TMS students competed with 19 other northeast Kansas teams in 23 different events across science and engineering topics.

Tonganoxie’s placing earned it an invitation to the state competition April 3 at Wichita State University.

Team members: ninth grade — Brett Morey; eighth grade — Allison Bettis, Austin Harris, Jon Irwin, Cecilia Monarrez, Jessica Rubio, Hunter Sturgis and Katelyn Waldeier; seventh grade — Mara Bigge, Tyler Fraedrich, Garrett French, Cydney Garner and Danielle Irwin; sixth grade — Kennedy Morey and Jacob Tollefson.

The TMS team medaled in the following events. Medals were given to the top six places.

Anatomy (fifth) — Katelyn Waldeier and Danielle Irwin

Battery Buggy (fourth) — Tyler Fraedrich

Can’t Judge A Powder (fifth) — Allison Bettis and Jacob Tollefson

Experimental Design (third) — Jon Irwin, Katelyn Waldeier and Garrett French

Meteorology (sixth) — Mara Bigge and Garrett French

Pentathlon (second) — Brett Morey, Hunter Sturgis, Garrett French and Kennedy Morey

Physical Science Lab (third) — Mara Bigge and Garrett French

Write It, Do It (fourth) — Katelyn Waldeier and Danielle Irwin

THS also heading to state in Division C at wichita st.

Tonganoxie High School also competed in the division C events. Team members competed in 25 events and the list of students and medals won is listed below. The team placed seventh overall (out of 20 schools including Shawnee Mission, Blue Valley and Olathe districts). This qualified the team for the state competition on April 3 in Wichita. Team coaches are Christine Biel and Traci Waldeier.

Team members are:

Mary O’Brien (second place, anatomy; sixth place, environmental chemistry)

Marcus Titterington (fourth place, astronomy)

Dane Erickson (sixth place, ecology)

Miranda Bontrager (second place, anatomy)

Colton Young

Thomas Hendrix

Carrie Calovich (sixth place, environmental chemistry; second place, experimental design)

Megan Woods (sixth place, ecology)

Beth Jobst

Paige Luari

Madi Hunter (second place, elevated bridge)

Wes Williams (fourth place, astronomy; second place, elevated bridge; sixth place, ornithology)

Sidney Grinter

Aaron McIntyre (sixth place, ornithology)

Alternate Jackie Neese (second place, experimental design)