Eco-Meet 2009
Six Teams Participate
by Rosalie Schmidt
November 03, 2009
Miltonvale High School sent an unprecedented six teams to this year’s Eco-Meet at Milford Lake Nature Center. The event took place on October 7, 2009. Due to the fact that the coordinator for the event is just now getting over the H1N1 virus, the results arrived this week.
All teams A through F participated in all events. The unfortunate Team E was only comprised of two individuals because of the untimely ineligibility of the third team member. Teams must have three or four members.
It was a beautiful day and the students were well behaved and gracious among the other participants. There were 3A and 4A schools competing but our six teams held their own, never ending up on the bottom! I was proud to be their coach.
Front Row(L-R): Nicole DeMars, Shannon Wallace, Janae Perkins, Catherine Wallace, Kaleb Thuma. Second Row(L-R): Jessie Patterson, Shelby Schultz, Kylee Cyr, Angela Fowler, Travis Dennis, Zach DeMars, Ryan Perkins. Back Row(L-R): Mrs. Schmidt, Alisha Castro, Zach Swenson, Justin Beals, David Leonard, John Pepple, Trenton Kohl, Nathan Fowler, Brady Martin, Adrian Revell, Storm Myer.
Most teams did well in the
interpretive event, which is a five-minute skit illustrating
interactions between wildlife. There is a possible score of 100,
the team are judged by four individuals who can award up to 25
points each. Miltonvale F, composed of Alisha Castro, Nicole
DeMars, Jessie Patterson, and Shannon Wallace finished with a score
of 86, Miltonvale B was right behind them with an 85. Team B
members were Zach DeMars, Travis Dennis, David Leonard, and Brady
Martin. Miltonvale D was not to be denied with a score of 80. That
team included: Zach Swenson, Storm Myer, Ryan Perkins, and Kaleb
Thuma. Team E with Kylee Cyr and Shelby Schultz was disqualified
for having only two members, but they put up a good fight and
gained valuable experience. Team C included Justin Beals, Nathan
Fowler, John Pepple, and Adrian Revell finished very well with a
score of 62. Unfortunately, the team with the most experience did
not compete as well this year as they have in the past.
In the Scavenger Hunt segment of the day,
Team A, including Trenton Kohl, Angela Fowler, Janae Perkins, and
Catherine Wallace finished in a three-way tie for 10th with a score
of 45 points. Team B took the Miltonvale prize with 72 points,
followed by Team F with 61, D with 46, C with 42, and the
two-member team E with 21. On the scavenger hunt students are
required to spend 30 minutes looking for plants, animals, and other
evidence of wildlife in a two-acre area of the preserve. The
two-girl team E was definitely disadvantaged.
After lunch the students went indoors to try their luck at two tests. Some went to the Tallgrass prairie test, others to the Herpetology test. These were 100 question tests covering Kansas habitat, reptiles and amphibians. These were hard tests! In the Tallgrass Prairie test the average score was 40.7. In the Herpetology test the highest score was 42.42. Two of our teams, A and C were above the average in the Tallgrass test, and three of our teams were above average in the Herpetology test. I am very pleased with these results. If you happen to see any of the students mentioned, please congratulate them on participating.
Overall, Miltonvale teams finished
as follows: Team B 239 points, Team F 220 points, Team D 201.33
points, Team C 189.67 points, Team A 177.67, and Team E 65.67
points.
