Saturday, January 18, 2020, Diamond Bar High School Science Olympiad Team competed at the 2020 Mesa-Wilson Invitational competition. Out of 40 teams, they placed FIRST overall. The team competed in 23 events, encompassing a diverse range of scientific studies, finishing in the top 6 in 16 of the events. Thank you to club adviser Mrs. Daza for transporting them to the competition, as well as Mrs. Sivaraman as well as team alternates Jeffrey Chen and Darren Fang for helping proctor and grade tests. The team’s next competition will be on February 22, at Rio Hondo College for the LA Regional Competition.

Anatomy & Physiology (Eileen Zu and John Liu) - 5th Place

Astronomy (Jay Siri and Ryan Lou) - 6th Place

Circuit Lab (Kaihao Wen and Simon Wang) - 3rd Place

Code Busters (Keshav Sriram, Karissa Wong, and Kaihao Wen) - 2nd Place

Designer Genes (Eileen Zu and John Liu) - 2nd Place

Disease Detective (Eileen Zu and Claire Wang) - 6th Place

Experimental Design (Jay Siri, Nathan Song, and Karissa Wong) - 3rd Place

Forensics (John Liu and Eileen Zu) - 1st Place

Fossils (Marcus Hsieh and Nathan Lin) - 6th Place

Geologic Mapping (Claire Wang and Keshav Sriram) - 3rd Place

Machines (Sean Ru and Simon Wang) - 1st Place

Ornithology (Nathan Lin and Ryan Lou) - 2nd Place

Ping-Pong Parachute (Kaihao Wen and Wilson Zhu) - 6th Place

Sounds of Music (Sean Ru and Keshav Sriram) - 1st Place

Wright Stuff (Sean Ru and Wilson Zhu) - 1st Place

Write It Do It (Kaihao Wen and Keshav Sriram) -1st Place