Winners of the 57th annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair

Junior Division

Behavioral & Social Sciences

First place: Grace Powderly, Jenna Winkler, Rina Hayashi and Alayna Layton, all of St. Vincent; second place: Kelsie Graham, Madison Hoehn, Hannah Gotto, Faith Kapp and Abby Rollet, all of St. Vincent; third place: Baylee Botkin and Taylor Tucker of Farmington Middle School, and Sarah Gremaud, Hannah Lukefahr and Payton Triller, all of St. Vincent.

Biochemistry

First place: Megan Peters or St. Vincent de Paul; second place: Zoe Schumer of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; third place: Seth Bauman, Taylor Linderer and Morgan Denton, all of Ste. Genevieve Middle School.

Botany

First place: Alex Eftink of St. Ambrose School; second place: Jarrica Williams of Twin Rivers-Fisk; third place: Jeren Hicks and Chance Wilkerson, both of Twin Rivers-Fisk.

Chemistry

First place: Klara Beel of Leopold R-III and Nick Kight of Advance R-IV; second place: Caitlyn Tinsley and Jade Samanta of Trinity Lutheran School, Emily Page of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School, Catey Hester and Hannah Phillips of Twin Rivers-Fisk, and Kelsey Kendrick and Emily Mouser of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; third place: Madison McConnell of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School, Emily Buerck and Emily Killen of Trinity Lutheran School, Noah Franke and Jonathan Friess of St. Paul Lutheran School, Sydney Rogers of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School, Jordan Huff of St. Vincent de Paul, and Reagan Miller of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School.

Earth & Space Sciences

First place: Sofia Voss of Trinity Lutheran; second place: Janie Lindsey of T.S. Hill Dexter, Austin Goza and Brandt Headrick of Delta Junior High School, Chloe Barton and Sarah Doty of Farmington Middle School, and Joe Lara of Malden High School.

Engineering

First place: Jessie Holweg of Leopold R-III; second place: Hannah Finley of Twin Rivers-Fisk, and Tyler Amos and Jacob Friess of St. Paul Lutheran School; third place: Adam Childers and Jerron Goins of Trinity Lutheran, and Andrew Jobe of St. Ambrose School.

Environmental Science

First place: Myea Sutton of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; second place: Julie Lemarr, Jackie Rhody and Kelly Williamson, all of Qulin Middle School; Brad Orenstein of Nell Holcomb R-IV and Brooke Lottes of St. Vincent; third place: Drew Terrell of Malden High School.

Medicine & Health

First place: Lydia Borneman, Madison Sitzes and Krista Valentine, all of Delta Junior High School; second place: Maci Schamburg of Oak Ridge R-VI and Allie Pujol of St. Vincent de Paul; third place: Jacie Pujol of St. Vincent de Paul, Masyn McWilliams, Andrew Aufdenberg and Drew Ziebd, all of Trinity Lutheran; Harley Allen of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School, and Matthew Woodfin and Evan T. Landewee, Leopold R-III.

Microbiology

First place: Cameron Bleen of Fisk Middle School and Austin Van de Ven of St. Vincent de Paul; second place: Annie Martin of St. Vincent de Paul and Jamie Best of St. Vincent; third place: Amanda Ernstmeyer and Allyson Shaw of St. Paul Lutheran School, and Kaysen Dill and Lydia Harris of Malden Jr. High.

Physics First place: Sylvia Kolda of St. Vincent de Paul, Auggie Knutson of St. Ambrose School, Taylor Lourance, Crysta Mounce and Mckenzie Payne, all of Qulin Middle School; second place: Skylar Hudson, Christopher Bowen, Alexander Ham and Tristan Trout, all of Qulin Middle School; Eva Gassier and Briley Huck of Ste. Genevieve Middle School, Ashlynn Wyman of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School and Elizabeth Guyot of St. Vincent; third place: Olivia Douglas and Katelyn South of Twin Rivers-Fisk, Natalie Hunsaker of Poplar Bluff Junior High, Blake Hennemann and Riley Riehn of St. Vincent, Amy Mittelstadt of Qulin Middle School, Aly Fluchel of Leopold R-III, and Kaitlin Kreitler and Madison Rainey of Ste. Genevieve Middle School.

Zoology

First place: Jason Jerrell of T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School.

