Biology students from Vincent Massey High School tangled with students from around the world in the annual University of Toronto National Biology Competition and they did their school proud.

This competition is open to schools worldwide, with the majority of participating schools coming from Canada, the United States and parts of Asia.

Out of the 300 schools participating, the Massey team placed 16th.

More impressively, Massey was the top scoring team out of the 17 Manitoba schools, public and private, that entered the competition.

To be eligible for the team competition, a school must have at least five participants. The team score is calculated based on the top five student scores.

Masseys team included Isaac Kim, Cody Cherepuschak, Gol Roberts, Eric Badiou and Leslie Skead, some of whom racked up some impressive individual honours as well.

Roberts, a Grade 12 student, was awarded a National Biology Scholar Award as her score ranked her 85th highest score out of the 4,332 students who competed.

Kim, a Grade 11 student, was awarded a National Biology Scholar with Distinction Award for having the 49th highest score out of the 4,332 students who competed placing him in the top two per cent of all the students who wrote the exam. He was also awarded the Certificate of Achievement for having received the top mark out of the students who wrote the exam from Vincent Massey High School.

Cherepuschak, another Grade 11 student, also won a National Biology Scholar Award for having the 52nd highest score out of the 4,332 students. He, too, placed in the top two per cent of students who wrote the exam.

Biology teacher Lindsay Metruk is proud of her students for accomplishing such impressive scores in this prestigious contest and credits the rigour of the Advanced Placement program at Massey for such a strong foundation in biology.

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