The high school championship was the sixth consecutive victory for Academy, while the middle school returned to the top spot after being defeated by the Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers in 2009.

The top three schools in the 'C' Division (high school) were identical to the 2009 results, with the Albuquerque Home Schoolers finishing second and La Cueva High School in third. (See complete team results at right).

In the 'B' Division (middle school), Academy edged the Home Schoolers, with Gutierrez Middle School of Roswell finishing third.

The Academy high school team won 10 of the 23 events, finished second in eight others and had two other top 10 finishes.

The Home Schoolers won five events, finished second in six, third in two events and had nine other top 10 finishes.

Lovington High School, which finished fifth overall, won the spirit award for the second year in a row. The Coach of the Year award went to Hatch Valley High School teacher Kelly Weiler.

Houston Middle School of Hobbs won the spirit award for the 'B' Division. The Coach of the Year award went to Beverly Reno of Hoover Middle School of Albuquerque.

The two Albuquerque Academy teams qualify to compete in the national Science Olympiad event in Champagne, Ill., in April.

The daylong event featured more than 600 students from 24 high schools and 23 middle schools, competing in 23 events at each level. Students -- mostly in pairs -- took written exams, tested their engineering contraptions and conducted scientific experiments in laboratories across campus.

New Mexico Tech professors, researchers and students operated, judged and hosted each event. Most students competed in multiple events, juggling schedules to fit in timed written exams with drop-in events. Hundreds of parents and fans followed students from event to event, cheering them on as their planes flew, rockets launched, mousetrap vehicles drove and wooden bridges strained to failure.

The event's atmosphere resemebled any other sporting event. Nearly all of the teams wore their school colors, with many wearing displaying specialized Science Olympiad gear. Some Hobbs students wore face paint. Wilson Middle School students had personalized lab coats. Hatch Valley's team included a few girls in cheerleader uniforms. Other slogans included "Geek Squad", "Sci-Borgs" and "iNERD."

Saturday's event also saw New Mexico Tech award scholarships to the 12 top-scoring seniors. The top three seniors were all from Socorro High -- Mariah Deters, Moaaz Soliman and Siddhartha Dhawan. Other top seniors included Kevin Henry and Tayler Hale of Cloudcroft, Neil Goel and Laura Montoya of Sandia High, Jim Howe of Adacemy, Elizabeth Walkup of the Home Schoolers, Lauren Reed of Rio Rancho and Shayne Duff of Farmington.

2010 New Mexico Science Olympiad    
C Division Finals    
        
Overall Results

1    Albuquerque Academy    412
2    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    400
3    La Cueva High School    355
4    Socorro High School    301
5    Lovington High School    294
6    Rio Rancho High School    285
7    Sandia High School    269
8    Cloudcroft High School    253
9    New Mexico Military Institute    244
10    United World College USA    232
11    Deming High School    226
12    Farmington High School    203
13    Hobbs High School    178
14    Ruidoso High School    171
15    Hot Springs High School    136
16    Academy for Technology & the Classics    129
17    Hobbs Freshman High School    125
18    Silver High School    123
19    Cibola High School    120
20    Hatch Valley High School    113
21    Clayton High School    84
22    Piedra Vista High School    80
23    Mountainair High School    78
24    Magdalena High School    27
        
    Anatomy & Physiology    
1    Socorro High School    
2    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
3    Rio Rancho High School    
4    Albuquerque Academy    
5    La Cueva High School    
6    Lovington High School    
7    Hot Springs High School    
8    Sandia High School    
9    United World College USA    
10    New Mexico Military Institute    
        
    Astronomy    
1    La Cueva High School    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    Cloudcroft High School    
4    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
5    Sandia High School    
6    New Mexico Military Institute    
7    Rio Rancho High School    
8    Ruidoso High School    
9    Socorro High School    
10    Silver High School    
        
    Cell Biology    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
3    La Cueva High School    
4    Farmington High School    
5    Socorro High School    
6    Rio Rancho High School    
7    United World College USA    
8    Lovington High School    
9    Sandia High School    
10    Hobbs High School    
        
    Chemistry Lab    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    Sandia High School    
3    La Cueva High School    
4    Rio Rancho High School    
5    New Mexico Military Institute    
6    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
7    United World College USA    
8    Lovington High School    
9    Socorro High School    
10    Farmington High School    
        
    Disease Detectives    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
3    La Cueva High School    
4    Socorro High School    
5    Lovington High School    
6    United World College USA    
7    Rio Rancho High School    
8    Hatch Valley High School    
9    Sandia High School    
10    Hobbs High School    
        
