Grand Haven High School
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Grand Haven High School, located in Grand Haven, Michigan, has been a national contender since 1991. The team competes in Division C and has placed consistently at the regional, state, and national level.
Grand Haven can claim three national titles, which they won in a span of five years.
Results History
| Year | Regional | Points | State | Points | National | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1st | 8th | - | - | ||
| 1987 | 4th | 15th | - | - | ||
| 1988 | 2nd | 8th | - | - | ||
| 1989 | 2nd | 3rd | - | - | ||
| 1990 | 1st | 9th | - | - | ||
| 1991 | 1st | 3931 | 2nd | 3151 | 10th | 781 |
| 1992 | 1st | 4171 | 2nd | 3161 | 8th | 751 |
| 1993 | 1st | 4111 | 2nd | 2851 | 1st | 1061 |
| 1994 | 1st | 4261 | 2nd | 3411 | 1st | 3451 |
| 1995 | 1st | 4441 | 1st | 3951 | 4th | 3061 |
| 1996 | 1st | 4351 | 1st | 3691 | 2nd | 3901 |
| 1997 | 1st | 3881 | 1st | 3861 | 1st | 3671 |
| 1998 | 2nd | 4111 | 2nd | 3321 | 4th | 6181 |
| 1999 | 1st | 4351 | 1st | 5471 | 4th | 5751 |
| 2000 | 2nd | 4191 | 1st | 5561 | 6th | 6251 |
| 2001 | 1st | 104 | 2nd | 245 | 9th | 437 |
| 2002 | 1st | 105 | 1st | 223 | 9th | 438 |
| 2003 | 1st | 118 | 1st | 196 | 12th | 418 |
| 2004 | 3rd | 101 | 1st | 161 | 2nd | 311 |
| 2005 | 1st | 64 | 2nd | 185 | 7th | 397 |
| 2006 | 1st | 68 | 1st | 124 | 2nd | 212 |
| 2007 | 1st | 59 | 1st | 118 | 3rd | 251 |
| 2008 | 1st | 67 | 1st | 169 | 6th | 321 |
| 2009 | 1st | 98 | 1st | 180 | 2nd | 205 |
| 2010 | 1st | 85 | 1st | 116 | 2nd | 212 |
| 2011 | 1st | 432 | 1st | 852 | 6th | 293 |
| 2012 | 1st | 66 | 1st | 136 | 3rd | 235 |
| 2013 | 1st | 60 | 1st | 159 | 11th | 399 |
| 2014 | 1st | 75 | 1st | 120 | 9th | 360 |
| 2015 | 1st | 63 | 2nd | 153 | 9th | 342 |
| 2016 | 2nd | 97 | 4th | 209 | - | - |
- 1: Higher scores were more desirable at this competition
- 2: The event Sumo Bots was made a trial event
Achievements
- Grand Haven High School's Science Olympiad program started in the 1986 season, making 2016 the 31st year of the program.
- Grand Haven High School has won the National title three times; in 1993, 1994, and 1997.
- Grand Haven's first National title, in 1993, was won by beating Irmo High School in an overall tiebreaker (three first places to two).
- Despite winning the National title in 1993 and 1994, Grand Haven did not get its first state title until 1995.
- Grand Haven currently has five National runner-up titles (1996, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010), the most in the nation.
- From 1991 to 2015, Grand Haven had attended every national tournament, coming to a total of twenty-five appearances at the National tournament.
- Grand Haven High School has 17 state titles.
- Grand Haven's longest streak of state champion titles is 9 years (2006-2014).
- Grand Haven has never failed to qualify for the state tournament.
- Grand Haven High School has won the Michigan Science Olympiad Region 12 Tournament twenty-four times.
- Grand Haven's longest streak of regional titles is 11 years (2005-2015).
