2004 Virginia Section Chemistry Olympiad Results:

The statistics on the exams (not separated by category) are following:

The top 10 scoring students with 4 alternates were invited to take the second year exam on April 19^th at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Richmond Virginia.  No more than two students from each school are allowed to participate.  The following students accepted 

 A picture of the students who took the National exam:

From Left to Right:  Sydney Creutz, Hadi Anwar, Yuan Rao, Mark Peretich, Riddhi Kothari, Ernesto Gonzales,  and Brian Imsick

Unfortunately, two of the above students could not participate in the National Exam because they are not American citizens and a third student was unable to attend; therefore one of the alternates was selected to participate.  The above students will receive a $25 gift certificate from Barnes and Nobel as a reward for being invited to take the exam.  The results for this exam will be available in late May and hopefully will be posted on the Virginia Section web. 

At each school, the student with the highest score will receive a National Olympiad pin.  The following students were the highest score from each school. 

School	First Year	Second Year
Commonwealth Governor's School	Caleb Erikson & Casey Metheny*
GSGET	Sarah Bower
Maggie Walker Governor's School	Yang (Helen) Han	YUAN  RAO
New Horizons Governor's School		Alex Wilson
The Southside Governor's School for Global Economics and Technology	Clayton Cook
Albemarle HS		Sydney Creutz
Charlottesville High School	Brian Bills
Colonial Heights High School	Chung Yi
Deep Run HS	Cathy Liu	Andrew Ashworth
Gloucester High School	Robert Ressler
Harrisonburg HS	Rachel Fovargue	Riddhi Kothari
Huguenot High School	Tien Pham
James Monroe HS	Will Jacobs
James River High School	Wennie Sung	Mia Bolling
Matoaca High School	Camille Kump	Melissa MacIntyre
Potomac Falls HS	Eithu Lwin	Ernesto Gonazles
Potomac Senior High School	Katy Haskins & Timothy Hatcher*	Najiba Murad
Prince George HS	William White & Bethany Magee*
Stafford HS	Katerina Bartman	Brian Imsick
Highland School	Jillian Gorsuch & Nilo Paschalides*	Jeff Wycleff
Miller School	Joo-hyun Song
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School	Caroline Habliston	Daniel Richmond
Surry County High School	TaMisha Evans
The Steward School		Rachael Meyers

*These students tied for the highest score.

The students with the three highest scores from all participating schools, separated by category and by test will receive a $25 gift certificate for first place, $15 gift certificate for second place and a $10 gift certificate for third place from Barnes and Nobel.  Those students who were also nominated for the National Exam will receive a $25 gift certificate, instead of their place amount.  The following students have the highest scores within the Virginia Section. 

Place	First Year Chemistry Olympiad Local Examination
	Small School Category	Governor's Schools	Large School Category
First	Caroline Habliston – St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes’ School	Yang (Helen) Han – Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School	Rachel Fovague – Harrisonburg High School
Second	Joo-hyun Song – Miller School	John Walk –  Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School	Wennie Sung –James River High
Third	Jae Kyung Kim – Miller School	Xun Zhou – Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School	Brian Bills – Charlottesville High
Place	First Year Chemistry Olympiad Local Examination
	Small School Category	Governor's Schools	Large School Category
First	Daniel Richmond * – St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes’ School	Yuan Rao* –  Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School	Brian Imsick* - Stafford High
Second	Michael Dziuban – St.  Stephen’s & St. Agnes’ School	Brandon Herzog* - Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School	Sydney Creutz* – Albemarle High
Third	Rachael Meyers – The Steward School	Hadi Anwar* - Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School	Mark Peretich* - Stafford High

            *  These students were invited to take the National Examination.

The results of the National Exam

        The results from the National exam showed that two of our students received honors.

            Sydney Cruetz, Albemarle High School, achieved HONORS in the exam

            Yuan James Rao, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School achieved HIGH HONORS in the exam. 

            Brian Imsick and Mark Peretick, Stafford High, did above average on the National exam Part I.