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'''Giantpants''' (me) is a first-year student at Haverford College in Haverford, PA, and former competitor for [[Kellenberg Memorial High School]], in Uniondale, NY, where he competed for three years (2018-2020). I was President of the club for the 2020 season, as well as a Co-Vice President for the 2019 season. I also formerly competed for The [[Brother Joseph C. Fox Latin School]] for four years (2014-2017), spending two of those years as co-captain (2016) and captain (2017).
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'''Giantpants''' (me) is a senior at [[Kellenberg Memorial High School]], in Uniondale, NY, where he has competed for three years (2018-2020). He is currently the President of the club, and formerly competed for The [[Brother Joseph C. Fox Latin School]], where he competed for four years (2014-2017), spending two of those years as co-captain (2016) and captain (2017).
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==History==
 
==History==
  
 
===2014 Season===
 
===2014 Season===
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Giantpants joined the Science Olympiad as a sixth grader, making the Bro. Fox B team. However, this was basically by accident, as his brother was on the Kellenberg team. He did decent at regionals, then went to states and did... less decent.
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Giantpants joined the Science Olympiad as a sixth-grader, making the Bro. Fox B team. However, this was basically by accident, as my brother was on the Kellenberg team at the time. I did decent at regionals, then went to states and did... less decent.
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The 2014 season almost feels like a dream to me. It was vastly different than any other year, (regionals and states were in unique places, my events were wild, different people, etc.) but it was a crucial start to my season, and I'm very lucky I made the state team, otherwise who knows what would've happened?
  
 
===2015 Season===
 
===2015 Season===
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Giantpants returned in seventh grade, where he was on Bro. Fox's main team. This year, similar to 2014, he prepared well enough to achieve decent results at regionals, yet not enough to do well at states.
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Giantpants returned in seventh grade, where he was on Bro. Fox's main team. This year, similar to 2014, I prepared well enough to achieve decent results at regionals, yet not enough to do well at states.
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The 2015 season feels dream-like too, but I remember more stuff from it, and it also still wasn't too long ago that I can actually remember it. It was a good time, and honestly, maybe it was not doing too great at states that inspired me to start working hard in 2016.
  
 
===2016 Season===
 
===2016 Season===
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In eighth grade, Giantpants committed to Science Olympiad, attending Division C invitationals with the Kellenberg team. This allowed him to compete at high level competitions, including MIT and Yale. He also additionally began doing events he enjoyed, such as [[Wind Power]], [[Reach for the Stars]], and [[Dynamic Planet]].
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In eighth grade, Giantpants finally committed to Science Olympiad, attending Division C invitationals with the Kellenberg team. This allowed me to compete at high level competitions, including MIT and Yale. I also additionally began doing events I actually enjoyed, such as [[Wind Power]], [[Reach for the Stars]], and [[Dynamic Planet]].
  
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At Blue Dragon, Giantpants medaled in all five of his events, a trend which he continued at regionals that year. Additionally, at regionals, he helped the team to its only regional championship.
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2015 was a rough year for the Latin School, so we thought 2016 was going to be more of a rebuilding year, but we surprised everyone, including ourselves! At Blue Dragon, I medaled in all five events, a trend which I continued at regionals that year. Additionally, I helped the team to its only regional championship, which was epic. I did alright at States, but more importantly, this was honestly the real start of my Science Olympiad career, when I had finally found something I could be decent at and really enjoy doing at the same time. Hooray!
  
 
===2017 Season===
 
===2017 Season===
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After losing a large chunk of the team, Giantpants led the team as captain, doing extra events which had been left behind, such as [[Rocks and Minerals]] and [[Road Scholar]]. He led his team to good performances at Blue Dragon and Regionals, as well as the best state finish that the Latin School had had since 2008. Other significant moments in 2017 include the lowest regional point total that the Latin School had earned since 2008, as well as a state championship in Dynamic Planet.
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After losing a large chunk of the 2016 team, Giantpants became the Brother Fox team captain as a freshman, picking up extra events which had been left behind, such as [[Rocks and Minerals]] and [[Road Scholar]]. I led the team to good performances at Blue Dragon and Regionals, as well as the best state finish that the Latin School has had since 2008. Other significant moments in 2017 include the lowest regional point total that the Latin School had earned since 2008, as well as a state championship in Dynamic Planet. It was probably my best season, results and experience wise.
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I maintain, to this day, that Division B States 2017 is definitely a high point in my life as a leader, a competitor, and a person. What a time to be alive, right?
  
