Thirteenth Annual Chemathon - May 10, 1997
Teams
A total of 36 teams competed in 1997, two more than the previous maximum
in 1995. Nineteen of the teams were at the first-year level and
seventeen at the second-year level.
Approximately 200 students from 24 different schools participated.
Click here to view images from the 1997 Chemathon.
First-year teams
Allegany High School, Cumberland, Md.
Bel Air High School, Bel Air, Md.
Boonsboro High Schhol, Boonsboro, Md.
Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Md.
Chopticon High School, Morganza, Md.
Connelly School of the Holy Child, Potomac, Md.
Fallston High School, Fallston, Md.
Fort Hill High School, Cumberland, Md.
Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg, Md.
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, Md.
Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Va.
Leonardtown High School, Leonardtown, Md.
Magruder High School, Rockville, Md.
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.
Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Md.
Springbrook High School, Silver Spring, Md.
Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Md.
Washington International School, Washington, D.C.
Watkins Mill High School, Gaithersburg, Md.
Second-year teams
Allegany High School, Cumberland, Md.
Bel Air High School, Bel Air, Md.
Boonsboro High School, Boonsboro, Md.
Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Md.
Fort Hill High School, Cumberland, Md.
Gaithersburg High School, Gaithersburg, Md.
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School, Frederick, Md.
Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Va.
Leonardtown High School, Leonardtown, Md.
Magruder High School, Rockville, Md.
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Md.
New Horizons Governor's School for Science & Technology, Hampton, Va.
North County High School, Glen Burnie, Md.
Towson High School, Towson, Md.
Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, Md.
Westminster High School, Westminster, Md.
Wootton High School, Rockville, Md.
Contributors
The Coordinating Committee wishes to thank the following contributors to the
Thirteenth Annual Chemathon:
- Chemical Society of Washington (Robert Zacharias): trophy for the
first-place grand prize winning team at the first-year level
- Technical Resources International, Inc. (Walter Benson): trophy for the
first-place grand prize winning team at the second-year level
- Hewlett-Packard Company, Rockville (Bev Lesko): scientific calculators
awarded to the members of the first-place grand prize winning
teams at both levels
- McCormick & Company Research and Development (Pat Hoffman):
Spicy Chemistry T-shirts awarded to the members of the second-place
grand prize winning teams at both levels
- Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society (Mike Zapf):
subscriptions to Chem Matters magazine awarded to the members of
the third-place grand prize winning teams at both levels
- American Chemical Society CHEMTECH office (Marcia Dresner):
subscriptions to CHEMTECH magazine for the
teachers sponsoring the fourth-place grand prize winning teams
at both levels
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Bruce Jarvis):
Chemathon T-shirts given to all team members
Grand Prize Winners
First-Year Teams
First place: Washington International School
Second place: Fort Hill High School
Third place: Allegany High School
Fourth place: Fallston High School
Fifth place: Walt Whitman High School
Sixth place: Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Seventh place: Springbrook High School
Eighth place: Bel Air High School
Ninth place: Boonsboro High School
Tenth place: Lake Braddock Secondary School
Second-Year Teams
First place: Wootton High School
Second place: Bel Air High School
Third place: Walt Whitman High School
Fourth place: Montgomery Blair High School
Fifth place: Boonsboro High School
Sixth place: New Horizons Governor's School
Seventh place: Lake Braddock Secondary School
Eighth place: Centennial High School
Ninth place: Leonardtown High School
Tenth place: Fort Hill High School
First-year Event Winners
Battering the Gases
- Washington International
- Allegany
- Centennial
Bionic Bounce
- Fort Hill
- Bel Air
- Walt Whitman
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Lake Braddock
- Allegany
Chemical Jeopardy
- Lake Braddock
- Fort Hill
- Fallston
- Boonsboro
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Centennial
Hydronium Hijinks
- Wash. International
- Boonsboro
- Bel Air
- Allegany
- Fallston
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
Juggling Joules
- Wash. International
- Fort Hill
- Springbrook
- Fallston
- Walt Whitman
- Centennial
Mendeleev Madness
- Fort Hill
- Fallston
- Connelly
- Walt Whitman
- Magruder
- Leonardtown
Signs 'n Shirts
- Wash. International
- Allegany
- Bel Air
- Springbrook
- Watkins Mill
- Lake Braddock
Threaded Ions
- Wash. International
- Allegany
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Fort Hill
- Springbrook
- Walt Whitman
Weighing by Redox
- Wash. International
- Mont. Blair
- Allegany
- Walt Whitman
- Watkins Mill
- Boonsboro
Second-year Event Winners
The Balancing Act
- Wootton
- Mont. Blair
- Bel Air
- Centennial
- New Horizons
- Walt Whitman
Battering the Gases
- Allegany
- Wootton
- Mont. Blair
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Boonsboro
Beat the Clock
- Mont. Blair
- Towson
- Magruder
- Wootton
- Boonsboro
- Walt Whitman
Bionic Bounce
- Fort Hill
- Walt Whitman
- New Horizons
- Centennial
- Lake Braddock
- Bel Air
Chemical Jeopardy
- Fort Hill
- Wootton
- Leonardtown
- Boonsboro
- Bel Air
- New Horizons
Make My [Fara]day
- Bel Air
- North County
- Lake Braddock
- Wootton
- Gov. Thos. Johnson
- Centennial
Signs 'n Shirts
- Fort Hill
- Gaithersburg
- Wootton
- Bel Air
- Boonsboro
- Walt Whitman
Threaded Ions
- Magruder
- Walt Whitman
- Wootton
- Allegany
- Bel Air
- Lake Braddock
True Colors
- Bel Air
- Walt Whitman
- Lake Braddock
- Centennial
- Leonardtown
- New Horizons
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Last Revised: June 6, 1997