High School Student Winners Announced in UA Physics Contest

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Some 300 high school students representing more than 15 schools competed recently in the 34^th annual University of Alabama High School Physics contest.

Students competed for top honors through a series of tests and written exams. The top two finishers in the written exam who choose to attend UA will receive four-year, in-state tuition scholarships. Students who do well in the competition are invited to apply to the E. Scott Barr Scholarship program which awards generous scholarships to students majoring in physics.

In addition to the student competition, the event includes programs for teachers, an open house on research in physics, a physics show and informal opportunities to experience campus life at UA.

The following are the top individual winners:

First place – Patrick Wingo, Randolph High School

Second place – Justin Tarbox, Hoover High School

Third place – Sanket Sha, Randolph

Fourth place – Alan Hsu, Randolph

Fifth place – Michael Hizny, Hoover

Sixth Place – Jimmy Nakamura, Homewood

Seventh Place – Patrick Straub, Randolph

Eight Place – Kasey Hill, Grissom

Ninth Place – Stephen Hwang, Randolph

Tenth Place – Sumeet Dang, Randolph

Eleventh Place – Candy Wu, Darlington School (Rome, Ga.)

The following are team awards (by school category):

Large Public:

First place, Hoover (Team-G)

Justin Tarbox, Xinke Guo-xue, Eugene Wu, Michael Hizny

Second Place, Homewood High School (Team-A)

Ryan Delap, Aaron Barrett, James Suthon and Jimmy Nakamura

Third Place, Grissom (Team-A)

Zixin Nie, Chase Harrison, Kasey Hill and Megan Covington

Small Public:

First place, Ranburne (Team-D)

Tucker North, Matt Faunce, Clint Gosdin, Chelsea Norton

Second place, Ranburne (Team-C)

Caleb Anglin, Dakota Turner, Heath Hembree and Seth Hornsby

Third place, Ranburne (Team-A)

Gracie Ayers, Samuel Fordham, Amanda Edwards and Hannah Norton

Magnet:

First Place:

Mississippi School of Math and Science (Team-A)

Ryan Mackay, Tyler Holland, Ena Wei and James Johnson

Second Place:

Mississippi School of Math and Science (Team-E)

Ryan Chapman, Aussie Warren, Imran Mohiuddin and Ginny Kramer

Private:

First Place:

Darlington (Team-A)

Poon Panichpibool, Sheng Brian Liu, Candy Yan and Shiqi Wu

Second Place:

Randolph (Team-A)

Steven Hwang, Clark Della Silva, Sanket Shah and Patrick Wingo

Over-all Team Winners:

First Place: Ranburne (Team-D)

Tucker North, Matt Faunce, Clint Gosdin and Chelsea Norton

Second Place: Darlington (Team-A)

Shiqi Wu, Poon Panichpibool, Brian Liu and Candy Yan

Third Place: Randolph (Team-A)

Steven Hwang, Clark Della Silva, Sanket Shah and Patrick Wingo

E. Scott Barr Award for Outstanding high school physics teacher

Donald Sweeney, Darlington School