 
===2018 Season===
 
===2018 Season===
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In his first division C year, Giantpants made the Kellenberg team, and retained many of his events from 2017, doing Dynamic Planet, [[Astronomy]], [[Remote Sensing]], and [[Optics]]. He performed relatively well all year, notably medaling in Dynamic Planet at every competition, and medaling/near medaling in Astronomy and Remote Sensing at each competition, up until states.
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In his first division C year, Giantpants, now a sophomore, made the Kellenberg team, and retained many of his events from 2017, doing Dynamic Planet, [[Astronomy]], [[Remote Sensing]], and [[Optics]]. I performed relatively well all year, notably medaling in Dynamic Planet at every competition, and medaling/near medaling in Astronomy and Remote Sensing at each competition, up until states. Eek.
  
 
===2019 Season===
 
===2019 Season===
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In 2019, Giantpants competed in Dynamic Planet, Astronomy, [[Sounds of Music]], [[Geologic Mapping]], and regrettably, [[Mousetrap Vehicle]]. However, his state results were again less than satisfactory, save for a lucky medal in Geologic Mapping.
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In 2019, Giantpants competed in Dynamic Planet, Astronomy, [[Sounds of Music]], [[Geologic Mapping]], and regrettably, [[Mousetrap Vehicle]]. I guess I did slightly worse as a junior than as a sophomore, but I still usually did pretty well. However, my state results were again less than satisfactory, save for a lucky medal in Geologic Mapping. How unfortunate. Oh, and Science Quiz Bowl memes lol. Good times.
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It may not have been my most incredible season ever performance-wise, but the 2019 season was a really fun time of growth and friendship making for me, and a time I’ll always look back upon with fondness and nostalgia. Oh, and it’s also when I made my scioly.org account, and I began to become more immersed in the greater SO world! Yay.
  
 
===2020 Season===
 
===2020 Season===
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Giantpants is hoping to make the 2020 season the most successful one in many years for Kellenberg, continuing with four of his five 2019 events. Let’s see how the season goes!
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Becoming President of the team and continuing with four of his previous five events, Giantpants was able to achieve his peak Science Olympiad performance as a senior. Beginning with an unexpectedly strong team performance at Cornell, it was clear this team was something special. Strong performance after strong performance, individually and team, made 2020 a peak season for Kellenberg.
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Although we were unable to attend states due to the extremely unfortunate timing of the virus, an abrupt, unexpected, and unwelcome end to my career as a competitor, 2020 was still a top tier year for Kellenberg. Our accomplishments ranged from consistent trophies at invitationals to wins over teams which beat us easily the year prior. Notably, we achieved the lowest point total for any team in [[Nassau West Regional|Nassau West]] history with all 23 events being counted! While we may not have had our chance to reach my ultimate goal of bringing Kellenberg back to the top 6 of New York State, a ranking it has not held since 2011, I do truly believe that, if not for extenuating circumstances, we would have reached our goal, and maybe even higher! 2020 was undoubtedly the most successful year in history for Kellenberg Memorial High School, and I am proud to have led and been a part of the team during this time of exceptional success.
  
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==More About Me==
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Also, this was the year where I actually became friends with people in the SO community. Meeting legends from all over the northeast and the country made the season much more enjoyable and fun!
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In addition to Science Olympiad, I'm also the president of Kellenberg's quiz bowl team. When I'm not doing either, I'm probably listening to Fall Out Boy (the only music I listen to, and my favorite thing in the whole world!) or playing my most prized possession, my Pete Wentz signature bass guitar! Some other things I am a huge fan of include Star Wars, Pokemon, and Nintendo games as a whole. Oh, and Bionicle. If we share an interest or you just wanna talk, feel free to reach out, as I love talking to people! Thanks for actually checking out my page lol
 
