Syosset students from South Woods Middle School's Science Olympiads took home six medals at the state competition April 4-5, school officials said.
The students placed 14th in the state, competing against 36 other teams, according to the district's website.
Fifth-place medals were won by Brian Bertrand and Kevin Ho in Sounds of Music, with Daniel Israel and Roshan Mathai taking home third-place medals for water quality, and Bertrand and Varun Jauhar winning sixth-place medals for Disease Detective.
South Woods also had three other events in the top 10, including ninth place for Can’t Judge a Powder by Jauhar and Radhika Patel; seventh place for Experimental Design by Julianna Bianco, Lydia Kim and Patel; and seventh place for Rocks and Minerals by Kenneth Chou and Jarrad Li.
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