Invitational
Background
An invitational tournament is a friendly, no-stakes competition that allows for Science Olympiad teams to practice for events. They are a way of practicing for qualifying tournaments such as regionals, states or nationals. These are often organized by individual schools, and sometimes colleges or universities. Generally a few invitationals will run during November and occasionally October, with substantially more in December. By far the most invitationals are run in January, with the rest finishing in February and early March
Most invitational tournaments mimic a real competitive tournament, and they hand out awards for individuals and teams. Some invitationals will hold all 23 events, while other invitationals may choose not to hold events. Invitationals also can hold alternate events as well.
Team Setup
Typically, schools are allowed to bring up to two teams of 15 people each. Trophies are generally presented to the top schools, not the top teams. Medals are typically awarded for the top 3 places. Ribbons are sometimes awarded to 4th place to 6th place; some invitationals even award 7th and 8th place.
In some states, such as Illinois, there are "Junior Varsity" and "Varsity" divisions, which allow for schools to bring less experienced students to be placed in an easier competition to get awards.
List of Invitationals
This is a list of invitational tournaments during each competitive season. It currently goes back to the 2012-2013 season. The lists are not comprehensive; however, with the exception of 2013-2014, they are mostly complete. In the teams column, the forward slash separates the number of teams in each division; Division B is listed first, while Division C is listed second.
2016-2017 Season
Ordered first by State, then by Division, then by date (then alphabetical).
2015-2016 Season
<spoiler text="Invitationals of 2015-2016 Season"> Ordered first by State, then by Division, then by date (then alphabetical).
- 1 A second team from Casady School finished in second place
- 3 28 events were run (23 events and 5 Texas events)
- 4 A second team from Longfellow Middle School finished in second place with 146
- 5 A second team from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School finished in second place with 172
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2014-2015 Season
<spoiler text="Invitationals of 2014-2015 Season">
- 1Mentor High School's B team came second with 109 points.
- 2West Windsor-Plainsboro North won the tie by two gold medals.
- 3No Building events were held.
- 4Hillsdale Middle School's second team (Black) came second with 78 points
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2013-2014 Season
<spoiler text="Invitationals of 2013-2014 Season">
Region | State | Host (Tournament Name) | Date | Champion (B) | Runner-Up (B) | Champion (C) | Runner-Up (C) | B/C | # of Teams |
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Midwest | IL | Palatine High School | 11/23/13 | Munster | Stevenson | C | |||
Midwest | KS | Southland High School | 11/23/13 | Lincoln SW (92) | Pembroke Hill (110) | C | 24 | ||
Midwest | MI | Clio High School]] | 1/18/14 | Troy (58) | Stevenson (147) | C | 31 | ||
Midwest | MI | De La Salle High School | 1/25/14 | International Academy (82) | Centerville High School (127) | C | 34 | ||
Midwest | MI | International Academy East (Phoenix) | 2/1/14 | Smith Middle School (163) | Boulan Park Middle School (193) | B | 32 | ||
Midwest | MI | Frankenmuth High School (Eagle) | 2/8/14 | Troy (82) | Northville (164) | C | 42 | ||
Midwest | MO | Northland | 1/18/14 | Lincoln SW (65) | Pembroke Hill (98) | C | 22 | ||
Midwest | OH | Northview High School | 12/14/13 | Solon (149) | Troy (176) | C | 31 | ||