  
 
==Full Results==
 
==Full Results==
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! Event !!  [[Wright State Invitational|Wright State]] !!  [[Blue Dragon Invitational|Blue Dragon]] !! [[Western Long Island Regional|Regionals]] !! [[New York|States]]
 
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| [[Road Scholar]]
 
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| [[Astronomy]]
 
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| [[Dynamic Planet]]
 
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|bgcolor="maroon"|<font color="white">'''10th'''</font>
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|bgcolor="Green"|<font color="White">'''5th'''</font>
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| [[Geologic Mapping]]
 
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| bgcolor="Pink"|<font color="black">'''9th'''</font>
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| bgcolor="Silver"|<font color="Black">'''2nd'''</font>
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| bgcolor="yellow"|<font color="black">'''4th'''</font>
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| bgcolor="Sienna"|<font color="white">3rd</font>
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| bgcolor="Sienna"|<font color="white">'''3rd'''</font>
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| bgcolor="Silver"|<font color="Black">2nd</font>
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| bgcolor="Silver"|<font color="Black">'''2nd'''</font>
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| bgcolor="gold"|<font color="black">1st</font>
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| bgcolor="gold"|<font color="black">'''1st'''</font>
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| bgcolor="Silver"|<font color="Black">'''2nd'''</font>
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| bgcolor="gold"|<font color="black">1st</font>
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| bgcolor="gold"|<font color="black">'''1st'''</font>
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==Supervising==
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After my last competition ever was ripped away in the most untimely of manners, I will (hopefully) be forever committed to supervising and writing the best possible tests for other competitors, so that (hopefully) everyone can love SO as much as, or (hopefully) even more than, I do! Below is a table of all the events that I have helped run:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Date !! Competition !! Location !! Division!! Event !! Role !! Extra Notes
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| April 17, 2021||[[ 2021 Pennsylvania State Tournament|Pennsylvania State Tournament]]||Online|| C || Sounds of Music || Event Supervisor || -
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|March 31, 2021||Pennsylvania Regional Tournament||Online|| C || Sounds of Music || Test Writer || -
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|-
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|March 7-13, 2021||[[BirdSO Invitational]]||Online|| C || Geologic Mapping || Event Supervisor || -
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|-
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|February 6, 2021||[[Science Olympiad at Penn State Invitational|SOAPS Invitational]]||Online|| C || Sounds of Music || Co-Event Supervisor ||[https://scioly.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=294&t=18897&start=20#p434827 Event Write-Up]
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|-
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|January 9, 2021||[[Mira Loma Invitational]]||Online|| C || Geologic Mapping || Test Proctor || -
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|-
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|December 19, 2020||[[Las Vegas Invitational]]||Online|| C || Geologic Mapping || Event Supervisor || [https://scioly.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=294&t=18424&start=20#p432514 Event Write-Up]
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|-
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|October 10, 2020||[[BEARSO Invitational]]||Online|| C || Geologic Mapping || Event Supervisor || [https://scioly.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=294&t=18326&start=130#p429430 Event Write-Up]
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|-
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|April 5, 2019||[[2019 New York State Tournament|New York State Tournament]]|| Syracuse, NY || B || Solar System || Co-Event Supervisor || -
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|April 14, 2018||[[2018 New York State Tournament|New York State Tournament]]|| Syracuse, NY|| B || Battery Buggy || Assisting Supervisor || -
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|March 11, 2017||[[2017 New York State Tournament|New York State Tournament]]|| Syracuse, NY|| C || Electric Vehicle||Assisting Supervisor || -
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|}
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(Event Supervisor means I wrote and supervised the test, Test Writer means I wrote the test but couldn't supervise, and Test Proctor means I supervised the test but didn't write it!)
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If you've taken one of my tests, I would love to get your feedback! You're welcome to fill out [https://forms.gle/R8XohTJLefoJZkuo6 this Google Form] and let me know of what you thought of the test! Any feedback is good feedback.
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==Username Origin==
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The name Giantpants comes from Wizard101, a game I've played since 2009. Wizard101 characters each have a name, (obviously lol), and the names are in the style of [First name] [Adjective][Noun]. I was extraordinarily young when I first started playing, so I named my first character Adam Giantpants, since Adam was closest to my real name, and Giantpants because it was simply so ridiculous and funny that I couldn't not choose it haha. Fast forward almost 10 years, and I need a unique name for scioly.org, so, yeah, I chose the first ever character name I came up with in Wizard101!
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I still play Wizard101, and Adam Giantpants is still around. He, a Pyromancer, is currently one of my five max level characters, and I am very proud of him and all my other achievements in-game!
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==More About Me==
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In addition to Science Olympiad, I'm also the president of Kellenberg's quiz bowl team. I absolutely love Fall Out Boy, the only music I listen to haha, playing their songs on Pete Wentz's signature bass guitar, my most prized possession, and tracking my song play counts and rankings in a spreadsheet. I'm also a huge fan of Star Wars, Pokémon, competitive Mario Kart, and most Nintendo games. Oh, and Bionicle haha (if you know any Bionicle lore at all, you are a legend). If we share an interest or you just wanna talk, feel free to reach out, as I love talking to people! Thanks for actually checking out my page lol
 +
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Oh, and if by some off chance, you are interested, my favorite Fall Out Boy songs are I Don't Care, "The Take Over, the Breaks Over," Thnks fr th Mmrs, What a Catch, Donnie, Bang the Doldrums, The Last of the Real Ones, Alpha Dog, I Slept With Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me, Novocaine, and Fourth of July. I would recommend any of them, as both Fall Out Boy songs, and as songs in general.
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Lastly, my name is Aidan! If you think you see me at a competition ever, feel free to address me by either my real name or my username! I’d be honored, as it would mean someone read my entire user page haha.
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Anyway yeah, thanks again for reading!
  
