South Carolina Science Olympiad

The South Carolina Science Olympiad Competition, often abbreviated as SCSO, is an annual Science Olympiad competition comprising middle school and high school teams across South Carolina. The competition was first held in the C Division (grades 9–12) in 1985, with the inaugural state champions being Irmo High School from Irmo.[1] Bell Street Middle School from Clinton won the first B Division (grades 6–9) state championship a year later.[2] The winners of the tournament represent South Carolina at the Science Olympiad National Tournament, held in May at various universities across the nation.

South Carolina Science Olympiad

Abbreviation	SCSO
Formation	1985
Founded at	Newberry, SC
Type	Science competition
Headquarters	The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina
State Director	Dr. Jennifer Albert (since 2018)
Current Division B Champions	Clinton Middle School (19th title, 17th straight)
Current Division C Champions	Academic Magnet High School (2nd title)
Parent organization	Science Olympiad
Website	South Carolina Science Olympiad

The current state champions are Clinton Middle School and Academic Magnet High School, who won their 19th and 2nd state championships, respectively, on March 16, 2019.

Dr. Jennifer Albert assumed the position of State Director for the 2019 season; she replaced Dr. Bret Clark.

History

Newberry was the host of the state competition from its start in 1985 to 2018.

The Citadel, in Charleston, hosted the state competition in 2019.

The competition has been held every year since 1985 for Division C and since 1986 for Division B.[3][4]

Year	Division B Champions	Division C Champions	Host
1985	N/A	Irmo	Newberry College Newberry, SC
1986	Bell Street	Irmo
1987	Bell Street	Irmo
1988	Irmo	Irmo
1989	Irmo	Irmo
1990	Irmo	Irmo
1991	Irmo	Irmo
1992	Irmo	Irmo
1993	Irmo	Irmo
1994	Irmo	Irmo
1995	Irmo	Irmo
1996	Irmo	Dutch Fork
1997	Irmo	Dutch Fork
1998	Irmo	Dutch Fork
1999	Dutch Fork	Irmo
2000	Dutch Fork	Irmo
2001	Dutch Fork	Dutch Fork
2002	Dutch Fork	Irmo
2003	Bell Street	Irmo
2004	Bell Street	Irmo
2005	Bell Street	Irmo
2006	Bell Street	Irmo
2007	Bell Street	Irmo
2008	Bell Street	Irmo
2009	Bell Street	Clinton
2010	Bell Street	Clinton
2011	Bell Street	Clinton
2012	Bell Street	Clinton
2013	Bell Street	Clinton
2014	Bell Street	Clinton
2015	Bell Street[5]	Academic Magnet[6]
2016	Clinton[lower-alpha 1]	Clinton
2017	Clinton	Clinton
2018	Clinton	Clinton
2019	Clinton	Academic Magnet	The Citadel Charleston, SC
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Indicates team won the national tournament.

1. Changed name from Bell Street to Clinton prior to 2016 tournament.[7]

Statistics

State Championships by School

Division B

Rank	School	No.	Years
1	Bell Street M.S./Clinton M.S.	19	1986, 1987, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2	Irmo M.S.	11	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
3	Dutch Fork M.S.	4	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Division C

Rank	School	No.	Years
1	Irmo H.S.	20	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
2	Clinton H.S.	9	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
3	Dutch Fork H.S.	4	1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
4	Academic Magnet H.S.	2	2015, 2019

BOLD denotes a national championship.

Results

• Score is calculated by giving 1 point for a first-place finish, 2 points for a second-place finish, etc.
• In final events standings, (C) denotes the champions for that year, (D) denotes defending champions.

2019 competition

The 2019 competition was the first to feature regional competitions; teams were able to compete in whichever regional they prefer but were only allowed to compete in one. Regional competitions were held on February 23, 2019, at Newberry College and March 2, 2019, at The Citadel. The state competition was held on March 16, 2019, at The Citadel.[8]

