Invitational

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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

2015-2016 Season

Ordered first by State, then by Division, then by date.

State Host (Tournament Name) Date Champion (B) Runner-Up (B) Champion (C) Runner-Up (C) B/C # of Teams
IL Millstadt Consolidated School (Southern Illinois) 12/5/15 B
IL North Shore Country Day School 12/12/15 B
IL Rockford Christian School 1/9/16 B
IL South Middle School 1/16/16 B
IL Lisle Junior High School 1/23/16 B
IL Grayslake Middle School 2/6/16 B
IL Palatine High School 11/21/15 C
IL Rockford Auburn High School 1/16/16 C
IL Crystal Lake Central High School 1/23/16 C
IL Libertyville High School 1/23/16 C
IL Niles West High School 1/30/16 C
IL Huntley High School 2/20/16 C
IL Lane Tech? 2/5/16? B/C
IN Northridge High School 1/16/16 B/C
NY Islip High School 12/12/15 C
NY Cornell University 2/6/16 C 50
OH Sylvania Northview High School 12/5/15 C
OH Westlake High School 1/9/16 B/C
OH Kenston High School 1/16/16 B/C
OH Solon Middle School/Solon High School 1/30/16 B/C
OH McCord Junior High School/Sylvania Southview High School (Sylvania Southview) 2/6/16 B/C
OH New Albany Middle School? 2/20/16 B/C 40/40
WI Boyceville Middle School/Boyceville High School 12/5/15 B/C
PA Bayard Rustin 1/30/16 B 48

