Iowa

Iowa
General Information
Total teams	34 ( 3.0% 2023 to 2024)
Division B Champion	Holmes Junior High School
Division C Champion	Ames High School
State Tournament Location	Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames
Website	www.engineering.iastate.edu/iowa-science-olympiad/

History

Throughout the history of Iowa, only four times has the dynasty of Ames Middle School been challenged, in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2023, which are all four by Mount Vernon Middle School. Every year that Iowa has sent a Division C team to nationals through 2016, it has been Ames High School. This represents one of the longest continuous reigns of any high school team in the nation.

The 2016 Iowa State Science Olympiad Tournament was the first time Ames High School's reign was threatened. Mount Vernon Community High School tied with Ames High School, for the first time in Ames High Science Olympiad history. It was decided that the tie would be decided by the school with the most gold medals. Ames High School narrowly won the state title after edging out Mount Vernon Community High School 8 gold medals to 7 gold medals. In 2017 Mount Vernon defeated Ames High School for the first time, although Ames High School has won every year since then.

Past State Champions

This is a record of the past state champions and runners up, and their respective places at the national competition, if applicable. Scores at the state competition may be shown in parentheses.

Season	Division B					Division C
	Champion		Runner-Up		Third Place	Champion		Runner-Up		Third Place
	Team	Nats Place	Team	Nats Place	Team	Team	Nats Place	Team	Nats Place	Team
1993	Ames Middle School	43rd
1994	Ames Middle School	34th				Ames High School	43rd
1995	Ames Middle School	28th				Ames High School	41st
1996	Ames Middle School	28th				Ames High School	43rd
1997	Ames Middle School	18th				Ames High School	40th
1998	Ames Middle School	25th				Ames High School	42nd
1999	Ames Middle School	27th				Ames High School	38th
2000	Ames Middle School	34th				Ames High School	40th
2001	Ames Middle School	40th				Ames High School	36th
2002	Ames Middle School	30th				Ames High School	28th
2003	Ames Middle School	18th				Ames High School	23rd
2004	Ames Middle School	21st				Ames High School	20th
2005	Ames Middle School	33rd				Ames High School	28th
2006	Ames Middle School	34th				Ames High School	17th
2007	Ames Middle School	43rd				Ames High School	16th
2008	Ames Middle School	32nd				Ames High School	30th
2009	Ames Middle School	29th				Ames High School	32nd
2010	Ames Middle School	40th				Ames High School	36th
2011	Mount Vernon Middle School	53rd	Ames Middle School			Ames High School	40th
2012	Ames Middle School	37th	Mount Vernon Middle School			Ames High School	50th
2013	Mount Vernon Middle School	45th	Ames Middle School			Ames High School	42nd
2014	Mount Vernon Middle School	53rd	Ames Middle School			Ames High School	44th	Burlington High School
2015	Ames Middle School	41st	Mount Vernon Middle School			Ames High School	46th	Mount Vernon Community High School
2016	Ames Middle School	32nd	Mount Vernon Middle School			Ames High School (63)	48th	Mount Vernon Community High School (63)
2017	Ames Middle School (38)	38th	Mount Vernon Middle School (73)			Mount Vernon Community High School	46th	Ames High School
2018	Ames Middle School (50)	36th	Holmes Junior High School (104)			Ames High School (64)	34th	Mount Vernon Community High School (85)
2019	Ames Middle School (49)	44th	Mount Vernon Middle School (107)			Ames High School (52)	36th	Mount Vernon Community High School (121)
2020	Ames Middle School (52)	N/A	Mount Vernon Middle School (86)			Ames High School (60)	N/A	Mount Vernon Community High School (96)
2021	Ames Middle School (38)	33rd	Mount Vernon Middle School (71)		Holmes Junior High School (87)	Ames High School (64)	50th	Mount Vernon Community High School (67)		Iowa City West High School (93)
2022	Ames Middle School (37)	33rd	Mount Vernon Middle School (73)		Holmes Junior High School (105)	Ames High School (101)	42nd	Mount Vernon Community High School (107)		Cedar Falls High School (147)
2023	Mount Vernon Middle School (67)	44th	Ames Middle School (71)	N/A	Holmes Junior High School (80)	Ames High School (74)	37th	Mount Vernon Community High School (88)	N/A	Cedar Falls High School (94)
2024	Holmes Junior High School (58)	38th	Ames Middle School (75)	N/A	Mount Vernon Middle School (79)	Ames High School (57)	39th	Cedar Falls High School (96)	N/A	Mount Vernon Community High School (118)

Format

Teams in Iowa participate directly in the state tournament - there are no regional tournaments.

Competitions

Name	Type	Date	Division	Format
2025 Iowa State Tournament	State	2025-04-05	B/C	In-person

Invitationals

Mount Vernon Invitational (B/C) - December 14, 2019 at Mount Vernon Middle School and Cornell College

Regionals

Defunct Regional Tournaments:

Ellsworth Regional

States

April 5, 2025 - Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames

State Tournament Results

Division B

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Division C

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Teams

Division B

Ames Middle School

Cedar Falls Middle School

Durant Middle School

Franklin Middle School

Gilbert Middle School Team A and Team B

Holmes Junior High School

Johnston Middle School Team A, Team B, and Team C

McKinley Middle School

Miller Middle School

Mount Vernon Middle School Team A and Team B

Roosevelt Middle School

Division C

Ames High School

Burlington High School Team A and Team B

Cedar Falls High School

CR Washington High School Team A and Team B

Dubuque High School

Gilbert High School

Iowa City West High School Team A and Team B

Johnston High School Team A, Team B, and Team C

Marshalltown High School

Mount Vernon Community High School