Newberry Regional Division B – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy & Physiology GREEN Charter – 1 Irmo Chapin Meadow Glen – 1 Battery Buggy GREEN Charter – 1 GREEN Charter – 2 Irmo Meadow Glen – 2 Boomilever GREEN Charter – 1 GREEN Charter – 2 Pleasant Knoll Meadow Glen – 2 Circuit Lab GREEN Charter – 1 Meadow Glen – 1 Irmo Ben Lippen Crimebusters Langston Charter Pleasant Knoll Banks Trail GREEN Charter – 1 Density Lab Pleasant Knoll Irmo Mid Carolina Meadow Glen – 2 Disease Detectives Ben Lippen Banks Trail Pleasant Knoll Meadow Glen – 1 Dynamic Planet GREEN Charter – 1 Meadow Glen – 1 E.P. Todd Ben Lippen Experimental Design Banks Trail Meadow Glen – 1 Irmo Chapin Elastic Launch Glider GREEN Charter – 2 GREEN Charter – 1 Pleasant Knoll Irmo Fossils Pleasant Knoll Chapin Banks Trail Meadow Glen – 1 Game On Chapin Pleasant Knoll Langston Charter E.P. Todd Heredity Irmo Langston Charter Meadow Glen – 2 GREEN Charter – 1 Herpetology School of the Minds Banks Trail GREEN Charter – 2 GREEN Charter – 1 Meteorology Irmo E.P. Todd Meadow Glen – 2 Mid Carolina Mystery Architecture Irmo E.P. Todd Meadow Glen – 2 Meadow Glen – 1 Potions & Poisons Meadow Glen – 2 Pleasant Knoll Chapin Ben Lippen Road Scholar GREEN Charter – 2 Meadow Glen – 2 Banks Trail Ben Lippen Roller Coaster Langston Charter Meadow Glen – 1 Meadow Glen – 2 Mid Carolina Solar System Meadow Glen – 1 GREEN Charter – 1 Irmo GREEN Charter – 2 Thermodynamics Meadow Glen – 1 Meadow Glen – 2 Banks Trail Ben Lippen Water Quality GREEN Charter – 1 Meadow Glen – 2 GREEN Charter – 2 Pleasant Knoll Write It Do It Chapin Meadow Glen – 1 Ben Lippen Pleasant Knoll   Winning team Division B – final standings Position Team Score 1 Irmo 109 2 Meadow Glen – 2 113 3 GREEN Charter – 1 134 4 Meadow Glen – 1 140 5 Chapin 142 6 Pleasant Knoll 151 7 Ben Lippen 191 Mid Carolina 9 Banks Trail 196 10 GREEN Charter – 2 202 11 E.P. Todd 207 12 Langston Charter 226 13 Newberry 250 14 School of the Minds 303 Division C – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy & Physiology Irmo GREEN Charter Spring Hill – 1 Spring Hill – 2 Astronomy May River Clinton Dutch Fork Chapin Boomilever GREEN Charter May River Oakbrook Prep Irmo Chemistry Lab Chapin Irmo Dorman Dutch Fork Circuit Lab Oakbrook Prep Mid Carolina Dutch Fork Irmo Codebusters Irmo J.L. Mann May River Oakbrook Prep Designer Genes Dutch Fork May River Irmo Spring Hill – 1 Disease Detectives Chapin J.L. Mann Oakbrook Prep May River Dynamic Planet Spring Hill – 1 May River J.L. Mann Oakbrook Prep Experimental Design Clinton Dutch Fork Spring Hill – 1 Chapin Fermi Questions Dutch Fork Oakbrook Prep Spring Hill – 1 Clinton Forensics Clinton Chapin Dorman GREEN Charter Fossils Clinton May River J.L. Mann Chapin Geologic Mapping Clinton Spring Hill – 1 Chapin Oakbrook Prep Herpetology May River Oakbrook Prep Clinton Chapin Mission Possible May River Chapin Irmo Dutch Fork Mousetrap Vehicle May River Irmo Oakbrook Prep Spring Hill – 1 Protein Modeling Irmo Spring Hill – 2 Spring Hill – 1 May River Sounds of Music Chapin Spring Hill – 1 Dutch Fork Irmo Thermodynamics Irmo Spring Hill – 1 May River Mid Carolina Water Quality Dutch Fork Spring Hill – 1 Spring Hill – 2 Irmo Wright Stuff Clinton GREEN Charter May River Chapin Write It, Do It Oakbrook Prep Dorman Chapin Irmo   Winning team Division C – final standings Position Team Score 1 May River 101 2 Chapin 102 3 Irmo 107 4 Spring Hill – 1 108 5 Dutch Fork 116 6 Oakbrook Prep 139 7 Clinton 165 8 Spring Hill – 2 243 9 J.L. Mann 253 10 Mid Carolina 263 11 Dorman 269 12 GREEN Charter 289 13 Ben Lippen 354