Midwest | OH | Westlake High School | 1/4/14 | Solon (105) | Meads Mill (111) | Solon (124) | Mentor (132) | B/C | 25/24 |
Midwest | OH | Wright State University | 1/11/14 | Meads Mill (113) | Solon (171) | Seven Lakes (200) | Centerville (204) | B/C | 56/59 |
Midwest | OH | Kenston High School | 1/18/14 | Mentor Memorial (99) | Longfellow (154) | Westlake (242) | St Ignatius (245) | B/C | 27/34 |
Midwest | OH | Clearview High School | 1/25/14 (Canceled) | C | |||||
Midwest | OH | Solon Middle/High School | 2/1/14 | Meads Mill (217) | J.C. Booth (245) | Northville (186) | Mentor (201) | B/C | 45 |
Midwest | OH | Mentor High School | 2/15/14 | Solon (137) | Shady Side (175) | Solon (124) | Fayetteville-Manlius (126) | B/C | 40/51 |
Midwest | OH | West Liberty-Salem High School | 3/1/14 | Solon | Bearden | New Trier (127) | Mentor (128) | B/C | |
Midwest | WI | Boyceville Middle/High School | 12/7/13 | Boyceville Middle School | Highview | Mounds View (54) | New Trier (63) | B/C | 26/55 |
Midwest | WI | University of Wisconsin-Madison (Badger) | 1/18/13 | Velma Hamilton Middle School | Highview | B/C | |||
East | CT | Yale University | 1/18/14 | Ward Melville (79) | Bayard Rustin (152) | C | 43 | ||
East | NY | Islip High School | 12/14/13 | Half Hollow Hills East (40) | Kellenberg (66) | C | 20 | ||
East | NY | Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High School | 1/11/14 | Columbia (91) | Mount Academy (144) | C | 25 | ||
East | NH | Merrimack High School | 2/8/14 | Acton-Boxborough (65) | South Windsor (87) | C | |||
East | PA | Conestoga High School (Battle at Valley Forge) | 1/11/14 | Bayard Rustin (169) | Strath Haven (220) | C | 39 | ||
East | PA | Athens Area High School (Twin Tiers) | 1/18/14 | Solon (79) | Syosset (172) | C | 36 | ||
East | PA | Bayard Rustin High School (Rustin) | 1/25/14 | Paul J. Gelinas (67) | Seton Catholic Central (237) | B | 38 | ||
East | PA | Northwestern Lehigh High School (Tiger) | 2/8/14 | West Windsor-Plainsboro North (142) | Bayard Rustin (169) | C | 34 | ||
West | CA | Winston Churchill Middle School | 12/7/13 | Hopkins (127) | Muscatel (132) | B | 28 | ||
West | CA | Muscatel Middle School | 1/18/14 | Kennedy Middle School | Churchill Middle School | B | 24 | ||
West | CA | Mesa Robles Middle School | 2/1/14 | Muscatel Middle School | Churchill Middle School | B | |||
West | WA | Camas High School | 12/14/13 | B | |||||
West | WA | Camas High School | 1/18/14 | Bothell (112) | Union (114) | C | 26 | ||
South | GA | J.C. Booth Middle School (Booth) | 1/25/14 | J.C. Booth (99) | Piedmont (121) | B | 49 | ||
South | TX | Langham Creek High School | 1/25/14 | Beckendorff (98) | Riverwood (108) | Seven Lakes (90) | Cypress Falls (203) | B/C | 16/35 |
South | GA | Chattahoochee High School | 11/16/13 | Fulton Science Academy(104) | Dodgen Middle School(104) | B | 18 |
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2012-2013 Season
<spoiler text="Invitationals of 2012-2013 Season">
Region | State | Host (Tournament Name) | Date | Champion (B) | Runner-Up (B) | Champion (C) | Runner-Up (C) | B/C | # of Teams |
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Midwest | IL | Palatine High School (Pirate Pete) | 11/17/12 | C | |||||
Midwest | IL | Hinsdale South High School | 12/8/12 | C | |||||
Midwest | IL | Rockford Auburn High School | 1/12/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | IL | Lane Technical College Prep High School | 1/19/13 | B/C | |||||
Midwest | IL | Rockford Christian Schools | 1/19/13 | B | |||||
Midwest | IL | Crystal Lake Central High School | 1/26/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | IL | Libertyville High School | 1/26/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | IL | Lisle High School | 1/26/13 | B | |||||
