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Friday, February 19, 2010

Dos Pueblos aces Kern County Regional Science Bowl

Excerpts from a news release from California State University, Bakersfield

From left to right: Chris Jones (coach), Miles Musio (moderator), Anjian Wu, Felix Li, Ilan Goodman, Sean Risser, Nicholas Su, and Thomas Meyer (coordinator).

Dos Pueblos High School was the big winner at the 18th annual Kern County Regional Science Bowl held on the CSUB campus Saturday, February 13.

The Dos Pueblos Blue winning team included Anjian Wu, Felix Li, Ilan Goodman, Sean Risser, and Nicholas Su. The team now advances to the National Science Bowl sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, which will be held in Washington, D.C., April 29-May 4, 2010. Dos Pueblos coach was Chris Jones.

Thomas Meyer, physics professor and Science Bowl coordinator, said 29 teams competed in a fast-paced, question-answer format that covered such subjects as physics, biology, chemistry, math, earth science, computer science and astronomy. Meyer said the teams were divided into four groups of seven. Teams competed in a round-robin tourney in Dorothy Donahoe Hall, with each team having seven matches.

Science Bowl matches consist of two eight-minute halves. Only four of the five team members may compete at one time, but teams may substitute during match halftimes.

The top two teams from each group advanced to the finals in the afternoon, where they competed in a double-elimination round.

Each match had four officials: a moderator, who read the questions, a rules judge, a timekeeper, and a scorekeeper. A group of scientific judges ruled on any conflicts.

The winning team from Dos Pueblos will compete against the winners of 65+ other regional science bowls during the national competition.