Citadel Regional Division B – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy & Physiology Clinton PALS N/A N/A Battery Buggy Clinton PALS Morningside Laing Boomilever Clinton Laing PALS N/A Circuit Lab Clinton PALS Laing N/A Crimebusters Clinton PALS Laing Morningside Density Lab Clinton PALS N/A N/A Disease Detectives Clinton PALS Laing N/A Dynamic Planet Clinton PALS Laing N/A Experimental Design PALS Clinton Laing Bates Elastic Launch Glider Laing PALS Morningside Clinton Fossils Clinton PALS N/A N/A Game On PALS Laing Clinton N/A Heredity Clinton PALS Bates N/A Herpetology Clinton Bates Laing PALS Meteorology Laing Clinton PALS N/A Mystery Architecture Laing PALS Morningside Bates Potions & Poisons Clinton PALS Morningside Laing Road Scholar PALS Clinton Laing N/A Roller Coaster Clinton PALS Morningside N/A Solar System Clinton PALS Morningside Bates Thermodynamics Clinton PALS Laing N/A Water Quality Clinton PALS N/A N/A Write It Do It Clinton Bates PALS N/A   Winning team Division B – final standings Position Team Score 1 Clinton 35 2 PALS 48 3 Laing 79 4 Morningside 102 5 Bates 104 Division C – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy & Physiology Bluffton Scholars Academy River Bluff – Platinum Academic Magnet A Astronomy Academic Magnet A Scholars Academy GSSM Bluffton Boomilever White Knoll Academic Magnet A Scholars Academy Academic Magnet B Chemistry Lab Academic Magnet A River Bluff – Gold GSSM White Knoll Circuit Lab Academic Magnet A Academic Magnet B River Bluff – Platinum Scholars Academy Codebusters Scholars Academy Academic Magnet A Academic Magnet B River Bluff – Platinum Designer Genes Academic Magnet A Academic Magnet B River Bluff – Gold Bluffton Disease Detectives GSSM River Bluff – Gold River Bluff – Platinum Academic Magnet A Dynamic Planet Scholars Academy River Bluff – Gold Academic Magnet A Academic Magnet B Experimental Design Academic Magnet A Academic Magnet B River Bluff – Gold White Knoll Fermi Questions River Bluff – Platinum Academic Magnet A Bluffton Scholars Academy Forensics River Bluff – Platinum Academic Magnet A Bluffton Scholars Academy Fossils Bluffton Scholars Academy River Bluff – Platinum River Bluff – Gold Geologic Mapping River Bluff – Gold Bluffton Academic Magnet A Academic Magnet B Herpetology Academic Magnet A GSSM Scholars Academy River Bluff – Gold Mission Possible River Bluff – Gold Bluffton N/A N/A Mousetrap Vehicle Bluffton River Bluff – Platinum Marion Academic Magnet A Protein Modeling Academic Magnet B Academic Magnet A River Bluff – Gold Scholars Academy Sounds of Music Academic Magnet A Bluffton River Bluff – Gold Scholars Academy Thermodynamics Academic Magnet A River Bluff – Gold GSSM White Knoll Water Quality Academic Magnet A Scholars Academy River Bluff – Platinum Bluffton Wright Stuff Bluffton Academic Magnet A Marion River Bluff – Platinum Write It, Do It Scholars Academy River Bluff – Gold Academic Magnet A GSSM   Winning team Division C – final standings Position Team Score 1 Academic Magnet A 58 2 River Bluff – Gold 92 3 Bluffton 103 4 Scholars Academy 112 5 River Bluff – Platinum 133 6 Academic Magnet B 140 7 GSSM 157 8 White Knoll 187 9 Scholars Academy – 2 231 10 Marion 246 11 River Bluff – Albino 248 12 Charleston Charter 263

State Final Division B – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy & Physiology Clinton GREEN Charter A Langston Charter Irmo Battery Buggy Clinton GREEN Charter A PALS E.P. Todd Boomilever GREEN Charter A Clinton GREEN Charter B Langston Charter Circuit Lab Clinton Meadow Glen A Irmo Langston Charter Crimebusters Clinton Banks Trail Ben Lippen Meadow Glen A Density Lab Clinton Banks Trail Langston Charter Irmo Disease Detectives Clinton Meadow Glen B PALS GREEN Charter A Dynamic Planet GREEN Charter A Clinton Banks Trail Meadow Glen B Experimental Design PALS Banks Trail Irmo Meadow Glen B Elastic Launch Glider GREEN Charter B GREEN Charter A Langston Charter Clinton Fossils Clinton Banks Trail Meadow Glen B Meadow Glen A Game On PALS Langston Charter Meadow Glen B Banks Trail Heredity Clinton Irmo GREEN Charter A Langston Charter A Herpetology Clinton Banks Trail Ben Lippen GREEN Charter A Meteorology Clinton Meadow Glen B GREEN Charter B GREEN Charter A Mystery Architecture Irmo Laing Meadow Glen B GREEN Charter A Potions & Poisons Clinton Banks Trail Meadow Glen B PALS Road Scholar Clinton PALS Meadow Glen B GREEN Charter A Roller Coaster GREEN Charter A Langston Charter Clinton E.P. Todd Solar System Irmo GREEN Charter A Clinton Laing Thermodynamics Clinton Ben Lippen Meadow Glen B PALS Water Quality Clinton GREEN Charter A PALS Langston Charter Write It Do It Irmo Meadow Glen A Clinton Langston Charter   Winning team Division B – final standings Position Team Score 1 Clinton (C, D) 53 2 GREEN Charter A 111 3 PALS 127 4 Langston Charter 130 Irmo 6 Meadow Glen B 131 7 Banks Trail 136 8 Meadow Glen A 161 9 Laing 194 10 Ben Lippen 210 11 GREEN Charter B 212 12 E.P. Todd 219 Division C – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy & Physiology Astronomy Boomilever Chemistry Lab Circuit Lab Codebusters Designer Genes Disease Detectives Dynamic Planet Experimental Design Fermi Questions Forensics Fossils Geologic Mapping Herpetology Mission Possible Mousetrap Vehicle Protein Modeling Sounds of Music Thermodynamics Water Quality Wright Stuff Write It, Do It   Winning team Division C – final standings Position Team Score 1 Academic Magnet A (C) 118 2 May River 154 3 Spring Hill A 155 4 River Bluff 158 5 Dutch Fork 162 6 Bluffton 174 7 Chapin 180 8 GSSM 183 9 Scholar's Academy A 187 10 Irmo 196 11 Academic Magnet B 210 12 Oakbrook Prep 244 13 GREEN Charter 255 14 Spring Hill B 259 15 J.L. Mann 292 16 Marion 350 17 Scholar's Academy B 399 18 Ben Lippen 429

