Students competed as individuals and as teams testing in their choice of two of seven different subjects—biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics and physics. The tests are written by teams of college and university faculty and are designed to present a challenge to high school students.

School teams include six to 14 students who compete in one of three divisions, which is based on total school enrollment. Division 300 comprises schools with a total enrollment of 300 or less. Division 700 schools have enrollments of 301 to 700 students and Division 1500 schools have 701 to 1,500 students.

Teams that place either first or second (or third in divisions with eight or more teams) within their respective divisions at the regional level are eligible to advance to the sectional competition to be held at Illinois College in Jacksonville Tuesday, March 8. Those teams advancing to sectional competition include:  Division 300 – Athens, Mt. Pulaski and New Berlin; Division 700 – Pleasant Plains and Sacred Heart-Griffin; and Division 1500 – Chatham Glenwood and Rochester. Individuals that placed first or second in any division, but whose team did not advance are eligible to participate in the sectional competition (see individual rankings below). Teams and individuals that score high enough at the sectional competition will advance to the state finals, which will be held April 11-14 at the I-Hotel and Conference Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign.

The regional level competition at LLCC was sponsored by LLCC, the WYSE office at UIU-C and the Capital Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE).

Team Rankings

1. Athens
2. Mt. Pulaski
3. New Berlin
4. Nokomis
5. Pawnee
6. Routt Catholic
7. Hartsburg-Emden
8. Virginia
9. Greenview

Individual Rankings

Biology

First – Daniel Hattemer, Athens

Second – Tyler Penrod, Athens

Third – Kira Holtsclaw, Athens

 Chemistry 

First – Zac Drake, Mt. Pulaski

Second – Lukas Aylesworth, Mt. Pulaski

Third – Josh Dyer, Mt. Pulaski; Keysen Markley, New Berlin; Brandon Thorson, Athens

 Computer Science

First – Austin Black, Routt Catholic; Miranda Hilliard and Eli Olson, Mt. Pulaski

Second – Emaleigh Berry, Mt. Pulaski

Third – Dylan Duvall, Hartsburg-Emden; Marco Lonado, Greenview; Aaron Lovelace and Alex Strissel, Nokomis

 Engineering Graphics

First – Aaron Lovelace, Nokomis

Second – Max Coppinger, Mt. Pulaski; Howard Kline, Athens; Dom Pointer, New Berlin

Third – Austin Black, Routt Catholic

 English   

First – Hannah Ruth Jackson, Routt Catholic

Second – Justin Myers, Athens

Third – Jordan Lott, Pawnee

Mathematics

First – Mallery Reiff, Athens

Second – Logan VanRavenswaay, New Berlin

Third – Reese Bourne, Pawnee; Eli Olson, Mt. Pulaski

Physics   

First – Cole Martin Burke, Routt Catholic; Tyler Penrod, Athens

Second – Sierra Smith, Hartsburg-Emden

Third – Kurtis Houck, Mt. Pulaski; Ben Stowell, New Berlin

DIVISION 700

Team Rankings

1. Pleasant Plains
2. Sacred Heart-Griffin
3. Williamsville
4. PORTA
5. Riverton
6. North Mac

* Students from Auburn High School competed individually rather than as a team.

Individual Rankings

Biology

First – Quinn Higginbotham, Williamsville

Second – Maria Brauer, PORTA; John Stegeman, Sacred Heart-Griffin

Third – Michelle Hedlund, Pleasant Plains

 Chemistry 

First – Tori Londrigan, Sacred Heart-Griffin

Second – Beverley Watson, Pleasant Plains

Third – Jacob Higginson, Pleasant Plains; Theresa Shaff, Sacred Heart-Griffin

 Computer Science

First – Matthew Seiberg, Auburn

Second – Treisten Fagan, Riverton; Zach Pappas, Pleasant Plains

Third – Adam Ely, Pleasant Plains; Alex Srisaard, Riverton

 Engineering Graphics

First – Zach Pappas, Pleasant Plains

Second – Brock Brummett, Pleasant Plains

Third – Adam Ely, Pleasant Plains

 English   

First – John Stegeman, Sacred Heart-Griffin

Second – John Beale, Williamsville

Third – Julia Clark, Sacred Heart-Griffin; Holly Piepenburg, PORTA

Mathematics

First – Louis Connelly, Sacred Heart-Griffin

Second – Tori Londrigan, Sacred Heart-Griffin

Third – Tucker Hirsch,  Williamsville; Alec Saebeler, Pleasant Plains

Physics   

First – Tyler Johnson, Pleasant Plains

Second – Alec Saebeler, Pleasant Plains

Third – Maria Brauer, PORTA; Chad Kennedy, Pleasant Plains

DIVISION 1500

Team Rankings

1. Chatham Glenwood
2. Rochester
3. Lanphier
4. Springfield Southeast
5. Jacksonville
6. Taylorville

Individual Rankings

Biology

First – Alvin Huang, Chatham Glenwood

Second – Cody Miner, Chatham Glenwood

Third –Kelly Yu, Chatham Glenwood

 Chemistry 

First – Thara Nallamothu, Chatham Glenwood

Second – Alvin Huang, Chatham Glenwood

Third – Anna Gegan, Rochester

 Computer Science

First – Jayasurya Sridharan, Chatham Glenwood

Second – Austin Duffie, Lanphier; Nick Halteman, Rochester

Third – Luke Hewitt, Jacksonville

 Engineering Graphics

First – Ben Luebkemann, Chatham Glenwood

Second – Matthew Stickel, Chatham Glenwood

Third – T.J. Dane, Lanphier; Jayasurya Sridharan, Chatham Glenwood

 English   

First – Kate Lytchakov, Chatham Glenwood

Second – Grace Markwell, Taylorville

Third – Tommy Yang, Chatham Glenwood

Mathematics

First – Ashwin Gupta, Chatham Glenwood

Second – Eric Mason, Lanphier; Cooper Stubblefield, Rochester

Third – Riley Ladd, Springfield Southeast; Kelly Yu, Chatham Glenwood

Physics   

First – Amber Sammons, Lanphier

Second – Thara Nallamothu, Chatham Glenwood

Third – Emily Wendel, Chatham Glenwood