Senior Division Winners

Behavioral & Social Sciences

First place: Parker McCormick and Toby Miller of Malden High School; second place: Jamie Hodge and Lydia Reitzel of Delta High School; third place: Chelsea Seyer of Oak Ridge High School.

Biochemistry

First place: Corvin Schoen of Oak Ridge High School; second place: Kaitlyn Dunivan of Puxico R-8 Schools; third place: Kaylen Woods of Oak Ridge High School. Chemistry

First place: Sierra Woods of Puxico R-8 Schools; second place: Amanda Edgar of Portageville High School; third place: Rachel Stueve of Saxony Lutheran High School.

Engineering

First place: Ethan Seyer of Oak Ridge High School; second place: Kelby Brown of Oak Ridge High School; third place: Taylor Bock of Oak Ridge High School.

Environmental science

First place: Zachary Vogel of Saxony Lutheran High School; second place, Hunter Seyer of Oak Ridge High School; and Grace Fox of Oak Ridge High School.

Mathematics & Computer Science

First place: Kolton Benoit of Delta High School.

Medicine & Health

First place: Rachael Gruenwald of Saxony Lutheran High School; second place: Jenna Hawkins and Taylor McCoy of Portageville High School.

Physics

First place: Gregory Hunter and Sam Rhinehart of South Pemiscot High School; second place: Kelly Gillock of Puxico R-8 Schools; third place: Jake LeGrand and Dylan Mahnken of Oak Ridge High School.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Southeast Missouri Science Teachers of Missouri (STOM)

New Teacher Award: Jessica Payne, Twin Rivers (Fisk), 11 projects, 19 students

Ameren Missouri

Brad Orenstein, Nell Holcomb R-IV

American Chemical Society

Junior chemistry: Klara Beel, Leopold RIII

Junior biochemistry: Megan Peters, St. Vincent de Paul

Senior chemistry: Sierra Woods, Puxico R-8 Schools

Senior biochemistry: Corvin Schoen, Oak Ridge High School

American Meteorological Society

Recipient #1: Meagan Parker and Danielle Helderman, Delta High School

Recipient #2: Zachary Vogel, Saxony Lutheran High School

American Psychological Association and Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools

Parker McCormick and Toby Miller, Malden High School

ASM Materials Education Foundation

Ty Wilthong and Brittan Jones, Scott City Middle School

Association for Women Geoscientists

Janie Lindsey, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School

Cape Girardeau Area Engineers Club

Junior recipient: Hannah Finley, Twin Rivers-Fisk

Senior recipient: Taylor Bock, Oak Ridge High School

Cape West Rotary Club

Junior Division: Maci Schamburg, Oak Ridge

Senior Division: Rachael Gruenwald, Saxony Lutheran High School

Genius Olympiad

Recipient No. 1: Myea Sutton, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School

Recipient No. 2: Aly Fluchel, Leopold RIII

I-SWEEP 2013

Outstanding Sustainability Award: Myea Sutton, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School

Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award

Kolton Benoit, Delta High School

Mu Alpha Theta

NOT AWARDED

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Zachary Vogel, Saxony Lutheran High School

National Society of Professional Engineers

Ethan Seyer, Oak Ridge High School

Office of Naval Research

Will Brehmer, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School, Ashlynn Wyman, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School, Kelly Ash, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School

Ricoh Sustainable Development Award

Aly Fluchel, Leopold RIII

Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau

Megan Peters, St. Vincent de Paul

Society for In Vitro Biology

NOT AWARDED

Southeast Missouri Dental Society

Junior recipient: Austin Van de Ven, St. Vincent de Paul

Senior recipient: Sierra Woods, Puxico R-8 Schools

U.S. Metric Association

Jake LeGrand, Oak Ridge High School

U.S. Public Health Service

Rachael Gruenwald, Saxony Lutheran High School

U.S. Air Force

Junior recipient No. 1: Sarah Doty and Chloe Barton, Farmington Middle School

Junior recipient No. 2: Ryan Mayo, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School

