Bala Cynwyd Middle School, located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, is among the most competitive schools of Pennsylvania's Division B teams. Located in the southeastern region of Pennsylvania, it currently competes in the Rustin Invitational and Garnet Valley Invitational, in addition to Regionals and States, every year. Bala Cynwyd has advanced to Nationals five times, most recently in 2016, where they placed 17th and won the DuPont Team Enterprise Award. In 2002, Bala Cynwyd placed 4th at the National tournament, their highest rank earned at the Nationals level ever. Students can choose to enter either Harriton High School or Lower Merion High School after graduating from Bala Cynwyd - students from Bala Cynwyd usually choose to go to Lower Merion, but many members of Science Olympiad choose to go to Harriton due to their constant success at the national tournament.
The current coaches include, but are not limited to, Jason Cook, Anne Brletich, and Carolyn McKinney. Past coaches also include Dave Granger, Scott Leggett, Go Ozeni, Kim Rycyzyn, Mr. Bachman, Ms. Gelman, Mrs. Nestor, and others.
Results
Year |
Solon |
Rustin |
Garnet Valley |
Regionals |
States |
Nationals
|
2001
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
2nd |
|
2nd |
|
32nd |
651
|
2002
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
121 |
2nd |
190 |
4th |
406
|
2003
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
147 |
3rd |
172 |
- |
-
|
2004
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
199 |
7th |
333 |
- |
-
|
2005
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
116 |
3rd |
261 |
- |
-
|
2006
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
3rd |
174 |
3rd |
206 |
- |
-
|
2007
|
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
103 |
4th |
|
- |
-
|
2008
|
11th |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
117 |
2nd |
142 |
11th |
442
|
2009
|
11th |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1st |
80 |
3rd |
177 |
- |
-
|
2010
|
7th |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2nd |
113 |
1st |
137 |
14th |
465
|
2011
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
2nd |
131 |
3rd |
214 |
- |
-
|
2012
|
|
|
|
- |
- |
2nd |
167 |
3rd |
212 |
- |
-
|
2013
|
|
13th |
361 |
- |
- |
3rd |
166 |
4th |
244 |
- |
-
|
2014
|
|
5th |
316 |
- |
- |
1st |
112 |
3rd |
185 |
- |
-
|
2015
|
- |
11th |
416 |
- |
- |
1st |
120 |
3rd |
201 |
- |
-
|
2016
|
- |
5th |
286 |
- |
- |
1st |
54 |
2nd |
103 |
17th |
470
|
2017
|
- |
11th |
347 |
- |
- |
2nd |
104 |
6th |
259 |
- |
-
|
2018
|
- |
23rd |
631 |
5th |
219 |
1st |
96 |
3rd |
153 |
- |
-
|
2019
|
- |
16th |
530 |
4th |
173 |
1st |
50 |
3rd |
108 |
- |
-
|
2020
|
- |
8th |
311 |
4th |
164 |
1st |
76 |
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- |
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-
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^ State and National tournaments were not run in 2020 due to COVID-19
For any invitational, Only the best places of the two or three teams that competed are shown.
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