Midwest | IL | Grayslake Middle School | 2/2/13 | B | |||||
Midwest | IL | Loyola Academy | 2/9/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | IN | Whiting High School | 12/1/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | IN | Manchester High School disambiguation needed | 1/12/13 | St. Simon | Raymond Park | LaLumiere | B/C | ||
Midwest | IN | Valparaiso University | 1/12/13 | Valparaiso | Lake Central | C | |||
Midwest | IN | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) | 1/19/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | IN | Northridge High School | 1/19/13 | Grandville (127) | Stanley Clark (139) | Munster (137) | Northridge (146) | B/C | /27 |
Midwest | KS | Shawnee Mission South High School (Southland) | 11/10/12 | St. James Academy (75) | Pembroke Hill (82) | B/C | |||
Midwest | KS | St. James Academy (Thunder) | 1/19/13 | St. James Academy (68) | Olathe North (115) | C | |||
Midwest | KS | Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School | 2/9/13 | St. James Academy (44) | Kapaun Mt. Carmel (82) | C | |||
Midwest | MI | Bishop Foley Catholic High School | 1/19/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | MI | De La Salle High School | 1/26/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | MI | West Ottawa High School | 1/26/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | MI | Grandville Middle School (Dawgs) | 2/2/13 | B | |||||
Midwest | MI | International Academy East (Phoenix) | 2/2/13 | B | |||||
Midwest | MI | Frankenmuth High School (Eagle) | 2/9/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | MI | Hudson Middle School (Tiger) disambiguation needed | 2/9/13 | B | |||||
Midwest | MI | Thornapple Kellogg High School | 2/9/13 | C | |||||
Midwest | MI | Ionia High School | 2/16/13 | B/C | |||||
Midwest | MI | Allendale High School (Falcon) | 2/23/13 | B/C | |||||
Midwest | MO | Excelsior Springs High School | 12/16/12 | St. James Academy (61) | Pembroke Hill (69) | C | |||
Midwest | MO | Staley High School (Northland) | 2/2/13* | St. James Academy (68) | Olathe North(99) | C | |||
Midwest | OH | Sylvania Northview High School | 12/15/12 | Solon (96) | Mentor (159) | C | 27 | ||
Midwest | OH | Northmont High School | 1/5/13 | Solon (91) | Shady Side Academy | Solon (80) | Centerville (106) | B/C | 30/35 |
Midwest | OH | Wright State University | 1/12/13 | Shady Side Academy (170) | Solon (190) | Centerville (140) | Solon (146) | B/C | 58/60 |
Midwest | OH | Kenston High School | 1/19/13 | Solon | Chardon | Mentor | Revere | B/C | 20 |
Midwest | OH | Magsig Middle School | 1/19/13 | Solon (80) | Magsig (154) | B | 40 | ||
Midwest | OH | Clearview High School | 1/26/13 | Solon (83) | Centerville | C | 30 | ||
Midwest | OH | Solon Middle/High School | 2/2/13 | Daniel Wright | Meads Mill | Mentor | Northville | B/C | 60/60 |
Midwest | OH | Mentor High School | 2/16/13 | Solon (99) | Shady Side Academy (161) | Solon (84) | Fayetteville-Manlius (141) | B/C | 30/40 |
Midwest | OH | New Albany High School | 2/23/13 | Solon | Magsig | West Liberty-Salem (128) | New Albany (138) | B/C | /21 |
Midwest | OH | West Liberty-Salem High School | 3/2/13 | Solon | Shady Side Academy | Solon | Centerville | B/C | 30/40 |
Midwest | WI | Boyceville Middle/High School | 12/15/12 | Boyceville Middle School (104) | Medford (119) | New Trier (61) | Mounds View (108) | B/C | 22/51 |
Midwest | WI | University of Wisconsin-River Falls (Border Battle) | 1/19/13 | Mounds View (65) | Menomonie (113) | C | 36 | ||
Midwest | WI | UW-Stout | 2/2/13 | Menomonie (49) | Boyceville Middle School (72) | B | 7 | ||