Event Placements
<spoiler text="2016 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States |
|---|---|---|
| Air Trajectory | 4th | 9th |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 2nd | 4th |
| Astronomy | 5th | 6th |
| Bridge Building | 2nd | 4th |
| Cell Biology | 1st | 12th |
| Chemistry Lab | 9th | 9th |
| Disease Detectives | 3rd | 2nd |
| Dynamic Planet | 1st | 7th |
| Electric Vehicle | 4th | 1st |
| Experimental Design | 2nd | 3rd |
| Forensics | 1st | 13th |
| Fossils | 2nd | 4th |
| Game On | 1st | 25th |
| GeoLogic Mapping | 1st | 6th |
| Green Generation | 2nd | 21st |
| Hydrogeology | 2nd | 13th |
| Invasive Species | 4th | 1st |
| It's About Time | 1st | 21st |
| Protein Modeling | 1st | 2nd |
| Robot Arm | 12th | 7th |
| Wind Power | 14th | 18th |
| Wright Stuff | 4th | 19th |
| Write It Do It | 19th | 2nd |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2015 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Trajectory | 16th | 18th | |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 5th | 21st | |
| Astronomy | 1st | 12th | |
| Bridge Building | 3rd | 22nd | |
| Bungee Drop | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Cell Biology | 10th | 15th | |
| Chemistry Lab | 24th | 40th | |
| Compound Machines | 1st | 27th | |
| Disease Detectives | 2nd | 15th | |
| Dynamic Planet | 7th | 7th | |
| Entomology | 2nd | 10th | |
| Experimental Design | 2nd | 13th | |
| Forensics | 9th | 6th | |
| Fossils | 4th | 10th | |
| GeoLogic Mapping | 12th | 32nd | |
| Green Generation | 6th | 3rd | |
| It's About Time | 15th | 25th | |
| Mission Possible | 3rd | 16th | |
| Protein Modeling | 8th | 20th | |
| Scrambler | 4th | 9th | |
| Technical Problem Solving | 5th | 10th | |
| Wright Stuff | 9th | 4th | |
| Write It Do It | 3rd | 5th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2014 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy and Physiology | 2nd | 18th | |
| Astronomy | 2nd | 7th | |
| Boomilever | 1st | 5th | |
| Bungee Drop | 5th | 35th | |
| Chemistry Lab | 14th | 44th | |
| Circuit Lab | 4th | 23rd | |
| Compound Machines | 1st | 16th | |
| Designer Genes | 13th | 38th | |
| Disease Detectives | 2nd | 11th | |
| Dynamic Planet | 9th | 6th | |
| Elastic Launched Glider | 13th | 21st | |
| Entomology | 2nd | 9th | |
| Experimental Design | 4th | 17th | |
| Forensics | 16th | 10th | |
| GeoLogic Mapping | 8th | 6th | |
| MagLev | 6th | 36th | |
| Materials Science | 3rd | 10th | |
| Mission Possible | 1st | 1st | |
| Rocks and Minerals | 2nd | 18th | |
| Scrambler | 1st | 7th | |
| Technical Problem Solving | 7th | 8th | |
| Water Quality | 1st | 9th | |
| Write It Do It | 3rd | 5th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2013 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy and Physiology | 1st | 5th | |
| Astronomy | 3rd | 7th | |
| Boomilever | 3rd | 3rd | |
| Chemistry Lab | 23rd | 28th | |
| Circuit Lab | 14th | 21st | |
| Designer Genes | 4th | 17th | |
| Disease Detectives | 14th | 23rd | |
| Dynamic Planet | 2nd | 4th | |
| Elastic Launched Glider | 5th | 24th | |
| Experimental Design | 1st | 7th | |
| Fermi Questions | 8th | 19th | |
| Forensics | 7th | 1st | |
| Forestry | 1st | 16th | |
| Gravity Vehicle | 17th | 15th | |
| MagLev | 10th | 30th | |
| Material Science | 5th | 19th | |
| Remote Sensing | 3rd | 4th | |
| Robot Arm | 2nd | 16th | |
| Rocks and Minerals | 5th | 14th | |
| Technical Problem Solving | 16th | 35th | |
| Thermodynamics | 8th | 43rd | |
| Water Quality | 4th | 15th | |
| Write It Do It | 3rd | 33rd |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2012 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy and Physiology | 4th | 5th | |
| Astronomy | 1st | 2nd | |
| Chemistry Lab | 14th | 23rd | |
| Disease Detectives | 1st | 3rd | |
| Dynamic Planet | 1st | 3rd | |
| Experimental Design | 1st | 10th | |