2018 Competition

Division B – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy and Physiology	GREEN Charter A	Mid-Carolina	Clinton A	Chesnee B
Battery Buggy	Clinton B	Chesnee B	Clinton A	PALS
Crimebusters	Pleasant Knoll	GREEN Charter A	Irmo A	Robert Smalls
Disease Detectives	Clinton A	Irmo A	Meadow Glen A	PALS
Dynamic Planet	Banks Trail	Irmo B	Chesnee	Irmo A
Ecology	Clinton A	Meadow Glen A	Clinton B	GREEN Charter A
Experimental Design	Clinton A	PALS	Banks Trail	GREEN Charter A
Fast Facts	GREEN Charter A	Clinton A	Irmo A	Ben Lippen
Herpetology	Clinton A	Robert Smalls	Banks Trail	Clinton B
Meteorology	Irmo B	Clinton A	Ben Lippen	Meadow Glen A
Mystery Architecture	Clinton A	Ben Lippen	Banks Trail	D.R. Hill / Mid-Carolina (Tie)
Optics	Clinton B	Clinton A	Mid-Carolina	GREEN Charter A
Potions and Poisons	Irmo A	GREEN Charter A	Clinton A	Pleasant Knoll
Road Scholar	Meadow Glen A	Clinton A	GREEN Charter A	Chesnee A
Rocks and Minerals	GREEN Charter A	Clinton A	GREEN Charter B	Clinton B
Roller Coaster	GREEN Charter A	Langston Charter	School of the Minds	Pleasant Knoll
Solar System	GREEN Charter A	Banks Trail	Clinton A	GREEN Charter B
Towers	Clinton A	GREEN Charter B	Clinton B	GREEN Charter A
Wright Stuff	Clinton B	PALS	Clinton A	GREEN Charter A
Write It Do It	Irmo A	GREEN Charter B	Batesburg-Leesville	Clinton A
Sportsmanship Award: Pleasant Knoll
Winning team

Division B – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Clinton (C, D)	63
2	GREEN Charter	91
3	Meadow Glen	122
4	Irmo	143
5	Banks Trail	144
6	PALS	154
7	Pleasant Knoll	157
8	Mid Carolina	184
9	Robert Smalls Int'l Academy	208
10	Ben Lippen	212
11	Chesnee	229
12	Batesburg-Leesville	233
13	Newberry	258
14	D.R. Hill	339
15	School of the Minds	346
16	Bates	389
	Langston Charter
18	St. James-Santee	422

Division C – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy and Physiology	Scholars' Academy	Academic Magnet A	Dorman	Irmo
Astronomy	Dorman	Academic Magnet A	Clinton	Spring Hill
Chemistry Lab	Dutch Fork	Dorman	Chapin	Oakbrook Prep
Disease Detectives	Academic Magnet A	May River	Chapin	Spring Hill
Dynamic Planet	Academic Magnet A	Dutch Fork	Bluffton	Chapin
Ecology	J.L. Mann	Dorman	Spring Hill	Academic Magnet A
Experimental Design	Dutch Fork	Dorman	Clinton	Saluda
Fast Facts	Chapin	Dorman	J.L. Mann	May River
Fermi Questions	Oakbrook Prep	Academic Magnet A	Academic Magnet B	Clinton
Forensics	Clinton	May River	Oakbrook Prep	Irmo
Helicopters	Clinton	Academic Magnet A	May River	Bluffton
Herpetology	May River	Irmo	Bluffton	Scholars' Academy
Mission Possible	Clinton	Dorman	Dutch Fork	J.L. Mann
Mousetrap Vehicle	Clinton	Irmo	Dorman	J.L. Mann
Optics	Oakbrook Prep	Spring Hill	Clinton	Academic Magnet A
Remote Sensing	Bluffton	Clinton	Spring Hill	Dutch Fork
Rocks and Minerals	Clinton	Academic Magnet A	J.L. Mann	Dorman
Thermodynamics	May River	Spring Hill	Irmo	Chapin
Towers	Clinton	May River	J.L. Mann	Carolina
Write It, Do It	Chapin	Oakbrook Prep	River Bluff	Clinton
Sportsmanship Award: White Knoll
Winning team

