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1999 Physics Olympics
Summary of In-class Trials

updated March 22, 1999

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EGG DROP PAPER AIRPLANE

 

EGG
DROP

volume (m3)

mass (g)

date

1998

Mr. Morrison

0.00126

95.9

4/10/98

1998

Wood, M and Patel, A and Mulchan, S

0.00332

50.0

4/24/98

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FOIL
BARGE

pennies

date

1998

Rivera, P and Tardy, A

106

4/2/98

Patel, Pinkee and Shah, Mittal 91 3/12/99
Arthur, Phedra and Reaves, Trevor 80 3/11/99
Felton, Raquel and Callaway, Kendria 80 3/11/99
Blais, Daniel 78 3/11/99
Brown, Erik and Sandford, Micheal 76 3/18/99
Coslow, Randy 74 3/18/99
Davis, Jennifer 72 3/22/99
McLeod, Amanda 71 3/19/99
Sumner, Brandon and Gray, Janelle 70 3/22/99
Hales, Todd 69 3/18/99
Shekhter, Liza 66 3/18/99
Havlin, Jesse 65 3/22/99
Edwards, Amanda 65 3/18/99
Silk, Amanda 63 3/18/99
Sullivan, Natalie 61 3/22/99
Kerney, Mike 60 3/22/99
Rhodes, Ava and Smith, Patrick 59 3/19/99
Ross, Tiffany 57 3/18/99
Janey, James and Cambell, Derek 57 3/18/99
Mitchell, Chestna 57 3/18/99
Davis, Princess 55 3/18/99
Pomroy,Jason and Bruce, Ryan 55 3/18/99
Northcote, James and Pica, Joe 54 3/18/99
Coleman, Joselyn 54 3/18/99
McDermott, Lydia 53 3/18/99
Spencer, Stephen 51 3/19/99
Gilbert, Danny and Schutt, Stacy and Thorpe, Jessica 50 3/22/99
Holtz, Jason 48 3/18/99
Higgins, Heath 47 3/22/99
Patel, Bhavi and Oldenburg, Teresa 45 3/18/99
Somai, Kevin 45 3/22/99
Onwuemeli, Caroline 41 3/18/99
Scott, Rasheeda 41 3/22/99
Lee, Partick 38 3/18/99
Ng, Allen 35 3/18/99
Percoco, Rick 30 3/18/99
Bury,Kevin 28 3/18/99
Byrne, David 26 3/22/99
Annon, Becky and Johnson, Jennifer 26 3/22/99
Perri, Robert 25 3/22/99
Umeh, Dab 25 3/18/99
Maddox, Dettrick 25 3/18/99

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PAPER
AIRPLANE

distance (m)

date

1998

Taylor, Derrick

27.2

4/10/98

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PAPER
TOWER

height (cm)

date

1998

Randy Van Holten

140

4/1/98

Solis, Rafael and Rodriguez, Jason and Worsham, Allison 128 3/18/99
Sumner, Brandon and Smith, LaDonna 125 3/18/99
Knighton, Triunna and Singleton, LaToya and Scarlett, Joy 123 3/18/99
Ramsey, Joycia and Tucker, Altrecia

120.5

2/19/99
Brown, Erik and Sandford, Michael 120.5 2/19/99
Annon, Becky and Johnson, Jennifer 120 3/22/99
Bailey, Steven and Baumgartner, Eileen and Berry, Amanda 113 2/19/99
Burell, Dawn and Miller, Audrey 113 2/26/99
Muir, Earle and Okhovatian, Tara and Silk, Amanda 112 2/19/99
Mitchell, Chestna 112 2/19/99
Mahler, Matt and Clay, Brittany 111.5 3/18/99
Roach, Darla and Levoy, Christine and Paredes, Steven 109 3/18/99
Radford, Jon 105.5 2/19/99
Floyd, Midhelle and Xiong, Mee and Cisco, Heather 103 3/18/99
Corona, Mike 101 2/26/99
Arthur, Phedra and Campbell, Derek and Reaves, Trevor 96 2/19/99
Washington, Katie 95.5 2/19/99
Havlin, Jesse and Ng, Allen and Perri, Robert

92

2/19/99
Blais, Daniel 90.5 3/2/99
Patel, Pinkee and Shah, Mittal 89 2/19/99
Felton, Raquel and Steinberg, Tiffany and Troup, Lauren 87 2/19/99
Jordan, Nick and Bowen, Joshua 87 3/18/99
Coolidge, Nancy and Mitchell, Erin and Tabaku, Sabrina 85 3/18/99
Kilmer, Ryan and Brown, Jenorther 85 3/18/99
Cline, Jay 84 2/19/99
Holtz, Jason 82.5 2/19/99
Gray, Janelle and Williamson, Frank 79 2/19/99
Watson, Rene 79 3/22/99
Butler, Sam and Edwards, Amanda and Newcomb, Sara