 
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Template:UserInfoBox Giantpants (me) is a first-year student at Haverford College in Haverford, PA, and former competitor for Kellenberg Memorial High School, in Uniondale, NY, where he competed for three years (2018-2020). I was President of the club for the 2020 season, as well as a Co-Vice President for the 2019 season. I also formerly competed for The Brother Joseph C. Fox Latin School for four years (2014-2017), spending two of those years as co-captain (2016) and captain (2017).

KellenbergLogo.pngGiantpants attended Kellenberg Memorial High School.
DMAHGiantpants attended Dank Memes Area Homeschool.


History

2014 Season

Giantpants joined the Science Olympiad as a sixth-grader, making the Bro. Fox B team. However, this was basically by accident, as my brother was on the Kellenberg team at the time. I did decent at regionals, then went to states and did... less decent.

The 2014 season almost feels like a dream to me. It was vastly different than any other year, (regionals and states were in unique places, my events were wild, different people, etc.) but it was a crucial start to my season, and I'm very lucky I made the state team, otherwise who knows what would've happened?

2015 Season

Giantpants returned in seventh grade, where he was on Bro. Fox's main team. This year, similar to 2014, I prepared well enough to achieve decent results at regionals, yet not enough to do well at states.

The 2015 season feels dream-like too, but I remember more stuff from it, and it also still wasn't too long ago that I can actually remember it. It was a good time, and honestly, maybe it was not doing too great at states that inspired me to start working hard in 2016.

2016 Season

In eighth grade, Giantpants finally committed to Science Olympiad, attending Division C invitationals with the Kellenberg team. This allowed me to compete at high level competitions, including MIT and Yale. I also additionally began doing events I actually enjoyed, such as Wind Power, Reach for the Stars, and Dynamic Planet.

2015 was a rough year for the Latin School, so we thought 2016 was going to be more of a rebuilding year, but we surprised everyone, including ourselves! At Blue Dragon, I medaled in all five events, a trend which I continued at regionals that year. Additionally, I helped the team to its only regional championship, which was epic. I did alright at States, but more importantly, this was honestly the real start of my Science Olympiad career, when I had finally found something I could be decent at and really enjoy doing at the same time. Hooray!

