High schools take top honors in engineering competition

Released on 03/18/2005, at 12:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb., March 18th, 2005 —

Twenty-six teams representing 16 Nebraska high schools participated this month in the 2005 Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) competition, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering and Technology.

TEAMS is an interscholastic competition that provides a challenge to help prepare students for tomorrow's world today. Students learn how the math and science concepts in high school are applied to real-world problems. In addition, the TEAMS program encourages tomorrow's engineers to work cooperatively and think critically.

A list of this year's local winners from the UNL regional site and their coaches follows. All are eligible for state and national honors.

Overall: 1, Creighton Prep, David C. Dow; 2, Elkhorn, Mary Kaye Eggers; 3, Blair, Joe Lannan.

Varsity: Division 1 -- 1, Oakland-Craig, Dale Mundil; 2, Randolph, Rob Engel; 3, Shelby, Jerald Humlicek; 4, Weeping Water, Jeremy Strong; Bancroft-Rosalie, Dennis Zavadil. Division 3 -- 1, Centennial, Jeff Johnson; 2, Lexington, Nic Simonson; 3, Fort Calhoun, Jill Shields; 4, Tekamah-Herman, Kevin Breedlove. Division 4 -- 1, Creighton Prep, Dow. Division 5 -- 1, Elkhorn, Eggers; 2, Blair, Lannan; 3, Ralston, Jeff Gaston. Division 7 -- 1, Lincoln Pius X Team B, Jeremy Scheffler; 2, Lincoln Pius X Team A, Scheffler. Division 9 -- 1, Bellevue West, Brad Nord and Susan Hester; 2, Bellevue East, David Bossman and Hester.

Junior Varsity: Division 1 -- 1, Randolph, Engel; 2, Oakland-Craig, Mundil; 3, Shelby, Humlicek. Division 3 -- 1, Tekamah-Herman, Breedlove; 2, Fort Calhoun, Shields. Division 5 -- 1, Blair, Lannan; 2, Ralston, Gaston. Division 9 -- 1, Bellevue East, Bossman and Hester; 2, Bellevue West, Nord and Hester.

TEAMS is sponsored nationally by JETS, a national nonprofit organization promoting interest in engineering, science, mathematics and technology, and various engineering organizations. For more details about the TEAMS competition, contact Trish Fenster at (402) 472-7094, or visit JETS at www.jets.org. For more information about Nebraska engineering programs, visit www.nuengr.unl.edu.

CONTACT: Trish Fenster, TEAM Coordinator, Engineering & Technology, (402) 472-7094