77

2/19/99
Lempel, Brian 77 2/19/99
Cunha, Ludmilla and Patel, Sonali 77 3/18/99
Green, Austin and Albright, Tommie 77 3/18/99
Shekhter, Liza 74.5 3/18/99
Muir, Jessica 73.5 2/19/99
Brokaw, Bryan and Worley, Matthew 69 2/19/99
Hales, Todd 65.5 2/19/99
Northcote, James and Pica, Joe 61 2/19/99
Janey, James and Lee, TC 63.5 2/19/99
Gilbert, Daniel and Schutt, Stacey 58 2/19/99
Jones, Daniel and Tuck, Sara and Verma, Arun

56

2/19/99
McLeod, Amanda and Spencer, Stephen

55

2/19/99
Garrity, Joey and Taus, Kenneth and Tsitas, Thomas

54

2/19/99
Rhodes, Ava and Smith, Patrick 53 3/19/99
Kerney, Mike 52 3/22/99
Thorpe, Jessica 50 3/22/99
Beckton, Denita and Stewart, Ivan and Woodson, Keithton 47 2/19/99
Lapins, Erika and Dalhausser, Mark and Herring, Jennifer 47 3/18/99
Nestle, Nick 46 2/19/99
Green, Ronaye and Long, Kristal and Patterson, Kieara 42 2/19/99
Higgins, Heath 42 2/19/99
White, Natalie and Jacobs, Nekeaya and Roland, Shanta 42 3/18/99
Sullivan, Natalie 38 2/19/99
Oldenburg, Teresa and Patel, Bhavi 34 2/19/99
McDermott, Lydia 32 2/19/99
Davis, Jennifer 32 2/26/99
Davis, Corita and Brown, Debora 32 3/18/99
Noves, Jasmin and Sapp, Kathy

26

2/19/99
Onwuemeli, Caroline and Ross, Tiffany

21

2/19/99
Bury, Kevin and Umeh, Dab

14

2/19/99
Rhodes, Ava and Smith, Patrick toppled 2/19/99

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SODA STRAW
STRONGARM

length (cm)

date

1998

Rivera, P

63

4/10/98

Ramsey, Joycia and Tucker, Altrecia 57.5 3/22/99
Garginier, C.J. and Radford, Jon and Taylor, Kiasha 56 2/26/99
Shekhter, Liza and Silk, Amanda and Okhovation, Tara 56 2/26/99
Beckton, Denita and Ferguson, Sametris and Woodson, Keithton 54 2/26/99
Campbell, Derek and Corona, Mike and Janey, James 54 2/26/99
Reaves, Trevor and Arthur, Phedra 54 2/26/99
Johnson, Juanita and Lee, Patrick 53 2/26/99
Sumner, Brandon and Williamson, Frank 53 2/26/99
Cline, Jay and Vandagriff, John 53 3/11/99
Pica, Joe and Northcote, James 53 3/18/99
Bryne, David and Novy, Rick 52 3/22/99
Deane, Cheri  and Watson, Rene 50.5 3/18/99
Gilbert, Danny and Thorpe, Jessica 50 2/26/99
Fuller, Nicole and Smith, Stacey and Elliot, Diana 50 3/18/99
Asselin, Robert and Troup, Lauren and Steinberg, Tiffany 49 2/26/99
Reaves, Trevor and Arthur, Phedra 48.5 3/18/99
Brown, Erik and Sandford, Micheal 47.5 2/26/99
Annon, Becky and Johnson, Jennifer 47 3/22/99
Worley, Matt and Brokaw, Bryan 46 2/26/99
Brown, Erik and Standford, Michael 45 3/18/99
Verma, Arun and Lempel, Brian 45 3/18/99
Mitchell, Chestna and Hales, Todd 40 2/26/99
Callaway, Kenria and Felton, Raquel 38 3/22/99
Davis, Jennifer and Higgins, Heath and Sullivan, Natalie 37.5 2/26/99
Burell, Dawn and Miller, Audrey and Nestle, Nick 37 2/26/99
Tsitas, Thomas 36 3/18/99
Schutt, Stacy 36 3/22/99
Garrity, Joey and Krauth, Benjamin 34.5 3/18/99
Oldenburg, Teresa and Patel, Bhavi 30 3/18/99
Norton, Jamie and Eaton, Chris 30 3/18/99
Blais, Dan and Holtz, Jason

29

2/26/99
Tuck, Sara and Jones, Daniel 27 3/18/99
Burell, Dawn and Miller, Audrey 22 3/18/99

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COATHOOK
CANNON

date

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DOWNHILL
COASTER

date

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LAZER
ZAP

date

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