Potomac Students Enter Maryland Science Bowl

Three teams from the Montgomery Blair High School Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science Magnet Program entered the Maryland Science Bowl, held on Jan. 14 at the Montgomery College Rockville Campus, with two of the teams earning first and second place.

The first-place team included team captain Avikar Periwal and Alexander Bourzutschky of Potomac. Members of the second-place team included Myles Wagner of Potomac.

A third team of all freshmen include team members team captain Matthew Das Sarma and Catherine Xue of Potomac.

The first two Blair Magnet teams went undefeated during the two round-robin
rounds in the morning of competition. In the afternoon, these teams beat each of Walter Johnson High School and Centennial High School. The final match of the day resulted in the first and second place titles for these teams. The freshman team defeated two teams from Richard Montgomery High School and Thomas S. Wootton High School before losing to their fellow Blair teammates.

Blair’s first-place team will compete at the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl to be held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD on April 26-30. The team was awarded an expense-paid trip to this competition, as well as individual medals. Last year the Blair Magnet team took second place at the national competition.