Kansas
| Kansas | |
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| General Information | |
| Member of SO since | 1987 |
| Total teams | 130 |
| Division B Champion | Pleasant Ridge Middle School |
| Division C Champion | Blue Valley North High School |
| State Tournament Location | Wichita State University |
| Website | sites |
The state of Kansas has been participating in Science Olympiad for over 30 years. While its champions do not always fare well at nationals, the in-state competition is tremendous, and often the state tournament can be decided by just a few points.
History
Kansas Science Olympiad began in 1987. For most of its history, Kansas had consistently sent two teams to the National Tournament from each division. The highest placement by any Kansas team at the National Tournament was 7th, by Maize Middle School in 1996 and 1997. Starting in the early 2010s, Kansas lost its second Nationals bid in both divisions, although it did send two Division B teams in 2014.
The record for the lowest score at the State competition in either division was 60 points, set by Blue Valley North High School in 2018.
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.
Scores with * have been manually recalculated using modern sum-of-places/lowest-score-wins methodology.
The 2020 National Tournament was cancelled.
Competitions
Invitationals
- Pioneer Trail Invitational (Division B) - November 9, 2019
- O-Town Throwdown (Division C) - November 16, 2019
- ThunderKat Klash (Division C) - Not held in 2020
- Monticello Trails Invitational (Division B) - Not held in 2020
- Maverick Invitational (Division C) - January 20, 2020
- Wilbur Invitational (Division B) - January 25, 2020
Regional Competitions
Division B
- Salina Regional - February 4, 2020
- Hays Regional - February 21, 2020
- Garden City Regional - Does Not Take Place
- Wichita Regional - February 29, 2020
- Northeast Kansas Regional - February 29, 2020
Division C
- Salina Regional - February 6, 2020
- Hays Regional - February 19, 2020
- Garden City Regional - Does Not Take Place
- Wichita Regional - February 29, 2020
- Northeast Kansas Regional - February 29, 2020
State Competition
- 2020 Location: Wichita State University - April 4, 2020
Past State Competition Results
Division B
Division C
Teams
This list is out of date.
Division B
Garden City Region
- Greeley County Junior High School
- High Plains Home Educators
- Holcomb Middle School
- Scott City Middle School
- Sublette Middle School
Hays Region
- Bennington Junior High School
- Ell-Saline Middle School
- Longfellow Middle School
- Minneapolis Junior High School
- Phillipsburg Junior High School
- Ruppenthal Middle School
- Skyline Schools
- Sterling Grade School
Northeast Kansas Region
- Antioch Middle School
- Atchison Middle School
- Basehor-Linwood Middle School
- California Trail Middle School
- Central Junior High School
- Chisholm Trail Middle School
- Frontier Trail Middle School
- Harmony Middle School
- Holy Cross Catholic School
- Holy Spirit Catholic School
- Indian Trail Middle School
- Indian Woods Middle School
- Jackson Heights Middle School
- John Paul II Catholic School
- Leawood Middle School
- Mill Creek Middle School
- Monticello Trails Middle School
- Nativity Parish School
- Oregon Trail Middle School
- Ottawa Middle School
- Overland Trail Middle School
- Pleasant Ridge Middle School
- Prince of Peace
- Santa Fe Trail Middle School
- Seaman Middle School
- St. Joseph Catholic School
- Tonganoxie Middle School
- Turner Middle School
- West Junior High School
Salina Region
- Canton Galva Middle School
- Chisholm Middle School
- Eisenhower Middle School
- Fairfield Middle School
- McPherson Middle School
- Nemaha Valley Junior High
- Prairie Hills Middle School
- Reno Valley Middle School
- Salina South Middle School
- Santa Fe Middle School
- Sts. Peter and Paul
- Sterling Junior High School
- Topeka Collegiate School
- Wamego Middle School
Wichita Region
- All Saints Catholic School
- Altoona-Midway Jr/Sr High School
- Andover Central Middle School
- Annoor Islamic School
- Augusta Middle School
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
- Central of Burden
- Circle Middle School
- Kingman Middle School
- Maize Middle School
- Maize South Middle School
- Pratt Liberty Middle School
- Resurrection Catholic School
- Robinson, Charles Middle School
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School
- St. Mark's Charter School
- St. Peter Catholic School
- St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School
- Stucky, Dean Ray Middle School
- Wichita Collegiate Middle School
- Wilbur Middle School
Division C
Garden City Region
- Dodge City High School
- Greeley County High School
- High Plains Home Educators
- Pratt High School
- Sublette High School
- Wichita County High School
Hays Region
- Ell-Saline High School
- Ellsworth High School
- Goodland High School
- Hays High School
- Hill City High School
- Lucas-Luray High School
- Lyons High School
- Minneapolis High School
- Phillipsburg High School
- Russell High School
- Skyline High School
- St. Francis Jr/Sr High School
- Trego Community High School
Northeast Kansas Region
- Basehor-Linwood High School
- Blue Valley High School
- Blue Valley North High School
- Blue Valley Northwest High School
- Blue Valley West High School
- Bonner Springs High School
- De Soto High School
- Lawrence Free State High School
- Leavenworth High School
- Mill Valley High School
- Olathe East High School
- Olathe North High School
- Olathe South High School
- Ottawa Senior High School
- Shawnee Mission East High School
- Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
- Shawnee Mission South High School
- Shawnee Mission West High School
- St. James Academy
- St. Thomas Aquinas High School
- Sumner Academy
- Tonganoxie High School
- Washburn Rural High School
Salina Region
- Bennington High School
- Buhler High School
- Canton-Galva High School
- Fairfield High School
- Haven High School
- Lincoln High School
- Manhattan High School
- McPherson High School
- Namaha Valley High School
- Nickerson High School
- Salina Central High School
- Salina High School South
- Smoky Valley High School
- Topeka High School
- Washington County High School
Wichita Region
- Andover Central High School
- Andover High School
- Bishop Carroll
- Caney Valley High School
- Central of Burden
- Circle High School
- Derby High School
- Dexter High School
- El Dorado High School
- Goddard High School
- Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School
- Maize High School
- Newton High School
- Wichita Collegiate Upper School
- Wichita High School East
- Wichita Southeast
State Specific Policies
Regional Event Winners
Kansas invites all first-place medalists at regionals whose teams did not qualify for state to come and compete. They are ranked separately but are awarded separate medals if they place in the top 6.
Large and Small Schools
Kansas divides the teams in half based on school size into a large school division and a small school division. All teams are placed together on the score sheet, but event medals and overall trophies are given to the top three schools in each size division. At the end of the tournament, they announce the overall top team, which goes to nationals.
External Links
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