OHS Makes History at State UIL Contest
Olney High School brought home a third-place trophy from the University Interscholastic League State Meet, marking the first time in district history that we have earned enough points to be in the top five in the state.
Olney finished in third place with 103 points out of 129 high schools. This is an awesome achievement that has been more than a decade in the making.
The speech team finished tenth out of 18 teams, and the journalism team finished sixth out of 21 teams In 2024, we were super proud of eighth place, but jumping up five places is outstanding. We are going in the right direction!
Twelve OHS students traveled to the University of Texas at Austin to compete on Monday, May 19, and Tuesday, May 20, in the state UIL contests. Ten coaches made the trip to bring home the medals and honors with the students.
Teams of calculator apps, computer programming, computer science, mathematics, and individuals in essay writing, informative speaking, persuasive speaking, prose, feature writing, headline writing, and ready writing were represented.
A shout out to the coaches who worked hard to reach this goal with the students: Sherry Livingston, Academic Coordinator; Tim Orsak; Kathy Harper; Dr. Greg Roach; Lani Caffey; Rashane Dabuet; Sabrina Laurent; Marla Kellogg; Mindi Kimbro; Jina Nickel It’s a great day to be a Cub! Here are the results of the state contest:
Barbara Jordan Historical Essay: Coached by Jina Nickel Jojo Acuna - 6th Place Medal/Plaque
Calculator Applications: 2nd Place State Team (Aidyn Bitner, Caleb Johnson, Sophie Roach, Jeffry Flores) Silver Medal Coached by Tim Orsak Aidyn Bitner - 4th Place Tie (Medal) Sophie Roach - 8th Place Jeffry Flores - 10th Place Caleb Johnson - 16th Place Computer Science: 1st Place State Team (Aidyn Bitner, Caleb Johnson, Nate Elmore, Jaxx Laurent) Gold Medal Coached by Sabrina Laurent Aidyn Bitner - 1st Place (Gold Medal) Automatic Qualifier for Academic Hall of Fame Caleb Johnson - 4th Place Tie (Medal) Nate Elmore - 9th Place Jaxx Laurent - 20th Place Feature Writing:
Coached by Mindi Kimbro Lauren Pham - 6th Place (Medal) Headline Writing:
Coached by Mindi Kimbro Lauren Pham - 3rd Place Bronze (Medal)
Informative Speaking: Coached by Lani Caffey Morgan Simmons 2nd Place Silver (Medal) Mathematics: 3rd Place State Team (Aidyn Bitner, Adrian Gonzalez, Caleb Johnson, Jeffry Flores) Bronze Medal Coached by Dr. Greg Roach & Rashane Dabuet Aidyn Bitner -3rd Place Bronze (Medal) Adrian Gonzalez 13th Place Caleb Johnson - 14th Place Jeffry Flores - 16th Place Persuasive Speaking: Coached by Lani Caffey Sawyer Edgington Prose: Coached by Kathy Harper Maddox Johnson
Ready Writing:
Coached by Marla Kellogg Morgan Simmons 2nd Place State (Silver Medal) Lauren Pham