Ten students from Physics B and ten from Physics C were selected to compete in the AAPT Physics Bowl, a competition that occurs each April. Of those ten students, the highest five Physics B scores collectively captured the regional first place award for Division I, and the highest five Physics C scores earned a first place in the region for Division II. Additionally, ORHS is proud that we had two first place individual regional winners. Congratulations! 

The top scoring students whose scores resulted in Oak Ridge’s success were, in alphabetical order:

Division I

Catherine Backus

Matthew Singh

Sam Snodgrass

Patrick Tae

Leon Zhang

Division II

Celia Abernathy

Alborz Bejnood

Yajit Jain

Ryan Liu

Chris Ostrouchov

Front Row: Leon Zhang, Alborz Bejnood, Patrick Tae, Yajit Jain. Back Row: Chris Ostrouchov, Ryan Liu, Celia Abernathy, Catherine Backus, Matthew Singh, Sam Snodgrass, and Dr. Peggy Bertrand

In addition to being first on their respective teams, Leon Zhang and Ryan Liu also earned individual honors. Leon was the first place regional winner in Division I, and Ryan was the first place regional winner in Division II

Complete results from the 2008 Physics Bowl, as well as those from previous years, can be seen on the AAPT Physics Bowl web site.