User:MadCow2357

MadCow2357 is a current 8th grade Division B competitor who mostly specializes in building events. He competes for Gallagher Middle School, a Rhode Island team which recently made its debut at the national competition in 2017.

2016-2017
MadCow2357 joined the Gallagher Middle School Science Olympiad Team in December 2016, after meeting an 8th grader who introduced him to the competition. He began as an alternate who helped with Scrambler, but he quickly rose through the ranks to become an official member. He did the events Meteorology and Reach for the Stars, and managed to medal in both at the state competition. To everyone's greatest surprise, Gallagher finished first for the first time (in for) ever, and they were going to the national competition. At the national competition, MadCow2357 finished 54th in Meteorology and 51st in Reach for the Stars.

2017-2018
In this season, MadCow2357 competed in the events Battery Buggy, Mystery Architecture, and Towers. His first battery buggy did not work, and thus a second one was made. Disappointingly, it only placed 4th at the state competition with a no bonus, a distance of ~40 cm, and a time of ~3 seconds. For nationals, he created Mark 2, fashioned after windu34's 2016 Nationals EV. It placed a decent 26th at the National Tournament with no bonus, a distance of ~11 cm, and a time of ~2.75 seconds. At the state competition, MadCow2357 placed 3rd in Mystery Architecture. The challenge was to build the tallest tower while supporting a golf ball.

Favorite Quotes and Words of Wisdom
"Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers!" - Homer Simpson

"Don't fail. Because if you do, you do." - Me

"I'm gonna win this the Bernie way! That means, if I lose, I'm going to bring everyone down with me!" - SNL Impersonation of Bernie Sanders

"There are five types of bananas: green, yellow, brown spotty, very brown, and round." - John Cena on SNL

Achievements
BEAT THE CURVE ACHIEVEMENT: Know that you did horribly in an event, but still medal, probably because no one else knew what they were doing either): 2018 states towers fail. See poorly run event story: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6237&start=450 O2 ACHIEVEMENT: Place in 2 events with the same partner - 2017 states, 2018 states, 2019 Harvard HOST ACHIEVEMENT: Win an event with a completely useless partner - Literally every build I've ever done. PARASITE ACHIEVEMENT: Win an event as the completely useless partner - Reach for the Stars and Meteorology, grade 6 REVERSE ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT: Draw the blueprints for an event after the device is built - Thermodynamics Harvard 2019, the blueprint was done 10 minutes before ipound.