Division C – event placement
Position	Team	Score
1	Clinton (C, D)	90
2	May River	117
3	Academic Magnet	121
4	Chapin	139
5	Spring Hill	144
6	Dorman	151
7	Irmo	166
8	Dutch Fork	169
9	Bluffton	170
10	River Bluff	193
11	J.L. Mann	203
	Oakbrook Prep
13	Scholars' Academy	249
14	White Knoll	258
15	Carolina	281
16	Mid-Carolina	298
17	Swansea	332
18	Saluda	342
19	Ben Lippen	359
20	Charleston Charter	455

2017 Competition

Division B – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy and Physiology	Robert Smalls	GREEN Charter	Gold Hill A	Clinton A
Crime Busters	Clinton A	GREEN Charter	PALS A	Ben Lippen
Disease Detectives	Clinton A	Gold Hill A	Meadow Glen A	PALS A
Dynamic Planet	Gold Hill A	Gold Hill B	Clinton B	Clinton A
Ecology	Clinton A	Meadow Glen A	Banks Trail A	Daniel Island
Experimental Design	Clinton A	Daniel Island	Gold Hill A	Hand A
Fast Facts	Pine Ridge	Clinton B	Clinton A	GREEN Charter
Food Science	PALS B	GREEN Charter	Meadow Glen A	Irmo A
Invasive Species	Clinton A	Meadow Glen A	Gold Hill A	Ben Lippen
Meteorology	Clinton A	Gold Hill B	Meadow Glen A	Irmo A
Optics	Clinton A	GREEN Charter	Chesnee A	Meadow Glen A
Reach for the Stars	GREEN Charter	Clinton A	Meadow Glen A	Clinton B
Rocks and Minerals	Clinton A	Meadow Glen A	GREEN Charter	Pine Ridge
Scrambler	Clinton B	Clinton A	Gold Hill A	Daniel Island
Towers	GREEN Charter	Clinton B	Clinton A	Banks Trail A
Wright Stuff	GREEN Charter	Clinton A	Clinton B	PALS B
Write It, Do It	Meadow Glen A	Clinton A	PALS A	Clinton B
Sportsmanship Award: Meadow Glen
Winning team

Division B – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Clinton (C, D)	37
2	Meadow Glen	77
3	GREEN Charter	109
4	Banks Trail	130
5	Gold Hill	150
6	PALS	166
7	Irmo	185
8	Pine Ridge	195
9	Boiling Springs	208
10	Newberry	229
11	Hand	236
12	Mid-Carolina	241
13	Daniel Island	269
	Ben Lippen
15	Robert Smalls Int'l Academy	339
16	Batesburg-Leesville	341
17	Chesnee	357
18	Gaffney	410
19	Pleasant Hill	413
20	Bates	419
21	D.R. Hill	422

Division C – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy and Physiology	Scholar's Academy	Academic Magnet A	J.L. Mann A	May River
Astronomy	Clinton A	Academic Magnet A	Spring Hill A	Dorman
Chemistry Lab	Dorman	Academic Magnet A	Academic Magnet B	Scholar's Academy
Disease Detectives	Chapin	Irmo A	Academic Magnet A	Dorman
Dynamic Planet	Clinton A	Spring Hill B	Academic Magnet A	J.L. Mann A
Ecology	J.L. Mann A	Chapin	Clinton A	Dorman
Electric Vehicle	Clinton A	Midland Valley	Chapin A	Clinton B
Experimental Design	Clinton A	Dorman	Chapin	Saluda
Forensics	Clinton A	Irmo A	Academic Magnet A	Irmo B
Helicopters	Clinton A	Bluffton A	May River	Spring Hill A
Invasive Species	Academic Magnet A	May River	Clinton A	Academic Magnet B
Materials Science	Academic Magnet A	Clinton A	J.L. Mann A	Scholar's Academy
Microbe Mission	J.L. Mann B	J.L. Mann A	May River	Bluffton B
Optics	Oakbrook Prep	Dutch Fork A	Clinton A	Scholar's Academy
Pentathlon	Dutch Fork A	Clinton A	Academic Magnet A	Chapin
Remote Sensing	Clinton A	Academic Magnet A	Bluffton A	Clinton B
Robot Arm	Clinton A	Dutch Fork A	Carolina	Irmo A
Rocks and Minerals	Clinton A	J.L. Mann A	May River	Dutch Fork A
Towers	Clinton A	May River	Carolina	Oakbrook Prep
Write It, Do It	Clinton B	Academic Magnet A	Chapin	Oakbrook Prep
Sportsmanship Award: Bluffton
Winning team

