New Mexico

New Mexico
General Information
Member of SO since	1986
Total teams	103
Division B Champion	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers
Division C Champion	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers
State Tournament Location	New Mexico Tech
Website	http://infohost.nmt.edu/~science/olympiad/

History

Contrary to popular belief, we are part of the United States. The government-run Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories attract scientists, who in turn spur their children's interest in science and Science Olympiad. In recent memory, the New Mexico team has consistently placed in the middle overall in national tournaments and individuals have been known to perform well in certain events. The State competition has historically been held at New Mexico Tech in Socorro New Mexico in early to mid march. The B division has been dominated as of late by Albuquerque Academy and the Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers, while consistently strong contenders in the C division are Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers, and La Cueva High School. Albuquerque Academy had a long dynasty with their winning streak extending back nearly a decade for the C division, but that streak was broken in 2014 by Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers. The B division results tend to be more unpredictable, but Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers have won it the last four years.

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.

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
1988					Albuquerque Academy	35th
1989					Albuquerque Academy	41st
1990					Albuquerque Academy
1991					Albuquerque Academy	15th
1992					Albuquerque Academy	30th
1993					Albuquerque Academy
1994					Albuquerque Academy	31st
1995					Albuquerque Academy	31st
1996					Albuquerque Academy	30th
1997					Albuquerque Academy	T-29th
1998					Albuquerque Academy	14th
1999	Sarracino Middle School	38th		N/A	Albuquerque Academy	22nd		N/A
2000	Hofacket Middle High School	49th		N/A	Albuquerque Academy	15th		N/A
2001	Albuquerque Academy	45th		N/A	Socorro High School	35th		N/A
2002	Hofacket Middle High School	49th		N/A	Socorro High School	39th		N/A
2003	Albuquerque Academy	36th		N/A	Albuquerque Academy	43rd		N/A
2004	Hofacket Middle High School	40th		N/A	Albuquerque Academy	35th		N/A
2005	Albuquerque Academy	36th		N/A	Albuquerque Academy	55th		N/A
2006	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	50th	Albuquerque Academy	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	44th		N/A
2007	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	37th	San Jon Middle School	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	38th		N/A
2008	Albuquerque Academy	39th	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	27th		N/A
2009	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	35th	Albuquerque Academy	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	34th	La Cueva High School	N/A
2010	Albuquerque Academy	33rd	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	34th	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A
2011	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	30th	Albuquerque Academy	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	29th	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A
2012	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	39th	Albuquerque Academy	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	38th	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A
2013	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	31st	Albuquerque Academy	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	39th	[[Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A
2014	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	N/A	Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers	N/A	Albuquerque Academy	N/A

Competitions

Invitationals

New Mexico currently hosts no invitational tournaments, but Albuquerque Academy is working toward hosting one for in-state teams and possibly one for teams in the greater Southwest region for the 2011-2012 season. They hope to include both B and C divisions for at least one of these, but due to coaching instability on the B team, these may end up as C only invitationals. Email academyscioly@gmail.com for latest info and updates.

Regional Competitions

Northwestern New Mexico Science Olympiad

Northeastern New Mexico Science Olympiad

Central New Mexico Science Olympiad

Southwestern New Mexico Science Olympiad

Southeastern New Mexico Science Olympiad

State Competition

New Mexico Science Olympiad: held at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, in late February.

Teams

Division B

Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers

Albuquerque Academy

Annunciation Middle School

Cloudcroft Middle School

Houston Junior High School

Sidney Gutierrez Middle School

Sierra Middle School

Hoover Middle School

Taylor Middle School

Cottonwood Valley Charter School

Sarracino Middle School

Mesa View Middle School

La Plata Middle School

Lovington Sixth Grade Academy

Highland Junior High School

Zia Middle School

Kennedy Middle School

Hermosa Middle School

Truth or Consequences Middle School

Hatch Valley Middle School

Vista Middle School

Kirtland Middle School

Tse'bit'ai Middle School

Deming Intermediate School

Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School

Division C

Albuquerque Academy

Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers

La Cueva High School

Cloudcroft High School

Lovington High School

New Mexico Military Institute

Socorro High School

Farmington High School

Hatch Valley High School

Rio Rancho High School

Deming High School

Sandia High School

Hobbs High School

Ruidoso High School

Silver High School

Hobbs Freshman High School

V. Sue Cleveland High School

Hot Springs High School

Gateway Christian School

Cibola High School

Piedra Vista High School

DATA Charter High School

Magdalena High School

Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School