Nirupama Devanathan from Summit and David Pan of Canterbury won Outstanding Project Awards at the Northeast Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair at IPFW on Saturday.

Seven students from the junior division and seven students from the senior division will advance to the Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, IPFW said in a statement. The senior division students will compete to represent Indiana at the Intel International Science Fair in Pittsburgh.

The fair displayed the work of 281 students from an eight-county area, the statement said.

The winners were:

Kindergarten, first place: Benjamin Morton, Lafayette Meadows; second place: Caroline Egolf, Churubusco; Kamden Trent, Haverhill; third place: Kara Alday, Lafayette Meadows; Will Beltz, Queen of Angels; Rylan Hathaway, Haverhill; fifth place: Peyton Alt, Maplewood; Chloe Richard, Price.

First Grade. first place; Luke Finch, Aboite; second place: Noble Hinen, Coesse; Miriam Kline, Churubusco; third place: Katie Cichocki, Ascension; Gracen Norris, St. John, New Haven; fourth place: Stuart McCabe, Ossian; Jack Vandenberghe, Whispering Meadows; fifth place: Ren Moore, Weisser Park/Whitney Young; Nicholas Shannon, Weisser Park/Whitney Young.

Second Grade, first place: Miles Hahn, Irwin; second place: Marissa Butcher, Aboite; Clayton Hoffman, Coesse; third place: Abigale Smith, Lincoln; fourth place: Isaac MacDonald, Deer Ridge; Aiden Meek, Maplewood; Joseph Royer, Churubusco; fifth place: Amelia Elliott, Canterbury.

Third Grade, first place: Elly Doyle, Emma Doyle and Hope Nitza, St. Jude; second place: Trinity Forish, Haley; Laura Hartmus and Jessica Hartmus, Huntington Catholic; Calvin Madsen, Haverhill; Ethan Schreck, Lafayette Meadows; Sarah Wilson, Deer Ridge; third place: Gabriel Brown, Arlington; Isabelle Hogan, St. Jude.

Fourth Grade, first place: Abby Mains, Fort Wayne Area Home; second place: Alexandra Coleman, Huntertown; third place: Kennedy Jester, Croninger; Olivia Taylor, Leo; fourth place: Madelyn Myers, Leo; Katherine Ousley, South Whitley; fifth place: Nick Bayes, St. Charles, Fort Wayne; Dominic Gery, Deer Ridge.

Fifth Grade, first place: Cole Clements, Aboite; second place: Cory Balkenbusch, Aboite; Zoe Moore, Weisser Park/Whitney Young; Sophie Steele, Brentwood; third place: Marten Slager, Lafayette Meadows; Ashley VandenBoom, Ossian; fourth place: Abigail Smith and Grace McGuire, Deer Ridge; Ashley Reider, Fort Wayne Area Home.

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