    Dynamic Planet    
1    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    Lovington High School    
4    United World College USA    
5    Cloudcroft High School    
6    Rio Rancho High School    
7    La Cueva High School    
8    Socorro High School    
9    Farmington High School    
10    Hobbs High School    
        
    Ecology    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    La Cueva High School    
3    Rio Rancho High School    
4    Deming High School    
5    Cloudcroft High School    
6    Cibola High School    
7    Ruidoso High School    
8    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
9    United World College USA    
10    Farmington High School    
        
    Egg-O-Naut    
1    Sandia High School    
2    United World College USA    
3    New Mexico Military Institute    
4    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
5    Lovington High School    
6    Cibola High School    
7    Hot Springs High School    
8    Cloudcroft High School    
9    Deming High School    
10    Albuquerque Academy

 

Elevated Bridge    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    Mountainair High School    
3    Hot Springs High School    
4    Lovington High School    
5    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
6    New Mexico Military Institute    
7    Deming High School    
8    La Cueva High School    
9    Farmington High School    
10    Sandia High School    
        
      Forensics    
1    Farmington High School    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
4    Cloudcroft High School    
5    Sandia High School    
6    Lovington High School    
7    United World College USA    
8    Ruidoso High School    
9    Socorro High School    
10    La Cueva High School    
        
    Mission Possible    
1    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    Lovington High School    
4    Deming High School    
5    Socorro High School    
6    Mountainair High School    
7    Hobbs Freshman High School    
8    Cloudcroft High School    
9    Ruidoso High School    
10    Hatch Valley High School
    
    Physics Lab    
1    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    New Mexico Military Institute    
4    Cloudcroft High School    
5    Ruidoso High School    
6    Sandia High School    
7    Lovington High School    
8    Deming High School    
9    Cibola High School    
10    Rio Rancho High School    
   
    Trajectory    
1    Lovington High School    
2    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
3    La Cueva High School    
4    Sandia High School    
5    Deming High School    
6    Piedra Vista High School    
7    Mountainair High School    
8    Socorro High School    
9    Hobbs High School    
10    Cibola High School 

Environmental Chemistry    
1    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    Socorro High School    
4    Sandia High School    
5    La Cueva High School    
6    Rio Rancho High School    
7    Cloudcroft High School    
8    United World College USA    
9    Lovington High School    
10    Silver High School   

Fossils    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
3    La Cueva High School    
4    Socorro High School    
5    Lovington High School    
6    United World College USA    
7    Rio Rancho High School    
8    Farmington High School    
9    Cloudcroft High School    
10    Magdalena High School    
      
  Ornithology    
1    Socorro High School    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    Farmington High School    
4    La Cueva High School    
5    Cloudcroft High School    
6    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
7    Deming High School    
8    Sandia High School    
9    Rio Rancho High School    
10    Academy for Technology    

Remote Sensing    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
3    Socorro High School    
4    United World College USA    
5    La Cueva High School    
6    Rio Rancho High School    
7    Farmington High School    
8    Lovington High School    
9    Silver High School    
10    New Mexico Military Institute    

Write It Do It    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    Deming High School    
3    Cloudcroft High School    
4    Hot Springs High School    
5    Rio Rancho High School    
6    La Cueva High School    
7    Clayton High School    
8    New Mexico Military Institute    
9    Piedra Vista High School    
10    Academy for Technology

Experimental Design    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    La Cueva High School    
3    Academy for Technology    
4    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
5    Lovington High School    
6    Hobbs High School    
7    Clayton High School    
8    Sandia High School    
9    Rio Rancho High School    
10    United World College USA    

    It's About Time    
1    Albuquerque Academy    
2    New Mexico Military Institute    
3    Socorro High School    
4    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
5    Silver High School    
6    Sandia High School    
7    Academy for Technology    
8    Ruidoso High School    
9    Rio Rancho High School    
10    La Cueva High School    

    Mousetrap Vehicle    
1    Deming High School    
2    Lovington High School    
3    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
4    Socorro High School    
5    New Mexico Military Institute    
6    Rio Rancho High School    
7    Cibola High School    
8    La Cueva High School    
9    Academy for Technology    
10    Ruidoso High School    

Picture This    
1    La Cueva High School    
2    Albuquerque Academy    
3    Socorro High School    
4    Farmington High School    
5    Lovington High School    
6    Piedra Vista High School    
7    Albuquerque Area Home Schoolers    
8    Cloudcroft High School    
9    Ruidoso High School    
10    Deming High School    

Technical Problem Solving    
1    Albuquerque Home Schoolers    
2    La Cueva High School    
3    Sandia High School    
4    New Mexico Military Institute    
5    Albuquerque Academy    
6    United World College USA    
7    Hobbs High School    
8    Socorro High School    
9    Hobbs Freshman High School    
10    Rio Rancho High School