INA, Ill. (Feb. 7, 2020)
Some of the brightest students from around the region converged on the Rend Lake College campus Wednesday for a battle of wits.
The annual Academic Challenge in Engineering and Science (ACES and formerly known as WYSE) saw ten local high schools bring students to compete in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering Graphics, English, Mathematics and Physics.
Benton High School, Chester High School, Christopher High School, Hamilton County High School, Mt. Vernon Township High School, Pinckneyville High School, Sesser-Valier High School, Waltonville High School, Webber High School and Ziegler-Royalton High School all competed in the test-taking competition.
RLC staff also provided some competitions for the teams while their scores were processed. One design competition challenged students to create an aircraft that could fly the farthest without breaking a couple of eggs on board. The Webber High School team took home the design title this year.
Students who advanced from the regional competition will go on to compete in the sectional competition at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale on March 11. If they advance from there, the state competition will be held at Eastern Illinois University on April 20-23.
The overall winners of the ACES competition were (left to right) Charu Jain of Mt. Vernon High School for Biology, Cole McMahon of Hamilton County High School for Physics, Austin Stanley of Hamilton County High School for Computer Fundamentals, Juliana Mitchell of Zeigler-Royalton High School for English, Vanessa Coogan of Zeigler-Royalton High School for Biology, Ben Houle of Mt. Vernon High School for Chemistry and Graphics, and Ryker Kiselewski of Sesser-Valier for Math and Physics.
Division 300 winners
Biology
1st Vanessa Coogan Zeigler-Royalton
2nd Cordelia Lemons of Sesser-Valier and Derek Sample of Sesser-Valier
3rd Hudson Stubblefield of Sesser-Valier and Cera Wilson of Zeigler-Royalton
Chemistry
1st Reagan Newell of Waltonville and Eli Schoenbaechler of Sesser-Valier
2nd Shelbi Patterson of Christopher and Brittany Withrow of Webber
3rd Maisey Jones of Waltonville
Computer Science
1st Nathaniel Groff of Webber and Carter Maloney of Christopher
2nd Ian Behm of Christopher and Savanna Hulbert of Webber
3rd Kaleb Barnett of Zeigler-Royalton
English
1st Juliana Mitchell of Zeigler-Royalton
2nd Gillian Lemons of Sesser-Valier
3rd Gabby Dover of Zeigler-Royalton
Engineering
1st Gavin Johnson of Webber
2nd Carter Maloney of Christopher
3rd Emi Caronongan of Webber and Cera Wilson of Zeigler-Royalton
Math
1st Ryker Kiselewski of Sesser-Valier
2nd Carson Latta of Sesser-Valier and Carlie Page of Sesser-Valier
3rd Gavin Johnson of Webber
Physics
1st Ryker Kiselewski of Sesser-Valier
2nd Montana Packer of Sesser-Valier
3rd Kyle Hails of Webber and Trinitti Noto of Zeigler-Royalton
Division 700 winners
Biology
1st Leslie Grubb of Hamilton County
2nd Ariel Throop of Chester, Alison Venus of Chester and Brock Williams of Chester
3rd Layne Jones of Pinckneyville and Sesley Tedeschi of Benton
Chemistry
1st Jaci South of Chester
2nd Madison Mattingly of Hamilton County
3rd Adam Wellen of Hamilton County
Computer Science
1st Austin Stanley of Hamilton County
2nd Nate Rains of Chester
3rd Preston Cassuto of Benton, Alyssa Place of Chester and Cordy Stirnaman of Chester
English
1st Camryn Parker of Hamilton County
2nd Olivia Barclay of Benton
3rd Kylee Vaughn of Hamilton County and Kasey Whipple of Hamilton County
Engineering
1st Jaxon Williams of Benton
2nd Thomas Burdel of Pinckneyville
3rd Nate Rains of Chester
Math
1st Seth Davenport of Hamilton County
2nd Austin Stanley of Hamilton County and David Wagner of Pinckneyville
3rd Madyson Darr of Benton, Reece Johnson of Benton and Mitchell Suponsic of Benton
Physics
1st Jacob McMahon of Hamilton County
2nd Seth Davenport of Hamilton County
3rd Frank Zachman of Hamilton County
Division 1500 Winners
Biology
1st Charu Jain of Mt. Vernon
2nd Trenton Randall of Mt. Vernon
3rd Gabe Tisdale of Mt. Vernon
Chemistry
1st Ben Houle of Mt. Vernon
2nd Daniel Song of Mt. Vernon
3rd Jason Ren of Mt. Vernon
Computer Science
1st Nathan Launay of Mt. Vernon and Gabe Tisdale of Mt. Vernon
2nd Brandon Hall of Mt. Vernon
English
1st Charu Jain of Mt. Vernon and Charlie Houle of Mt. Vernon
2nd Declan Desper of Mt. Vernon
3rd Katie Huff of Mt. Vernon
Engineering
1st Ben Houle of Mt. Vernon
2nd Nathan Launay of Mt. Vernon
3rd Cassie White of Mt. Vernon
Math
1st Daniel Song of Mt. Vernon
2nd Carson Wright of Mt. Vernon
3rd Jason Ren of Mt. Vernon
Physics
1st Brandon Hall of Mt. Vernon
2nd Samantha Clanin of Mt. Vernon
Team winners
Division 300
1st Sesser-Valier High School
2nd Webber High School
3rd Zeigler-Royalton High School
4th Christopher High School
5th Waltonville High School
Division 700
1st Hamilton County High School
2nd Chester High School
3rd Benton High School
4th Pinckneyville High School
Team Photos
Front row (left to right): Trinity Price, Jayla Soleto, Mady Darr, Sesley Tedeschi, Kiley Carter, Madi McLain, Mia McLain. Back row: Megann Nelson, Preston Cassuto, Collin Miller, Reese Johnson, Jaxon Williams, Olivia Barclay, Demi Renn, Mitch Supancic.
