Thomas County Central’s Science Olympiad Team captured the Region Championship by beating out 17 other teams at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton on March 1, 2014. 

Placing in twenty of the twenty-three competitive events, TCCHS’s Science Olympiad Team brought home medals in eleven events and ribbons in nine other events in the regional competition.  The team will advance to state competition to be held March 22 at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta. 

First place medals were won by Kaylee Shaver and Lauren Rich in Astronomy; Kaylee Shaver and Viraj Patel in Bungee Drop; Noah Harris & Justin Knapp in Chemistry Lab; Kaylee Shaver and Viraj Patel in Elastic Launched Glider; Emily Kornegay and Noah Harris in Mission Possible; and Lauren Rich and Kaylee Shaver in Write It/Do It.

Second place medals were won by Emily Kornegay, Kaylee Shaver and Viraj Patel in Experimental Design; and Noah Harris and Justin Knapp in Forensics.

Third place medals were won by Savannah Matherly and Justin Knapp in Anatomy & Physiology; Brian West and Emily Kornegay in Compound Machines; and Savannah Matherly and Brian West in MagLev.

Ribbons were won by the following students in their respective events:  Emily Kornegay in Boomilever; Lauren Rich and Kaylee Shaver in Designer Genes; Lauren Rich in Water Quality; Viraj Patel and Brian West in Circuit Lab; Savannah Matherly and Lauren Rich in Entomology; Justin Knapp in Materials Science; Elisha McDaniel and Courtney Randall in Rocks & Minerals; Viraj Patel and Kaylee Shaver in Technical Problem Solving; and Noah Harris and Viraj Patel in Dynamic Planet.