Division C – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Clinton (C, D)	59
2	Academic Magnet	91
3	May River	125
4	Dutch Fork	143
5	Chapin	144
6	J.L. Mann	150
7	Dorman	153
8	Spring Hill	160
9	Bluffton	162
10	Irmo	171
11	Scholar's Academy	184
12	Carolina	216
13	Midland Valley	270
14	Mid-Carolina	296
15	Swansea	299
16	Oakbrook Prep	319
17	Saluda	327
18	Marion	377
19	Coastal Leadership Academy	394

2016 Competition

Division B – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Air Trajectory	PALS A	Clinton A	Clinton B	Mid-Carolina A
Anatomy & Physiology	GREEN Charter	Meadow Glen A	Clinton A	Meadow Glen B
Bio-Process Lab	Newberry	Clinton A	Meadow Glen A	Mid-Carolina A
Bridge Building	Clinton A	Banks Trail B	Clinton B	Mid-Carolina A
Crave the Wave	Clinton A	PALS A	Irmo	Mid-Carolina A
Crime Busters	McCracken	Clinton A	Pine Ridge	Newberry
Disease Detectives	Clinton A	Gold Hill	Irmo	Mid-Carolina A
Dynamic Planet	Clinton A	Gold Hill	Mid-Carolina A	Meadow Glen A
Elastic Launch Glider	Mid-Carolina B	Mid-Carolina A	Clinton A	GREEN Charter
Experimental Design	Clinton A	Meadow Glen B	McCracken	Gold Hill
Food Science	Meadow Glen A	Banks Trail A	Dutch Fork	Clinton A
Fossils	Clinton A	Clinton B	Palmetto A	Pine Ridge
Green Generation	Clinton A	McCracken	Meadow Glen A	PALS
Invasive Species	Clinton A	Meadow Glen A	Meadow Glen B	Clinton B
Meteorology	Clinton A	Holly Hill-Roberts	Gold Hill	Meadow Glen B
Picture This	Meadow Glen B	Clinton A	Palmetto A	Mid-Carolina A
Reach for the Stars	Clinton A	Banks Trail A	GREEN Charter	Clinton B
Road Scholar	Meadow Glen B	Clinton A	Banks Trail A	McCracken
Scrambler	Clinton A	GREEN Charter	Clinton B	Gold Hill
Write It, Do It	Mid-Carolina A	Dutch Fork	Newberry	Clinton B
Sportsmanship Award: Gold Hill
Winning team

Division B – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Clinton (C, D)	40
2	Mid-Carolina	109
3	Banks Trail	153
4	Gold Hill	154
5	Meadow Glen	157
6	PALS	162
7	McCracken	166
8	Irmo	170
9	Palmetto	182
10	Pine Ridge	190
11	Newberry	195
12	GREEN Charter	205
13	Stover	306
14	Dutch Fork	322
15	Boiling Springs	337
16	Ben Lippen	347
17	Guinyard Butler	355
18	CrossRoads	368
19	Daniel Island	386
20	Holly Hill-Roberts	388

Division C – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Air Trajectory	Carolina	Ben Lippen	Academic Magnet A	Clinton A
Anatomy & Phisiology	Clinton A	J.L. Mann B	Academic Magnet A	Irmo
Astronomy	Clinton A	Academic Magnet A	Dorman B	Clinton B
Bridge Building	Clinton A	Scholar's Academy	Carolina	J.L. Mann B
Cell Biology	Academic Magnet A	Academic Magnet B	Dutch Fork A	Irmo
Chemistry Lab	Academic Magnet B	Academic Magnet A	Spring Hill	Ben Lippen
Disease Detectives	Dorman A	Dutch Fork A	Scholar's Academy	J.L. Mann B
Dynamic Planet	Clinton A	Dorman B	Academic Magnet A	Scholar's Academy
Electric Vehicle	Clinton A	Coastal Leadership Academy	Chapin	Ben Lippen
Experimental Design	Clinton A	Academic Magnet B	Clinton B	Chapin
Forensics	Chapin	Clinton B	Spring Hill	Academic Magnet A
Fossils	Clinton A	J.L. Mann A	McCracken	Spring Hill
Game On	Dutch Fork A	Dutch Fork B	Academic Magnet A	McCracken
Geologic Mapping	Clinton A	Academic Magnet A	Irmo	Scholar's Academy
Green Generation	Academic Magnet A	J.L. Mann A	Dorman B	Dutch Fork B
Invasive Species	Academic Magnet B	Clinton A	Academic Magnet A	Dorman A
Robot Arm	Clinton A	Ben Lippen	Academic Magnet A	Irmo
Wright Stuff	Clinton A	Clinton B	Academic Magnet A	J.L. Mann B
Write It, Do It	Clinton A	Academic Magnet A	Dorman B	Scholar's Academy
Sportsmanship Award: Spring Hill
Winning team

