Harriton High School

Harriton High School
Location	600 N Ithan Ave #1773 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
State	Pennsylvania
Region	Southeast North Pennsylvania
Map	Harriton High School
Information
Member of SO since	circa 1991
Teams	2
Colors	Black,      Red,      White
Feeds from	Welsh Valley Middle School, Bala Cynwyd Middle School
Results History
Best regional	1st, 1995-2006, 2011-2013, 2015, 2017-2018
Best state	1st, 1994-1995, 1998-2013, 2015-2019
Best nationals	1st, 1995, 2001, 2005

Harriton High School started competing in Science Olympiad around 1991 in Southeast Pennsylvania. As of 2019, Harriton had placed first in the Pennsylvania state Science Olympiad competition 23 times (1994-1995, 1998-2013, 2015-2019) and won the national Science Olympiad title in 1995, 2001, and 2005.

Harriton receives students primarily from Welsh Valley Middle School, however many students who competed in Science Olympiad at Bala Cynwyd Middle School choose to attend Harriton. Students from Bala Cynwyd would otherwise typically attend Lower Merion High School.

Team Information

The Harriton Science Olympiad team, under head coach Brian Gauvin, is one of the most successful teams at the school. Harriton prides itself on its open system in which anyone can join the team and each tournament's competing team is determined by the 15 people on the team who will serve the team best given the circumstances (i.e. ability and scheduling). The team is rather large especially given the small size of the school (currently about 1250) with between 25-40 or so people on the team each year. The team has a welcoming, team-focused mentality, as reflected by the fact that all those on the team, competing or not, are encouraged to come to all competitions. This mentality is also reflected in the team's tradition of going to an invitational with a single team comprised of only freshmen and sophomores.

Team History

Prior to 2020, The Harriton team consistently scored in the top ten at the national competition, having done so for 26 years (1994-2019). Their streak of 16 straight Pennsylvania state titles from 1998-2013 was the longest of any Pennsylvania activity or sport. More recently, in the 2021, the team placed 2nd at the state competition, but 16th at nationals. This marked the first time since 1993 that Harriton did not place in the top 10 at nationals.

Results History

Year	National	Points	State	Points	Regional	Points
1991	-	-			2nd
1992	-	-
1993	14th	58*	2nd
1994	2nd	336*	1st		3rd
1995	1st		1st		1st
1996	9th	250*	2nd		1st
1997	6th	258*	2nd		1st
1998	8th	562*	1st		1st
1999	3rd	648*	1st		1st
2000	7th	624*	1st		1st
2001	1st	214	1st		1st
2002	2nd	222	1st	90	1st
2003	3rd	287	1st	126	1st
2004	3rd	314	1st		1st
2005	1st	217	1st	112	1st
2006	9th	368	1st	128	1st	92
2007	8th	390	1st	74	2nd
2008	5th	318	1st	109	2nd	114
2009	4th	247	1st	65	2nd	80
2010	8th	304	1st	76	2nd	112
2011	8th	310	1st	66	1st	76
2012	6th	314	1st	68	1st	73
2013	2nd	246	1st	81	1st	50
2014	3rd	299	2nd	133	2nd	93
2015	8th	340	1st	82	1st	75
2016	2nd	235	1st	79	2nd	102
2017	2nd	211	1st	39	1st	49
2018	3rd	203	1st	47	1st	44
2019	3rd	277	1st	81	2nd	72
2020	Cancelled due to the 2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak
2021	16th	324	2nd	60	2nd	53
2022	19th	467	2nd	119	1st	67

* More points were awarded for better places.

Invitational Results

Year	Athens	Conestoga	Solon	Wright State	Cornell Invitational	MIT	Princeton	Penn
2007	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	3rd	1st/4th (108/183)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	2nd (171)	3rd/5th (202/237)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	8th (204)	-	1st (197)	-	-	-	-	-
2013	5th (182)	-	-	6th/10th (223/330)	-	-	-	-
2014	5th (190)	-	-	5th/11th (290/367)	-	-	-	-
2015	-	5th (257)	-	-	3rd/4th (119/135)	-	-	-
2016	-	5th (266)	-	-	2nd/3rd (105/131)	3rd (193)	-	-
2017	-	1st (125)	-	-	-	3rd (191)	4th (198)	2nd/3rd (187/189)
2018	-	4th (203)	-	-	-	3rd (228)	-	4th/5th (235/242)
2019	-	11th (380)	-	-	-	11th (393)	-	7th (260)
2020	-	7th (255)	-	-	-	22nd (524)	-	13th/16th (387/431)