Front row (left to right): Cordy Stirnaman, Alyssa Place, Jaci South, Grace Stee, Brianna Surman, Destiny Williams, Peyton Clendenin, Madi Kribs. Middle row: Ariel Throop, Jessica Handel, Melody Colonel, Cami Schroeder, Addie Blechle, Alison Venus. Back row: Lily Koch, Zack Houghlan, Gage Bollmann, Matt Renfroe, Brock Williams, Nate Heffernan, Nate Rains.
Front Row (left to right): Adalynn Davis, Shelbi Patterson, Rebecca Redding, Mackenzie Crusa, Michaela Eubanks, Jenna Janello, Catlin Freehill. Back row: Coach Brittany Hammonds, Caleb Helfrich, Madyson Newsome, Ian Behm, Jeremiah Traiteur, Ben Nichols, Carter Maloney, Anthony Rolla.
Front Row (left to right): Madison Mattingly, Rylee Woodrow, Kasey Whipple, Madison Payne, Kylee Vaughan, Camryn Parker, Leslie Grubb. Back row: Seth Davenport, Frank Zachman, Austin Stanley, Cole McMahon, Adam Wellen, Laban Hunt, Madison Heil.
Front row (left to right): Nathan Launay, Declan Desper, Carson Wright, Daniel Song, Katie Huff, Charu Jain, Gabe Tisdale, Samantha Clanin. Middle row: Jason Ren, Cassie White, Ben Houle, Abby White, Rebecca VanLuvender, Anna Kosierkiewicz. Back: Charlie Houle, Trenton Randall, Brady Young, Brendon Estes, Jackson Mills, Brandon Hill.
Front row (left to right): Kailey Lacy, Kally Mayo, Sadee Moll, Hayley Winter, Emily Restoff, Emily Ruppert, Lily Tanner, Olivia Buza. Middle row: Gabby Pasquino, Sarah Restoff, Kira Bruce, Carley Heisner, Tom Burdel, Miranda Skorch, Lauren Jackson, Aubrey Bruns. Back row: Kenzie Rushing, Megan Engelhardt, Addy Waggoner, Layne Jones, David Wagner, Sallee Collins.
Front row (left to right): Audrey Gulley, Gillian Lemons, Carlie Page, Katie Galloway, Montana Packer, Reagan Basso, Emma Spence. Back row: Maura White, Carson Latta, Ryker Kiselewski, Derek Sample, Eli Schoenbaechler, Cordelia Lemms, Hudson Stubblefield.
Front row (left to right): Lydia Kash, Ella Zahm, Mikayla Robbers, Maisey Jones, Sophie Eastham, Jacey Kujawa, Elizabeth Eastham. Back row: Alexis Wood, Reagan Newell, Dawson Laczynski, Dillon Banach, C.J. Griffith, Brandon Lowery, Madeline Johnson.
Front row (left to right): Hannah Dejeurrett, Seth Hamerski, Samantha Schrum, Adi Caronongan, Kyle Hails, Emi Caronongan, Emma Thompson. Back row: Brittany Withrow, Savanna Halbert, Madalyn Leshy, Rebekah Marlow, Gavin Johnson, Aidan Reed, Nate Groff, Coach Cindy Birkuen.
Front row (left to right): Trinitti Noto, Jacquelyn Walter, Addisyn Calloni, Chloe Menckowski, Gabby Dover, Kya Maier, Cera Wilson. Back row: Alora Lefler, Nathaniel Furlow, Juliana Mitchell, Cole Gelso, Kaleb Barnett, Noah Wilson, Vanessa Coogan.
The overall winners of the ACES competition were (left to right) Charu Jain of Mt. Vernon High School for Biology, Cole McMahon of Hamilton County High School for Physics, Austin Stanley of Hamilton County High School for Computer Fundamentals, Juliana Mitchell of Zeigler-Royalton High School for English, Vanessa Coogan of Zeigler-Royalton High School for Biology, Ben Houle of Mt. Vernon High School for Chemistry and Graphics, and Ryker Kiselewski of Sesser-Valier for Math and Physics.
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