| Fermi Questions | 3rd | 15th | |
| Forensics | 9th | 9th | |
| Forestry | 1st | 4th | |
| Gravity Vehicle | 13th | 3rd | |
| Helicopters | 1st | 2nd | |
| Microbe Mission | 3rd | 1st | |
| Optics | 25th | 29th | |
| Protein Modeling | 12th | 21st | |
| Remote Sensing | 5th | 4th | |
| Robot Arm | 2nd | 22nd | |
| Rocks and Minerals | 1st | 4th | |
| Sounds of Music | 2nd | 9th | |
| Technical Problem Solving | 18th | 28th | |
| Thermodynamics | 1st | 22nd | |
| Towers | 4th | 11th | |
| Water Quality | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Write It Do It | 12th | 3rd |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2011 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy and Physiology | 2nd | 11th | |
| Astronomy | 1st | 16th | |
| Chemistry Lab | 2nd | 9th | |
| Disease Detectives | 2nd | 13th | |
| Dynamic Planet | 2nd | 7th | |
| Ecology | 6th | 7th | |
| Experimental Design | 1st | 28th | |
| Forensics | 1st | 7th | |
| Fossils | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Helicopters | 1st | 8th | |
| Microbe Mission | 7th | 24th | |
| Mission Possible | 7th | 20th | |
| Mousetrap Vehicle | 7th | 18th | |
| Optics | 2nd | 33rd | |
| Ornithology | 2nd | 15th | |
| Protein Modeling | 7th | 7th | |
| Remote Sensing | 2nd | 21st | |
| Sounds of Music | 1st | 6th | |
| Sumo Bots | 14th | ||
| Technical Problem Solving | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Towers | 1st | 2nd | |
| Wind Power | 4th | 9th | |
| Write It Do It | 23rd | 13th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2010 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy and Physiology | 1st | ||
| Astronomy | 14th | ||
| Cell Biology | 15th | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 12th | ||
| Disease Detectives | 5th | ||
| Dynamic Planet | 1st | ||
| Ecology | 9th | ||
| Egg-O-Naut | 10th | ||
| Elevated Bridge | 6th | ||
| Environmental Chemistry | 6th | ||
| Experimental Design | 2nd | ||
| Forensics | 16th | ||
| Fossils | 12th | ||
| It's About Time | 15th | ||
| Mission Possible | 9th | ||
| Mousetrap Vehicle | 3rd | ||
| Ornithology | 13th | ||
| Physics Lab | 20th | ||
| Picture This | 12th | ||
| Remote Sensing | 1st | ||
| Technical Problem Solving | 19th | ||
| Trajectory | 5th | ||
| Write It Do It | 6th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2009 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy | 4th | ||
| Cell Biology | 11th | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 13th | ||
| Disease Detectives | 7th | ||
| Dynamic Planet | 7th | ||
| Ecology | 14th | ||
| Egg-O-Naut | 15th | ||
| Electric Vehicle | 3rd | ||
| Elevated Bridge | 9th | ||
| Environmental Chemistry | 19th | ||
| Experimental Design | 6th | ||
| Forensics | 11th | ||
| Fossils | 6th | ||
| Health Science | 1st | ||
| Herpetology | 6th | ||
| It's About Time | 3rd | ||
| Junkyard Challenge | 1st | ||
| Physics Lab | 15th | ||
| Picture This | 20th | ||
| Remote Sensing | 1st | ||
| Technical Problem Solving | 9th | ||
| Trajectory | 11th | ||
| Write It Do It | 13th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2008 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy | 6th | ||
| Boomilever | 10th | ||
| Cell Biology | 4th | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 34th | ||
| Circuit Lab | 2nd | ||
| Disease Detectives | 2nd | ||
| Ecology | 17th | ||
| Electric Vehicle | 29th | ||
| Experimental Design | 3rd | ||
| Fermi Questions | 23rd | ||
| Five Star Science | 23rd | ||
| Food Science | 38th | ||
| Forensics | 27th | ||
| Health Science | 3rd | ||
| Herpetology | 4th | ||
| Oceanography | 18th | ||
| Physics Lab | 28th | ||
| Remote Sensing | 17th | ||
| Robot Ramble | 16th | ||
| Rocks and Minerals | 1st | ||
| Sounds of Music | 4th | ||
| Wright Stuff | 3rd | ||
