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Camas Science Olympiad team places 13th at nationals

Duo wins first place for second year running

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The CHS Science Olympiad Team placed 13th overall at the national tournament this year, the best team score in their three years representing Washington state at the competition. Team members include, left to right, Ryan Lim, Jake Hsu, Kevin Hsu, Yun Teng, Hans Wachlin, Reese Pathak, Jon Bartlett, Yushuan Peng, Xinyang Chen, Camille Ritter, Eliot Shoemaker, Evan Roche, Rachel Fadlovich, Sophie Shoemaker, Ron Wright, Arya Pathak, Jonathan Ho, Marcus Bintz, Tim Grote, Noah Wachlin, Eric Kuhta, Matt Chase, Jana Grote and not pictured, Rick Grote.

Nineteen Camas High School students attended the Science Olympiad National Tournament in Dayton, Ohio recently.

Students competed in 25 events against 59 other high school state champion schools from across the country at Wright University.

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