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FSC's chemistry department hosts 
Chemathon for high school students

LAKELAND, Fla. (May 3, 2004) - The Florida Southern College chemistry department, in cooperation with the Lakeland Subsection of the American Chemical Society (ACS), hosted the annual high school Chemathon on April 30. Forty-six students from Bartow High School IB program, All Saints Academy, Lakeland High School and Palm Bay High School participated. 

Chemathon is a written and oral competition among students divided into two categories: advanced placement and honors chemistry. Prizes were furnished by the ACS. Winners are listed below. 

Written exam winners: 

• Advanced Placement category: 
  First: Karl Kong - Bartow High IB Program
  Second: Kim Hoang and Kolby Steward - Palm Bay High School 
  Third: Kevin Cassell - Bartow IB Program

• Honors category:
  First: Shelby Powell - Palm Bay High School
  Second: David Loaring - Bartow IB Program
  Third: Jimmy Nguyen - Palm Bay High School
  Fourth: Phillip Madrid - Bartow IB Program

Quiz bowl winners: 

• Advanced Placement category: 
  First: Abigail Hennessey, Brent Wells, Ryan Kraft, Ravi Patel - Bartow IB Program
  Second: Bao Nyugen, Sean Fahey, Kevin Cassell, Karl Kong - Bartow IB Program 
  Third: Kyle Bundy, Sam Selikoff, T.J. Wolcott, Kim Hoang - Palm Bay High School

• Honors category:
  First: David Loaring, Victoria Gauthier, Dennis Kilgore, Phillip Madrid - Bartow IB Program
  Second: Jimmy Nguyen, Lucia Zararian, Shelby Powell, Devin Romero - Palm Bay High School
  Third: Wade Powell, Don Watson, Jon Burns, Josh Maynard - All Saints Academy.