Kraemer Science Olympiad team earns first place at Sacramento invitational

At the beginning of December, the Kraemer Middle School Science Olympiad team traveled to Sacramento for their first invitational of the year. There, the Cubs squared off against some of the top teams from up and down the state. Following a well-fought battle, the Kraemer team returned home to Placentia with the first place trophy! Additionally, the Kraemer JV team placed 7 out of 32 teams. Way to go, Kraemer!

The following Kraemer students received medals in the designated events:

Event and Place	Students
Anatomy- 1st place	Viraj Jansari	Josh Hockman
Crime Busters 2nd place	Lauren Van Auken	Yunji Kim
Dynamic Planet 4rth place	Taewoo Han	Camille Chap
Ecology 5th place	Mitchell Han	Camille Chap
Experimental Design 4rth place	Josiah Chung	Yunji Kim	Skylar Tanartkit
Fast Facts 4rth place	Josiah Chung	Skylar Tanartkit
Herpatology 2nd place and 6th	Camille Chap	Kaylynn Yune	Ethan Ly	Supawat Pitaknarongphorn
Hovercraft- 1st place	Arjun Patel	Jonathan Kim
Microbe Mission- 1st place and 6th	Viraj Jansari	Skylar Tanartkit	Harshli Shah	Ivette Chen
Mystery Architecture 1st place	Lauren Van Auken	Kaylynn Yune
Optics- 5th place	Anay Dagli	Brian Chang-Chien
Potions and Poisons 4rth place	Lauren Van Auken	Yunji Kim
Road Scholar- 5th place and 6th	Taewoo Han	Julius Kim	Susanna Cao	Kylie Debest
Rocks and Minerals- 3rd place	Arjun Patel	Parth Shah
Thermodynamics 3rd place	Arjun Patel	Jonathan Kim
Write It Do It- 3rd place and 6th	Josiah Chung	Skylar Tanartkit	Kurtis Lee	Anna Mafia
Towers 4rth and 3rd place and 5th	Kaylynn Yune	Josiah Chung	Ivette Chen	Eric Lim
Roller Coaster 4rth place	Mitchell Han	Steven Van Auken
Battery Buggy 1st place	Mitchell Han	Steven Van Auken
Wright Stuff 4rth place and 3rd	Mitchell Han	Steven Van Auken	Chris Tang	Rushin Sanghavi