Lead by team captains, Zarif Jamal (12th grade), Melody Hong (11th grade), and Catherine Purirojejananon (10th grade), the MacArthur Science Olympiad team took home the Nassau East 5th place qualifying trophy, securing a berth at the New York State tournament. The team will travel to Le Moyne College in Syracuse on March 15 to compete against New York's top 60 teams to determine the Top 10 in New York State for each event and a chance to represent New York at the National Tournament.

Congratulations to the following medalists:

Air Trajectory
4th - Ramon Martinez and Beshoy Takla
3rd - Emily Cavanaugh and Weile Gao

Anatomy and Physiology
3rd - Melody Hong and Zarif Jamal

Astronomy
6th - Benjamin Campbell and Sarah Finger

Chemistry Lab
9th - Melody Hong and Logan Rodriguez

Codebusters
5th - Zarif Jamal, Benjamin Campbell and Catherine Purirojejananon

Disease Detectives
2nd - Melody Hong and Zarif Jamal

Dynamic Planet
9th - Catherine Purirojejananon and Sara Duda

Experimental Design
10th - Jake Tripi, Sarah Finger and Benjamin Campbell

Flight
9th - Darien Zheng and Weile Gao

Fossils
5th - Benjamin Campbell and Logan Rodriguez

Geologic Mapping
9th - Catherine Purirojejananon and Giavanna Riker

Microbe Mission
1st - Melody Hong and Meaghan Campbell

Robot Tour
9th - Weile Gao and Darien Zheng

Scrambler
3rd - Emily Cavanaugh and Jake Tripi

Wind Power
9th - Ramon Martinez and Cody Lin

Write it ? Do it
4th - Jake Tripi and Giavanna Riker