Posted: Monday, February 6, 2012 10:43 am | Updated: 10:47 am, Mon Feb 6, 2012.

The winners of the Friendswood High School Science Fair, held Jan. 25, advanced to the Galveston County Science and Engineering Fair held on Saturday, Feb. 4 and the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center on March 1-3.

In Behavioral Science, Silva Shanika placed first with Katherine Harclerode in second and Garrett Benson in third place.

In Botany, Janae Bonnen placed first with Matthew Laitkep in second.

In Chemistry, Cassie Nagle tied with Kelly Janak for first place with Nicole Bluth in second place.

FHS students won four places in Computer Sciences. Roma Pradhan won first with Chandika Silva in second, Rachel Goeken in third and Tim Crews in fourth place.

In Energy and Transportation category, Caroline Landon was awarded first place, David Bordelon second, and Michael Laitkep third place.

The engineering category had several ties. While Audrey McKee won first place, Daniel Bellian and Ben Burkick tied for second place. Olivia Williams and Carl Edeen tied for third place. Julie Rogers placed fourth with Brooks Pettit in fifth place.

In Environmental Science, two ties were announced. Taylor Cubbage tied for first place with Julia Conger and Rachel Truong and Lauren Peplinski tied for second place. Amy Peryam placed third.

The math winner was Daniel Bradley who placed second.

In the category of Medicine/Health, Nikita Gupta placed first, Heidi Henricks second, Owen O’Neill in third and Ian Bukowski in fourth place.

In Microbiology, students won first through fifth places. Emelie Nelson was named first place with Pahno Georgeton second, Karan Jerath third, Derek Abraham fourth and Dylan Dickens fifth.

James McCullough was first with Derek Janak in second place in Physics category.

Ninth Grade Biological Science winners were Taylor Cubbage with first place and Emelie Nelson in second.

Ninth Grade Physical Science winners included Audrey McKee in first place and Kelly Janak in second place.

The Senior Division Biological Science winners include Janae Bonnen in first place with Julia Conger in second.

The Senior Division Physical Science winners are Jamie McCullough in first place. Roma Pradhan and Caroline Landon tied for second place.

FHS science teacher Rebecca Clark chaired the Science Fair.

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Friendswood ISD announces science fair winners