Our appreciation goes to Dickson Benesh and Brandon Gooss for their efforts that allowed our students to participate in the USAYPT in Rye, New York. Mr. Benesh will be traveling with the group from Friday, January 31 through Monday, February 3.
The following young scientists from Maggie Walker will participate:
| Anish Aruru – ’26, Henrico | Ash Duimstra – ’25, Hanover | Anna Fong – ’26, Hanover |
| Arnav Kadambi – ’25, Henrico | Soumya Khadye – ’25, Henrico | Will Knutson – ’25, Goochland |
| Alina Laraway – ’26, Henrico | Rahmat Okegbenro – ’25, Chesterfield | Amogh Saunshimath – ’25, Henrico |
The United States Invitational for Young Physicists Tournament is a two-day tournament that includes six or seven preliminary rounds, four final rounds, and a poster presentation session. In the preliminary rounds, each team reports three times, opposes three times, and may have one bye round if there are an odd number of teams. Sounds like ‘We the People’ for physicists!
Each team in the competition consists of a minimum of 3 students and a maximum of 4 students from the same high school. The expectation is that one student is both the reporter and opposer for one of the four problems for the entirety of the tournament.
We wish the team(s) well in their efforts this weekend and safe travels.