Senior recipient No. 1: Ethan Seyer, Oak Ridge High School

Senior recipient No. 2: Sierra Woods, Puxico R-8 Schools

United States Army

Engineering: Dylan Mahnken, Oak Ridge High School

Environmental Sciences: Amanda Edgar, Portageville High School

Life Sciences: Connor Hodge, Delta High School

Mathematics/Computer Science: Kelly Gillock, Puxico R-8

Physical Sciences: Grace Fox, Oak Ridge High School

Bronze Medallion awarded to: Kelly Gillock, Puxico R-8

Water Environment Federation

Recipient No. 1: Ethan Bader, Patrick Maddox and Jackson Wilson, Malden R-I Junior High School

Recipient No. 2: Sarah Doty and Chloe Barton, Farmington Middle School

Yale Science and Engineering Association

Charles Green, Malden High School

Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars)

Megan Peters, St. Vincent de Paul; Sylvia Kolda, St. Vincent de Paul; Zoe Schumer, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; Cameron Bleen, Fisk Middle School; Jessie Holweg, Leopold R-III; Austin Van de Ven, St. Vincent de Paul; Jason Jerrell, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; Seth Bauman, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Auggie Knutson, St. Ambrose School; Myea Sutton, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; Taylor Lourance, Qulin Middle School; Crysta Mounce, Qulin Middle School; Mckenzie Payne, Qulin Middle School; Klara Beel, Leopold R-III; Taylor Linderer, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Morgan Denton, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Annie Martin, St. Vincent de Paul; Jamie Best, St. Vincent; Skylar Hudson, Qulin Middle School; Christopher Bowen, Qulin Middle School; Alexander Ham, Qulin Middle School; Tristan Trout, Qulin Middle School; Nick Kight, Advance R-IV; Caitlyn Tinsley, Trinity Lutheran; Eva Gassier, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Briley Huck, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Ashlynn Wyman, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; Julie Lemarr, Qulin Middle School; Jackie Rhody, Qulin Middle School; Kelly Williamson, Qulin Middle School; Elizabeth Guyot, St. Vincent; Grace Powderly, St. Vincent; Jenna Winkler, St. Vincent; Lydia Borneman, Delta Junior High School; Madison Sitzes, Delta Junior High School; Krista Valentine, Delta Junior High School; Brad Orenstein, Nell Holcomb R-IV; Olivia Douglas, Twin Rivers-Fisk; Katelyn South, Twin Rivers-Fisk; Brooke Lottes, St. Vincent

Best Experiment Study

Jason Jerrell, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School; Skylar Hudson, Qulin Middle School; Christopher Bowen, Qulin Middle School; Alexander Ham, Qulin Middle School; Tristan Trout, Qulin Middle School; Taylor Lourance, Qulin Middle School; Crysta Mounce, Qulin Middle School; Mckenzie Payne, Qulin Middle School; Auggie Knutson, St. Ambrose School; Eva Gassier, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Briley Huck, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Sylvia Kolda, St. Vincent de Paul; Austin Van de Ven, St. Vincent de Paul; Annie Martin, St. Vincent de Paul; Cameron Bleen, Fisk Middle School; Jamie Best, St. Vincent; Klara Beel, Leopold R-III; Nick Kight, Advance R-IV; Caitlyn Tinsley, Trinity Lutheran; Morgan Denton, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Taylor Linderer, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Seth Bauman; Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Megan Peters, St. Vincent de Paul; Zoe Schumer, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School

Best Collection Study

Myea Sutton, T.S. Hill Dexter Middle School

Best Model Study

Jessie Holweg, Leopold R-III

Best Invention

Daniel Carter, 3-D Academy Homeschool; Dakota Carter, 3-D Academy Homeschool

Best Observation

Kaitlin Kreitler, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Madison Rainey, Ste. Genevieve Middle School; Lydia Borneman, Delta Junior High School; Madison Sitzes, Delta Junior High School; Krista Valentine, Delta Junior High School

Best Group

Experiment: Taylor Lourance, Crysta Mounce, and Mckenzie Payne of Qulin Middle School

Overall Junior Life Science

Cameron Bleen, Fisk Middle School

Overall Junior Physical Science

Megan Peters, St. Vincent de Paul

Top Eighth Grade Student

Megan Peters, St. Vincent de Paul

Dr. E. Lawrence Bahn Memorial Fund

Corvin Schoen, Oak Ridge High School

ISEF Winners

Recipient No. 1: Corvin Schoen, Oak Ridge High School

Recipient No. 2: Sierra Woods, Puxico R-8 Schools

Alternate: Ethan Seyer, Oak Ridge High School