2017 Season

After losing a large chunk of the 2016 team, Giantpants became the Brother Fox team captain as a freshman, picking up extra events which had been left behind, such as Rocks and Minerals and Road Scholar. I led the team to good performances at Blue Dragon and Regionals, as well as the best state finish that the Latin School has had since 2008. Other significant moments in 2017 include the lowest regional point total that the Latin School had earned since 2008, as well as a state championship in Dynamic Planet. It was probably my best season, results and experience wise.

I maintain, to this day, that Division B States 2017 is definitely a high point in my life as a leader, a competitor, and a person. What a time to be alive, right?

2018 Season

In his first division C year, Giantpants, now a sophomore, made the Kellenberg team, and retained many of his events from 2017, doing Dynamic Planet, Astronomy, Remote Sensing, and Optics. I performed relatively well all year, notably medaling in Dynamic Planet at every competition, and medaling/near medaling in Astronomy and Remote Sensing at each competition, up until states. Eek.

2019 Season

In 2019, Giantpants competed in Dynamic Planet, Astronomy, Sounds of Music, Geologic Mapping, and regrettably, Mousetrap Vehicle. I guess I did slightly worse as a junior than as a sophomore, but I still usually did pretty well. However, my state results were again less than satisfactory, save for a lucky medal in Geologic Mapping. How unfortunate. Oh, and Science Quiz Bowl memes lol. Good times.

It may not have been my most incredible season ever performance-wise, but the 2019 season was a really fun time of growth and friendship making for me, and a time I’ll always look back upon with fondness and nostalgia. Oh, and it’s also when I made my scioly.org account, and I began to become more immersed in the greater SO world! Yay.

2020 Season

Becoming President of the team and continuing with four of his previous five events, Giantpants was able to achieve his peak Science Olympiad performance as a senior. Beginning with an unexpectedly strong team performance at Cornell, it was clear this team was something special. Strong performance after strong performance, individually and team, made 2020 a peak season for Kellenberg.

Although we were unable to attend states due to the extremely unfortunate timing of the virus, an abrupt, unexpected, and unwelcome end to my career as a competitor, 2020 was still a top tier year for Kellenberg. Our accomplishments ranged from consistent trophies at invitationals to wins over teams which beat us easily the year prior. Notably, we achieved the lowest point total for any team in Nassau West history with all 23 events being counted! While we may not have had our chance to reach my ultimate goal of bringing Kellenberg back to the top 6 of New York State, a ranking it has not held since 2011, I do truly believe that, if not for extenuating circumstances, we would have reached our goal, and maybe even higher! 2020 was undoubtedly the most successful year in history for Kellenberg Memorial High School, and I am proud to have led and been a part of the team during this time of exceptional success.

Also, this was the year where I actually became friends with people in the SO community. Meeting legends from all over the northeast and the country made the season much more enjoyable and fun!

Full Results

2016

Event Blue Dragon Regionals States
Crave the Wave 10th 2nd 6th
Dynamic Planet 6th 1st 11th
Optics 2nd 3rd -
Reach for the Stars 7th 5th 8th
Wind Power 4th 2nd 2nd

2017

Event Wright State Blue Dragon Regionals States
Dynamic Planet 35th 4th 1st 1st
Reach for the Stars - 8th 3rd 6th
Road Scholar 26th 6th 4th 10th
Rocks and Minerals 7th 3rd 2nd 5th
Wind Power 11th 1st 1st 5th

2018

Event LISO Columbia Northmont Yale Regionals Tiger Cornell States
Astronomy 18th 4th 5th 6th 3rd 1st 7th 29th
Dynamic Planet 5th 6th 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 5th 20th
Optics 18th 5th 4th 17th 10th 8th 15th 15th
Remote Sensing 10th 3rd - 7th 1st 2nd 6th 31st

2019

Event LISO Columbia Centerville Yale Regionals Tiger Cornell States
Astronomy 5th 11th 16th 4th 3rd 2nd 19th 22nd
Dynamic Planet 22nd 2nd 6th 11th 1st 2nd 12th 19th
Geologic Mapping 25th 4th 14th 12th 3rd 2nd 9th 6th
Mousetrap Vehicle 18th 11th 24th 7th 3rd 5th 11th 17th
Science Quiz Bowl - 5th - - 1st - - 3rd
Sounds of Music 10th 4th 15th 5th 1st 1st 4th 27th

2020

Event Cornell LISO Columbia Valley Forge North Pocono Regionals Centerville SOUP States
Astronomy 10th 8th 5th 18th 1st 3rd 8th 15th We
Dynamic Planet 8th 10th 4th 9th 5th 4th 10th 23rd will
Geologic Mapping 3rd 9th 1st 7th 2nd 4th 3rd 14th never
Sounds of Music 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 6th 6th know.

