Minnesota

Minnesota
General Information
Member of SO since	1984
Total teams	100
Division B Champion	Kenwood Trail Middle School
Division C Champion	Mounds View High School
State Tournament Location	University of St. Thomas
Website	www.minnesotaso.org

History

Minnesota Science Olympiad was founded in 1985 and joined the Minnesota Academy of Science in 1995. Minnesota Science Olympiad has since grown to host 100 registered teams at five regional tournament sites. In 2011, Minnesota received a second Division C nationals berth for the first time since 2002.

Past State Champions

Year	Division B Champion	B Champ Nats Place	Division B Runner-up	B Runner-up Nats Place	Division C Champion	C Champ Nats Place	Division C Runner-up	C Runner-up Nats Place
1985					Forest Lake	12	Apple Valley	15
1986					Apple Valley	8		N/A
1987					Totino-Grace	32	Red Wing Central	23
1988					White Bear Lake	29	Red Wing Central	24
1989					Apple Valley	38	White Bear Lake	20
1990					Apple Valley	34	White Bear Lake	31
1991					White Bear Lake	31		N/A
1992					Apple Valley	37		N/A
1993					White Bear Lake	24		N/A
1994					Stillwater	38		N/A
1995					Lakeville	37		N/A
1996					Lakeville	23		N/A
1997					Lakeville	19		N/A
1998					Lakeville	10		N/A
1999	Red Wing-Twin Bluff	36		N/A	Lakeville	5	Apple Valley	N/A
2000	Kenwood Trail	11		N/A	Lakeville	3	Apple Valley	N/A
2001	Twin Bluff	34		N/A	Apple Valley	29	Lakeville	N/A
2002	Delano	38		N/A	Apple Valley	31	Waseca	30
2003	Kenwood Trail	31		N/A	Chaska	36	Mounds View	N/A
2004	Delano	29		N/A	Mounds View	42		N/A
2005	Delano	41		N/A	Mounds View	29	Century	N/A
2006	Delano	32		N/A	Mounds View	38	St. Paul Academy	N/A
2007	Delano	50	Northfield	N/A	St. Paul Academy	45	St. Paul Central	N/A
2008	Kenwood Trail	43		N/A	Mounds View	28	St. Paul Central	N/A
2009	Kenwood Trail	43	Lake Junior	N/A	Eastview	29	Wayzata	N/A
2010	Kenwood Trail	41	Delano	N/A	Eastview	20	Wayzata	N/A
2011	Kenwood Trail	43	Delano	N/A	Mounds View	15	Eastview	19

Competitions

Invitationals

Division C

South Suburban Conference- January

Many Minnesota teams attend the Boyceville Invitational and River Falls Border Battle Invitational, both in Wisconsin.

Regional Competitions

Division C

Bethel University

Inver Hills Community College

University of Minnesota - Rochester

Minnesota State University - Moorhead

State Competitions

Division B&C

University of St. Thomas

Teams

Division B

Belle Plaine

Bethlehem Academy

Byron

Capitol Hill (Blue, Green)

Century

Chippewa

Delano

Ellis (Red, White)

Friedell (A,B)

Hastings

Horizon

Kenwood Trail (A,B)

Lake (Blue, White)

Minnetonka East (1,2)

Nicollet

Providence Academy (Gold, Blue, White)

Randolph

Sauk Rapids Rice

Shakopee (Red, Black, White)

Triton

Division C

====Bethel University==== (12 Schools qualify)

Blaine (A,B)

Cretin-Derham Hall

Delano (A,B)

Harbor City International

Minnehaha Academy

Mounds View (A,B,C,D)

Mound Westonka

North St. Paul

Orono

Providence Academy

St. Anthony Village

St. Paul Academy

St. Paul Central (A,B)

St. Paul Harding

Totino-Grace (A,B)

Wayzata (A,B,C)

====Inver Hills Community College==== (8 Schools qualify)

Apple Valley

Belle Plaine

Blake (A,B)

Bloomington Jefferson (A,B)

Bloomington Kennedy

Eagan

Eastview (A,B,C)

Eden Prairie (A,B)

Minnetonka (A,B)

St. Louis Park

Woodbury (A,B)

====University of Minnesota-Rochester==== (9 Schools qualify)

Austin

Rochester Century

Faribault (A,B)

John Marshall

Lakeville North

Lakeville South

Northfield (A,B)

Randolph

Rochester Mayo

Stewartville

Triton (A,B)

Waseca

====Minnesota State University-Moorhead==== (4 Schools qualify)

Bemidji

Hawley (A,B)

Moorhead

Norman County West

Osakis (A,B)

Roseau