 4th place.
| Year | National | State | Regional |
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| 2000 | 1st | ||
| 2001 | 6th | 1st | |
| 2002 | 8th | 2nd | |
| 2003 | - | 4th | - |
| 2004 | - | 4th (375) [[2]]
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| 2005 | - | 5th[[3]]
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| 2006 | - | 5th[[4]]
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| 2007 | - | 5th[[5]]
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| 2008 | - | 6th (428) | - |
| 2009 | - | 18th (568) | 3rd |
| 2010 | - | 26th (699) | 2nd |
| 2011 | - | 17th (600) | - |
| 2012 | - | 29th (693) | 1st |
| 2013 | - | 30th (690) | 2nd |
| 2014 | - | 26th (683) | 1st (62) |
| 2015 | - | 17th (570) | 1st (45) |
| 2016 | - | 21st (624) | 1st |
| 2017 | - | 44th (870) | 1st |
| 2018 | - | 41th (793) | 1st |
| 2019 | - | 49th (879) | 2nd (49) |
| 2020 | x | x | - |
| 2021 | - | 67th (823) | 1st (36) |
| 2022 | - | - | 6th (192) |
| 2023 | - | 43rd (839) | 3rd (115) |
| 2024 | - | 43rd (830) | 2nd (83) |
| 2025 | - | 41st (786) | 2nd (78) |
Abridged History
From a 2001 website that's nearing its end of life, THaTpErSoN obtained the crucial detail that Vestal SciOly was formed sometime durin the 1980s, as the phrase was, quote, "Vestal High School has had a high school Science Olympiad team for almost 20 years now." Taking rounding into account, that means from 15 to 19 years. Unfortunately, 19 years ago from 2001 was before soinc.org's 1984 founding year, thus narrowing the potential range from 15 to 17 years from 2001, or 1984-86. Alas, until we further uncover the rest of VSO's history, its official beginnings remains shrouded in mystery.
Members
Past Members
An archive of this a retired website, but more meaningfully, a memorial for our past members.
2000-01 Captain: Jeen-Joo Kang
Anshu Agarwal Raghav Agnihotri Salmahn Alam Carolyn Barker Bryan Beaudoin Vivian Ferry Saugata Ghose Avi Guter Tabish Hoda Andrea Hsue Rosemary Ku Maggie Lowenstein Theresa Lynn Nick Maliwacki Connie Meng Dan Mezzanotte Nader Moussa Jamie Mullally Jacquelyn Naranjo Thomas Noriega Olga Petrova Elisa Pueschel Dave Roeber Santosh Sagar Dave Scordino Ian Slattery Komal Talati Ronak Talati
Coaches: Weston Harrison Livingstone Suggs
2001-2 Captains: Ronak Talati Vivian Ferry Salmahn Alam
Salmahn Alam Carolyn Barker Jason Clark Kevin Eiche Kevin Fey Saugata Ghose Julia Howland Joan Kim Dan Kinney Christine Leddy Maggie Lowenstein Theresa Lynn Nick Maliwacki Ben Martens Connie Meng Jamie Mullally Conway Niu Jackie Naranjo David Noriega Thomas Noriega Dave Scordino Miranda Struck Komal Talati Jillian Thompson Pat Toner Justin Vitanza Eric Wang
Coaches: Livingstone Suggs Harrison Lowell
Unfortunately, there remains a gap in 2003-2014 in our records, (either no updates or deletion).
2015-2016 Captains: Jamie Wu Haashim Shah Graham Wilcox
Team A Ewa Sulicz Joyce Zhu Kevin Fang Alicia Yin Chris Vincens Grace Kim Eamon Reynolds Nick Barney Max Feinberg
Coaches Mr Porigow Mrs. Livingstone
2016-2017 Captains: Haashim Shah Graham Wilcox Joyce Zhu Ewa Sulicz
Team A: Mike Bronikowski Ruben Cuevas Cathy Deskur Kevin Fang Saavan Kaneria Priya Kaneria Grace Kim Shreya Nippani Sharron Ojo Danyal Shah Chris Vincens
Coaches: Mrs. Lowenstein Mrs. Livingstone
2017-2018 Captains: Grace Zhu Ewa Sulicz Danyal Shah Mike Bronikowski
Team A: Cathy Deskur Vishnu Kamagere Saavan Kaneria Priya Kaneria John Li Kaimana Lum Ali Mazrui Nidhi Mehta Daksh Mehta Shreya Nippani Sharron Ojo Afzal Shah
Coaches: Mrs Livingstone Mrs Lowenstein
2018-2019 Captains: Saavan Kaneria Priya Kaneria Mike Bronikowski Danyal Shah
Team A: Angelina Consolazio Jaron Cui Cathy Deskur Josh Lee Kaimana Lum Ali Mazrui Daksh Mehta Nidhi Metha Afzal Shah Shruti Venkatesh Chris Vincens
Team B: John Guo Kelly Hao Seth Jaysena Vishnu Kamagere Alexey Khaliminov Mihir Kothari John Li Maiko Lum Logan Matthews Sid Nippani Sharron Ojo Jeffery Skojec Surhbi Vasiu Graze Zhou
Coaches: Mrs. Lowenstein Mr. Brembs Mr.Rockhill Ms Pointer
2019 -2020 Captains: The G.O.A.T : Saavan Kaneria Afzal Shah Daksh Mehta Angelina Consolozaio
Team A: Catherine Deskur Jaron Cui Shruti Venkatesh Maiko Lum Sid Nippani Aarav Shah Anna Bishop Banshika Mangal John Guo Samson Wong Teresa Pyo Hershey Singh
Team B: Vraj Amin Grace Zh ou Logan Mathhews Seth Jayasena Ritaj Ghissasi Cheuk Hei Yeung Surahbi Vasiu Awab Ghissasi Joshua Jang Grace Yoon Kara Dhakal Maggie Zhang Ayah Asal Sophia Chiu Matthew Mix Jianhua Hei Yeung