Supervising

After my last competition ever was ripped away in the most untimely of manners, I will (hopefully) be forever committed to supervising and writing the best possible tests for other competitors, so that (hopefully) everyone can love SO as much as, or (hopefully) even more than, I do! Below is a table of all the events that I have helped run:

Date Competition Location Division Event Role Extra Notes
April 17, 2021 Pennsylvania State Tournament Online C Sounds of Music Event Supervisor -
March 31, 2021 Pennsylvania Regional Tournament Online C Sounds of Music Test Writer -
March 7-13, 2021 BirdSO Invitational Online C Geologic Mapping Event Supervisor -
February 6, 2021 SOAPS Invitational Online C Sounds of Music Co-Event Supervisor Event Write-Up
January 9, 2021 Mira Loma Invitational Online C Geologic Mapping Test Proctor -
December 19, 2020 Las Vegas Invitational Online C Geologic Mapping Event Supervisor Event Write-Up
October 10, 2020 BEARSO Invitational Online C Geologic Mapping Event Supervisor Event Write-Up
April 5, 2019 New York State Tournament Syracuse, NY B Solar System Co-Event Supervisor -
April 14, 2018 New York State Tournament Syracuse, NY B Battery Buggy Assisting Supervisor -
March 11, 2017 New York State Tournament Syracuse, NY C Electric Vehicle Assisting Supervisor -

(Event Supervisor means I wrote and supervised the test, Test Writer means I wrote the test but couldn't supervise, and Test Proctor means I supervised the test but didn't write it!)

If you've taken one of my tests, I would love to get your feedback! You're welcome to fill out this Google Form and let me know of what you thought of the test! Any feedback is good feedback.

Username Origin

The name Giantpants comes from Wizard101, a game I've played since 2009. Wizard101 characters each have a name, (obviously lol), and the names are in the style of [First name] [Adjective][Noun]. I was extraordinarily young when I first started playing, so I named my first character Adam Giantpants, since Adam was closest to my real name, and Giantpants because it was simply so ridiculous and funny that I couldn't not choose it haha. Fast forward almost 10 years, and I need a unique name for scioly.org, so, yeah, I chose the first ever character name I came up with in Wizard101!

I still play Wizard101, and Adam Giantpants is still around. He, a Pyromancer, is currently one of my five max level characters, and I am very proud of him and all my other achievements in-game!

More About Me

In addition to Science Olympiad, I'm also the president of Kellenberg's quiz bowl team. I absolutely love Fall Out Boy, the only music I listen to haha, playing their songs on Pete Wentz's signature bass guitar, my most prized possession, and tracking my song play counts and rankings in a spreadsheet. I'm also a huge fan of Star Wars, Pokémon, competitive Mario Kart, and most Nintendo games. Oh, and Bionicle haha (if you know any Bionicle lore at all, you are a legend). If we share an interest or you just wanna talk, feel free to reach out, as I love talking to people! Thanks for actually checking out my page lol

Oh, and if by some off chance, you are interested, my favorite Fall Out Boy songs are I Don't Care, "The Take Over, the Breaks Over," Thnks fr th Mmrs, What a Catch, Donnie, Bang the Doldrums, The Last of the Real Ones, Alpha Dog, I Slept With Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me, Novocaine, and Fourth of July. I would recommend any of them, as both Fall Out Boy songs, and as songs in general.

Lastly, my name is Aidan! If you think you see me at a competition ever, feel free to address me by either my real name or my username! I’d be honored, as it would mean someone read my entire user page haha.

Anyway yeah, thanks again for reading!

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