Division C – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Clinton (C)	58
2	Academic Magnet (D)	69
3	Spring Hill	132
4	Irmo	149
5	McCracken	158
6	Chapin	160
7	Dutch Fork	177
8	Carolina	180
9	Dorman	187
10	Ben Lippen	188
11	Scholar's Academy	190
12	J.L. Mann	199
13	Midland Valley	257
14	East Clarendon	261
15	Coastal Leadership Academy	316
16	Marion	333

2015 Competition

Both winners represented South Carolina at the 2015 Science Olympiad National Tournament, held at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Competition took place on May 15–16, 2015.[9]

Division B – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy & Physiology	Gold Hill A	McCracken	Bell Street A	Banks Trail A
Bio-Process Lab	McCracken	Bell Street A	Banks Trail A	Gold Hill B
Bridge Building	Holly Hill-Roberts	Bell Street A	PALS A	Pine Ridge
Can't Judge a Powder	McCracken	Banks Trail A	Mid-Carolina	Banks Trail B
Crave the Wave	Bell Street A	Banks Trail A	Gold Hill A	Bell Street B
Crime Busters	Charleston Charter B	Dutch Fork	Bell Street A	McCracken
Disease Detectives	Bell Street A	Newberry	Gold Hill A	McCracken
Dynamic Planet	Bell Street A	PALS A	Mid-Carolina	Bell Street B
Elastic Launched Glider	Bell Street A	Charleston Charter A	Bell Street B	Banks Trail A
Entomology	Bell Street A	Banks Trail A	Bell Street B	Irmo
Experimental Design	Bell Street A	McCracken	Gold Hill A	Bell Street B
Fossils	Bell Street A	McCracken	Banks Trail	Bell Street B
Green Generation	Bell Street A	McCracken	Banks Trail A	Gold Hill A
Meteorology	McCracken	Bell Street A	Meadow Glen	Mid-Carolina
Picture This	Stover	Bell Street B	PALS B	PALS A
Road Scholar	Bell Street A	Irmo	Bell Street B	Pine Ridge
Robo-Cross	PALS A	Bell Street A	Mid-Carolina	Bell Street B
Solar System	Bell Street A	Gold Hill A	GREEN Charter A	Bell Street B
Wheeled Vehicle	Bell Street A	PALS A	Pine Ridge	Bell Street B
Write It, Do It	Mid-Carolina	GREEN Charter A	Gold Hill A	Bell Street B
Sportsmanship Award: McCracken
Winning team

Division B – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Bell Street (C, D)	41
2	McCracken	92
3	Banks Trail	120
4	PALS	133
5	Gold Hill	141
6	Meadow Glen	146
7	Palmetto	148
8	Mid-Carolina	152
9	Newberry	163
10	Irmo	166
11	Pine Ridge	180
12	GREEN Charter	191
13	Dutch Fork	278
14	Stover	284
15	Charleston Charter	302
16	Holly-Hill Roberts	308

Division C – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy & Physiology	Clinton	Dorman B	Irmo A	Academic Magnet A
Astronomy	Clinton	Academic Magnet B	Dorman A	Spring Hill
Bridge Building	Clinton	Dutch Fork A	Dorman A	Academic Magnet B
Cell Biology	Academic Magnet A	Academic Magnet B	Irmo A	Spring Hill
Chemistry Lab	Ben Lippen	Dorman A	Academic Magnet B	Dutch Fork A
Disease Detectives	Irmo A	Dutch Fork A	Dorman B	Academic Magnet A
Dynamic Planet	Clinton	Irmo A	Dutch Fork A	Academic Magnet A
Entomology	Clinton	Academic Magnet A	Dorman A	Dutch Fork A
Experimental Design	Academic Magnet	Irmo A	Academic Magnet B	Dutch Fork A
Forensics	Academic Magnet	Ben Lippen	East Clarendon	Clinton
Fossils	Clinton	Academic Magnet A	Academic Magnet B	Dorman B
Geologic Mapping	Clinton	Irmo A	Academic Magnet A	Bluffton B
Green Generation	Dutch Fork A	Academic Magnet A	Dorman A	Bluffton A
It's About Time	Dorman A	Irmo B	Coastal Leadership	Clinton
Mission Possible	Spring Hill	Dorman A	Dutch Fork A	Clinton
Picture This	Irmo A	Spring Hill	Academic Magnet A	Dorman A
Protein Modeling	Academic Magnet B	Spring Hill	Irmo A	Academic Magnet A
Scrambler	Clinton	Coastal Leadership	Dutch Fork A	Irmo A
Wright Stuff	Academic Magnet A	Irmo A	Dorman A	Ben Lippen
Write It, Do It	Clinton	Chapin	Dorman B	Dutch Fork A
Sportsmanship Award: Coastal Leadership Academy
Winning team