| Write It Do It | 9th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2007 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy | 8th | ||
| Boomilever | 3rd | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 20th | ||
| Circuit Lab | 24th | ||
| Designer Genes | 1st | ||
| Disease Detectives | 3rd | ||
| Ecology | 1st | ||
| Entomology | 1st | ||
| Experimental Design | 9th | ||
| Fermi Questions | 30th | ||
| Five Star Science | 41st | ||
| Food Science | 13th | ||
| Forensics | 1st | ||
| Health Science | 5th | ||
| Oceanography | 6th | ||
| Physics Lab | 11th | ||
| Remote Sensing | 5th | ||
| Robot Ramble | 1st | ||
| Rocks and Minerals | 28th | ||
| Scrambler | 1st | ||
| Sounds of Music | 22nd | ||
| Wright Stuff | 7th | ||
| Write It Do It | 10th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2006 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy | 8th | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 1st | ||
| Circuit Lab | 10th | ||
| Compute This | 45th | ||
| Designer Genes | 1st | ||
| Disease Detectives | 8th | ||
| Don't Bug Me | 6th | ||
| Dynamic Planet | 12th | ||
| Ecology | 2nd | ||
| Fermi Questions | 10th | ||
| Food Science | 9th | ||
| Forensics | 1st | ||
| Health Science | 5th | ||
| Physics Lab | 6th | ||
| Practical Data Solving | 42nd | ||
| Remote Sensing | 6th | ||
| Robot Ramble | 6th | ||
| Rocks and Minerals | 1st | ||
| Scrambler | 8th | ||
| Storm the Castle | 9th | ||
| Tower Building | 4th | ||
| Wright Stuff | 3rd | ||
| Write It Do It | 9th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2005 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy | 13th | ||
| Bottle Rocket | 53rd | ||
| Cell Biology | 41st | ||
| Chemical ID | 2nd | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 12th | ||
| Compute This | 42nd | ||
| Designer Genes | 13th | ||
| Disease Detectives | 2nd | ||
| Dynamic Planet | 9th | ||
| Experimental Design | 10th | ||
| Fermi Questions | 51st | ||
| Forensics | 17th | ||
| Forestry | 2nd | ||
| Fossils | 1st | ||
| Health Science | 3rd | ||
| Mission Possible | 8th | ||
| Physics Lab | 5th | ||
| Practical Data Gathering | 5th | ||
| Remote Sensing | 18th | ||
| Robot Ramble | 25th | ||
| Storm the Castle | 2nd | ||
| Tower Building | 56th | ||
| Wright Stuff | 7th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2004 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy | 11th | ||
| Bottle Rocket | 33rd | ||
| Cell Biology | 25th | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 24th | ||
| Designer Genes | 13th | ||
| Disease Detectives | 10th | ||
| Dynamic Planet | 3rd | ||
| Experimental Design | 5th | ||
| Forestry | 5th | ||
| Fossils | 1st | ||
| Mission Possible | 4th | ||
| Physics Lab | 11th | ||
| Polymer Detectives | 17th | ||
| Practical Data Gathering | 23rd | ||
| Qualitative Analysis | 7th | ||
| Remote Sensing | 23rd | ||
| Robot Ramble | 21st | ||
| Science of Fitness | 3rd | ||
| Sounds of Music | 4th | ||
| Storm the Castle | 32nd | ||
| Tower Building | 3rd | ||
| Wright Stuff | 16th | ||
| Write It Do It | 17th |
</spoiler> <spoiler text="2003 Event Placements">
| Event | Regionals | States | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boomilever | 32nd | ||
| Bottle Rocket | 14th | ||
| Cell Biology | 30th | ||
| Chemistry Lab | 28th | ||
| Compute This | 34th | ||
| Designer Genes | 15th | ||
| Disease Detectives | 1st | ||
| Dynamic Planet | 28th | ||
| Experimental Design | 4th | ||
| Feathered Frenzy | 16th | ||
| Fossils | 6th | ||
| Mission Possible | 29th | ||
| Physics Lab | 23rd | ||
| Polymer Detectives | 11th | ||
| Practical Data Gathering | 20th | ||
| Qualitative Analysis | 8th | ||
| Reach for the Stars | 14th | ||
| Remote Sensing | 14th | ||
| Robot Ramble | 3rd | ||
| Science of Fitness | 7th | ||
| Sounds of Music | 9th | ||
| Wright Stuff | 29th | ||
| Write It Do It | 43rd |
</spoiler>