2014-2015 Season

Region State Host (Tournament Name) Date Champion (B) Runner-Up (B) Champion (C) Runner-Up (C) B/C # of Teams
New England CT Yale University 1/17/15 Ward Melville(211) Acton-Boxborough(219) C 47
New England CT Westport Middle School 1/31/15 B
New England MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1/24/15 LASA (148) Solon High School (169) C 51
New England NH Merrimack High School 2/7/15 C
Mid-Atlantic NJ Montgomery Township High School (Cougar) 1/31/15 C
Mid-Atlantic NY Islip High School 12/13/14 Ward Melville High School (146) Half Hollow Hills High School East (153) C
Mid-Atlantic NY Red Creek Junior/Senior High School 1/24/15 B
Mid-Atlantic NY Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Senior High School 1/11/14 C
Mid-Atlantic NY Cornell University 1/24/15 Mentor High School (95)1 Harriton High School (119) C 25
Mid-Atlantic NY Columbia High School 1/10/15 C
Mid-Atlantic NY Fayetteville-Manlius High School 12/13/14 Webster Schroeder High School (93) Merrimack High School (120) C 20
Mid-Atlantic PA Conestoga High School 1/10/15 Bayard Rustin High School(151) Northwestern Lehigh High School(218) C 39
Mid-Atlantic PA Athens Area High School C
Mid-Atlantic PA Bayard Rustin High School 1/31/15 Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School (183) Eagle Hill Middle School (195) B 48
Mid-Atlantic PA Abington Heights Middle School B
Mid-Atlantic PA Harriton High School C
Mid-Atlantic PA Northwestern Lehigh High School (Tiger) 2/14/15 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North (203)2 Conestoga High School (203) C
Midwest IL Millstadt Consolidated School (Southern IL) 12/6/14 B
Midwest IL North Shore Country Day 12/13/14 B
Midwest IL Rockford Christian Middle School 1/10/15 B
Midwest IL South Middle School 1/17/15 B
Midwest IL Lisle Junior High School 1/24/15 B
Midwest IL Grayslake Middle School 2/7/15 B
Midwest IL Palatine High School 11/22/14 C
Midwest IL Harlem High School 12/13/14 C
Midwest IL Hinsdale South High School 12/13/14 C
Midwest IL Niles West High School 1/10/15 C
Midwest IL Rockford Auburn High School 1/17/15 C
Midwest IL Libertyville High School 1/24/15 C
Midwest IL Crystal Lake Central High School 1/24/15 C
Midwest IL Loyola Academy 2/7/15 C
Midwest IL Huntley High School 2/21/15 C
Midwest IN Manchester University 1/10/15 B/C
Midwest IN Valparaiso University 1/24/15 B/C
Midwest KS Shawnee Mission South High School (Southland) 11/15/14 C
Midwest KS Olathe North High School 11/24/14 C
Midwest MI Millington Junior High School 1/17/15 B
Midwest MI Birmingham Covington School (Cobra) 1/24/15 Meads Mill Middle School(58) Birmingham Covington School(115) B
Midwest MI Grandville Middle School 1/31/15 B
Midwest MI L'Anse Creuse High School (Great Lakes) 1/31/15 B
Midwest MI Holt High School 2/21/15 Hillsdale Middle School(58)4 Canton Charter Academy(112) B
Midwest MI Allendale Middle School 2/28/15 B
Midwest MI Ionia High School 2/21/15 B/C
Midwest MI Stevenson High School (Eastside) 1/24/15 C
Midwest MI West Ottawa High School 1/24/15 C
Midwest MI Clio High School 1/31/15 C
Midwest MI Frankenmuth High School (Eagle) 2/14/15 C
Midwest MI Allendale High School 2/28/15 C
Midwest MO West Middle School 12/6/14 B
Midwest MO Winnetonka High School (Northland) 1/10/15 C
Midwest NE Lincoln East High School 1/31/15 C
Midwest OH Northmont Middle School 1/10/15 B
Midwest OH Magsig Middle School 1/24/15 B
Midwest OH Westlake High School 1/10/15 Mounds View Mason High School B/C
Midwest OH Kenston High School 1/17/15 B/C
Midwest OH Solon Middle/High School 1/31/15 Solon Middle School (75) Piedmont Middle School (162) B/C
Midwest OH Wright State University 2/7/15 LASA (149) Munster (177) B/C
Midwest OH Mentor High School 2/14/15 Solon Middle School (98) Daniel Wright Junior High School (142) Bayard Rustin High School (164) Fayetteville-Manlius High School (171) B/C
Midwest OH West Liberty-Salem High School 3/7/15 B/C
Midwest OH Northview High School 12/13/14 C
Midwest OH Clearview High School 1/24/15 C
Midwest WI Boyceville Middle/High School 12/6/14 Friedell Middle School (100) Boyceville Middle School (182) Wayzata High School (130) Menomonie Sr. High School (140) B/C 35/61
Midwest WI UW-River Falls Border Battle 1/24/15 N/A N/A Mounds View High School (60) Wayzata High School (120) C 61
Pacific CA (N) San Joaquin Science Olympiad Invitational 1/24/15 C
Pacific CA (N) Churchill Middle School 12/6/14 Kennedy Middle School Winston Churchill Middle School B
Pacific CA (N) Mira Loma High School 1/10/15 Troy High School Homestead High School B/C
Pacific CA (N) Wicklund Elementary School 2/7/15 B
Pacific CA (S) Ladera Vista Junior High School 1/10/15 Muscatel Middle School Mesa Robles Middle School B
Pacific CA (S) Muscatel Middle School 1/17/15 Muscatel Middle School Kennedy Middle School B
Pacific CA (S) Mesa Robles Middle School 1/31/15 B
Pacific CA (S) Troy High School 2/7/15 C
Pacific WA Camas High School (B) B
Pacific WA Camas High School (C) 1/18/14 C
Pacific WA Aviation High School 2/7/15 Interlake (137) Bothell (139) C 26
South KY Allen County-Scottsdale High School C
South TN Pope John Paul II High School 1/10/15 White Station Team A Ravenwood Team A C
South TN Friendship Christian Middle School 1/10/15 Fulton Science Academy(88) Bearden Middle School(124) B 18
South TX Langham Creek High School 1/17/15 Beckendorff Junior High School William P. Clements High School B/C 30/36
South TX Cypress Falls High School 11/15/14 Beckendorff Junior High School (37) Cinco Ranch Junior High School (109) Seven Lakes High School (123) LASA (176) B/C
South TX MIT-LSC Kingwood (LSC Kingwood) 12/13/14 Beckendorff Junior High School (43) Cinco Ranch Junior High School (97) Seven Lakes High School (85) Clements High School (125) B/C
South TX Carrollton Christian Academy 1/17/15 B/C
South TX Sartartia Middle School 2/7/15 B
Southeast FL Orlando Science School 12/13/14 B
Southeast GA Chattahoochee High School 11/15/14 Dodgen Middle School (90) Fulton Science Academy (95) B 20
Southeast GA Rockdale Magnet School (RMSST) 10/4/14 C 16
Southeast GA East Coweta High School 11/8/14 C
Southeast GA Alpharetta High School 11/8/14 C
Southeast GA Brookwood High School 1/17/15 C 48
Southeast GA Dodgen Middle School 1/24/15 Piedmont Middle School (74) Fulton Science Academy (84) B 45
Southeast GA University of Georgia 1/31/15 Chattahoochee High School (76)3 Northview High School (77)3 C 29
Southeast NC Central Piedmont Community College 1/10/15 Piedmont Middle School B
Southeast VA Fairfax High School C

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

2013-2014 Season

Region State Host (Tournament Name) Date Champion (B) Runner-Up (B) Champion (C) Runner-Up (C) B/C # of Teams
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 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 1/11/14 Bayard Rustin (169) Strath Haven (220) C 39
East PA Athens Area High School 1/18/14 Solon (79) Syosset (172) C 36
East PA Bayard Rustin High School 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 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 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

2012-2013 Season

Region State Host (Tournament Name) Date Champion (B) Runner-Up (B) Champion (C) Runner-Up (C) B/C # of Teams
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 Senior 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 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) 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 High School 2/2/13 Mentor Northville C 60
Midwest OH Solon Middle School 2/2/13 Daniel Wright Meads Mill B 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 High School 12/15/12 Boyceville (104) Medford (119) New Trier (61) Mounds View (108) B/C 22/51
Midwest WI UW-River Falls (Border Battle) 1/19/13 Mounds View (65) Menomonie (113) C 36
Midwest WI UW-Stout 2/2/13 Menomonie (49) Boyceville (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 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 Schools 12/8/12 B
South GA Rockdale Magnet School 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 1/26/13 Solon Middle School(65) JC Booth Middle School (115) B
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) 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 (Williamette 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 (NW Region B) 1/26/13 B
West WA Aviation High School (NW Region C) 2/2/13 Bothell (46) Camas (104) C

*Tentative Dates