Division C – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Academic Magnet (C)	76
2	Irmo	78
3	Clinton (D)	81
4	Dorman	97
5	Dutch Fork	104
6	Spring Hill	146
6	Bluffton	146
8	Ben Lippen	208
9	Coastal Leadership Academy	230
10	Chapin	235
11	East Clarendon	253
12	Carolina	263
13	Midland Valley	265
14	Wilson	288
15	Strom Thurmond	305
16	Charleston Charter	317

2014 Competition

Division B – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy	Cario	McCracken	Bell Street A	Kelly Mill
Boomilever	Bell Street A	Bell Street B	Irmo	PALS A
Can't Judge a Powder	Bell Street A	McCracken	Bell Street B	Mid-Carolina
Crime Busters	Pine Ridge	McCracken	Bell Street B	Cario
Disease Detectives	Cario	Meadow Glen	PALS A	Palmetto
Dynamic Planet	Bell Street A	McCracken	Cario	Dutch Fork
Entomology	Bell Street A	McCracken	Meadow Glen	Dutch Fork
Heredity	Cario	Bell Street A	Meadow Glen	Bell Street B
Metric Mastery	Cario	McCracken	Gold Hill	Meadow Glen
Road Scholar	Bell Street A	Meadow Glen	Banks Trail	McCracken
Robo-Cross	Meadow Glen	Bell Street B	Palmetto	Bell Street A
Rocks and Minerals	Bell Street A	Banks Trail	Bell Street B	McCracken
Rotor Egg Drop	Bell Street A	Meadow Glen	Cario	Palmetto
Shock Value	Bell Street A	Meadow Glen	Bell Street B	Irmo
Simple Machines	Dutch Fork	Cario	Gold Hill	Bell Street A
Solar System	Gold Hill	Bell Street A	Meadow Glen	McCracken
Sounds of Music	Bell Street A	Cario	Gold Hill	Meadow Glen
Water Quality	Bell Street B	Bell Street A	McCracken	Palmetto
Wheeled Vehicle	Bell Street A	Bell Street B	Cario	PALS A
Write It, Do It	Bell Street A	Gold Hill	Irmo	Palmetto
Sportsmanship Award: Cario
Winning team

Division B – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Bell Street (C, D)	47
2	Meadow Glen	88
3	Cario	94
4	McCracken	111
5	Gold Hill	143
6	Palmetto	156
7	PALS	157
8	Irmo	165
9	Mid-Carolina	172
T-10	Dutch Fork	173
	Pine Ridge
12	Banks Trail	183
13	Francis Mack	240
14	Kelly Mill	265

Division C – event placement
Event	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
Anatomy & Physiology	Clinton	Dorman A	Irmo C	Dutch Fork B
Astronomy	Spring Hill	Dorman A	Dutch Fork A	Irmo A
Boomilever	Irmo A	Irmo B	Carolina	Clinton
Chemistry Lab	Academic Magnet	Dutch Fork A	Dorman A	Chapin
Circuit Lab	Academic Magnet	Dorman A	Clinton	Bluffton A
Compound Machines	Irmo A	Academic Magnet	Ben Lippen	Carolina
Designer Genes	Clinton	Irmo B	Dorman A	Irmo A
Disease Detectives	Dorman B	Academic Magnet	Bluffton A	Clinton
Dynamic Planet	Clinton	Irmo A	Academic Magnet	Dutch Fork A
Entomology	Clinton	Irmo A	Dorman A	Dutch Fork B
Experimental Design	Clinton	Dutch Fork A	Academic Magnet	Dorman A
Forensics	Academic Magnet	Clinton	Bluffton A	Dutch Fork A
Geologic Mapping	Clinton	Dutch Fork A	Chapin	Dorman A
Materials Science	Dorman A	Clinton	Dorman B	Bluffton A
Mission Possible	Dutch Fork A	Clinton	Academic Magnet	Irmo A
Rocks & Minerals	Clinton	Academic Magnet	Bluffton A	Chapin
Scrambler	Clinton	Irmo A	East Clarendon	Coastal Leadership
Technical Problem Solving	Academic Magnet	Ben Lippen	Irmo A	Dorman A
Water Quality	Dorman A	Chapin	Dutch Fork A	Dutch Fork B
Write It, Do It	Dutch Fork B	Bluffton A	Dorman A	Spring Hill
Sportsmanship Award: East Clarendon
Winning team

Division C – final standings
Position	Team	Score
1	Clinton (C, D)	58
2	Academic Magnet	85
3	Dutch Fork	97
4	Dorman	99
5	Irmo	106
6	Chapin	122
7	Bluffton	134
8	Carolina	173
9	Spring Hill	195
10	Coastal Leadership Academy	203
11	East Clarendon	236
12	Ben Lippen	243
13	Midland Valley	246
14	Swansea	219
15	Lower Richland	326

References

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6. http://www.golaurens.com/sports/item/20295-clinton-high-s-run-at-science-olympiad-state-titles-comes-to-an-end Clinton High School's Science Olympiad run comes to an end
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