Marquette University High School takes second place in Wisconsin Regional Science Bowl Competition

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Left to right: Coach J.R. Collier with Marquette University H.S. students Sam Gaspar, Alec Entress, Alex Peterson, Jeff Wiltgen, and Paul Scheid. MSOE photo by Paul W. Roberts.

MILWAUKEE, WI (02/02/2012)(readMedia)-- A team of students from Marquette University High School in Milwaukee took second place in the Wisconsin Regional Science Bowl Competition at Milwaukee School of Engineering on Jan. 28. Alec Entress, Sam Gaspar, Alex Peterson, Paul Scheid, Jeff Wiltgen and Coach J.R. Collier were on the team.

The competition was part of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl for high school students, and 20 teams competed regionally. Many of these teams spent months preparing for the National Science Bowl's regional competition, which features head-to-head competition in a fast-paced question and answer format similar to the popular television game show, "Jeopardy." The students were quizzed on all science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth and science, physics and astronomy, as well as math. Most questions are so challenging many scientists would have trouble finding an answer.

Marshfield (Wis.) High School took first place for the third year in a row and will travel to Washington, D.C., to compete against 68 other regional winners at the National Science Bowl from April 26-30. The winning team is comprised of Alma Farooque, Jack Gellerman, Laura Josephson, Michael Josephson, Rahul Pathak and Coach Paul Herder.

Stoughton (Wis.) High School finished in third place. Matthew Gharrity, Cayley Reif, Nathan Sullivan, Timothy Tyson and Coach Cindy Carter were on the team.

In 2012, 15,000 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors across the United States will compete.

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