Northeast | NH | Merrimack High School | 10/27/12 | C | |||||
Northeast | NY | Palmyra-Macedon High School | 1/19/13 | Brighton | Webster Schroeder | C | 12 | ||
Northeast | NY | RCS High School | 1/12/13 | C | |||||
East | PA | Kutztown University (Berks County) | 1/10/13 | Fleetwood | Kutztown | C | 14 | ||
East | PA | Conestoga High School (Battle at Valley Forge) | 1/12/13 | West Windsor Plainsboro North | Strath Haven | C | 36 | ||
East | PA | Athens High School (Twin Tiers) | 1/19/13 | Solon (77) | Syosset (168) | C | 36 | ||
East | PA | Bayard Rustin High School (Rustin) | 1/27/13 | Gelinas (139) | Eagle Hill (140) | B | 33 | ||
East | PA | Northwestern Lehigh High School (Tiger) | 2/9/13 | Rustin (87) | Athens (137) | C | 16 | ||
East | PA | Abington Heights Middle School (Comet) | 2/16/13 | Strath Haven | Allen | B | 16 | ||
East | PA | Northampton Community College (Lehigh Valley Conference and Mountain Valley Conference) | 2/22/13 | Allentown Central Catholic | Whitehall | C | 14 | ||
East | MD | Crestwood Middle School | 1/26/13 | Urbana | North Bethesda | B | |||
East | VA | Fairfax High School | 1/26/13 | B | 30 | ||||
South | AL | Shades Valley High School | 12/1/12 | C | |||||
South | FL | Orlando Science School | 12/8/12 | B | |||||
South | GA | Rockdale Magnet School (RMSST) | 10/6/12 | C | 13 | ||||
South | GA | Alpharetta High School | 11/10/12 | C | |||||
South | GA | Brookwood High School | 1/12/13 | Brookwood (149) | Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology (149) | C | |||
South | GA | J.C. Booth Middle School (Booth) | 1/26/13 | Solon Middle School(65) | JC Booth Middle School (115) | B | 51 | ||
South | TN | Pope John Paul II High School | 1/12/13 | C | |||||
South | TX | Cypress Falls High School | 11/10/12 | Beckendorff (85) | Riverwood (97) | Seven Lakes (99) | Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) (162) | B/C | 27/42 |
South | TX | Greenhill School | 12/8/12 | Beckendorff (66) | St. John Berchman's Catholic (126) | Seven Lakes (84) | Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) (148) | B/C | 25/37 |
South | TX | Hopper Middle School | 1/12/13 | Beckendorff (47) | Riverwood (138) | B | 40 | ||
South | TX | Harmony School of Innovation Fort Worth | 1/12/13 | B/C | |||||
South | TX | Langham Creek High School | 1/19/13 | Cypress Falls | Cypress Woods | C | |||
South | TX | Hendrickson High School | 1/19/13 | C | |||||
West | AK | Mat-Su Career and Technical High School (Tiger) disambiguation needed | 1/26/13 | C | |||||
West | AZ | Glassford Hill Middle School (Northern Arizona) | 10/27/12 | B | |||||
West | AZ | Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic School | 11/17/12 | B | |||||
West | AZ | Casa Grande Middle School | 12/1/12 | B | |||||
West | AZ | Westar Elementary School | 1/26/13 | B | |||||
West | CA (N) | Winston Churchill Middle School | 12/8/12 | Winston Churchill (83) | Muscatel (102) | B | 18 | ||
West | CA (S) | Muscatel Middle School | 1/26/13 | Beechwood | Pioneer | B | 22 | ||
West | CA (S) | Troy High School | 2/9/13 | North Hollywood | Mira Loma A | C | 12 | ||
West | HI | Iolani School | 12/8/12 | C | |||||
West | OR | Seven Oak Middle School (Willamette Valley) | 1/31/13 | B/C | |||||
West | WA | Clark College (SW Region A) | 11/10/12 | A | |||||
West | WA | Camas High School (SW Region B) | 12/8/12 | Canyon Park | Skyridge | B | 14 | ||
West | WA | Camas High School (SW Region C) | 1/12/13 | Camas (72) | Bothell (115) | C | |||
West | WA | Canyon Park Junior High School | 1/26/13 | B | |||||
West | WA | Aviation High School | 2/2/13 | Bothell (46) | Camas (104) | C |
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