Previous Olympiads
History of the Montana Science Olympiad
The first Montana Science Olympiad competition was held on the MSU campus October 15, 1985. Ten events were offered for both divisions: Science Bowl, Pentathlon, Fermi Questions, Titration Race, Rocks to Riches, Qualitative Analysis, Password, Facts in Five, Paper Airplane, and Orienteering.
Teams from 17 school districts competed in the first Science Olympiad with seven junior high and thirteen high schools. The schools participating in the junior high division included: Bozeman, Florence-Carlton, Manhattan, Monforton, Poplar, St. Labre Catholic Indian School, and Willson Middle School. The high school division was made up of thirteen schools: Bozeman, Capital, Dawson County, Drummond, Florence-Carlton, Hellgate, Manhattan, Poplar, Sentinel, Sidney, St. Labre Catholic Indian School, Sunburst, and Whitehall. Student participants numbered just under 300.
The top teams in the First Montana Science Olympiad were: Division B--Florence-Carlton Junior High School, Bozeman Junior High School, and Willson Middle School of Bozeman; Division C--Bozeman High, Hellgate High and Sentinel High. The first place teams for each division competed in the National Competition at East Lansing, Michigan on May 16 and 17. Beginning in 1988, a small school champion trophy was awarded in both divisions.
State Tournament Winners: 1985-Present |
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Year |
Div B - Middle School |
Div B - Small Schools |
Div C - High School |
Div C - Small Schools |
2024 |
Corvallis Middle School
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Choteau Middle School | Hamilton High School | Choteau High School |
2023 | Corvallis Middle School | HACHE (Helena Area Christian Home Educators) | Hamilton High School | Choteau High School |
2022 | North Middle School, Great Falls | Emerge School, Bozeman | Hamilton High School | Choteau High School |
2021 | North Middle School, Great Falls | Emerge School, Bozeman | Hamilton High School | Choteau High School |
2020 | HACHE (Helena Area Christian Home Educators) | Absarokee Junior High School | Hamilton High School | North Toole High School |
2019 | Corvallis Middle School | Absarokee Junior High School | Hamilton High School | North Toole High School |
2018 | Hamilton Middle School | Absarokee Junior High School | Hamilton High School | Culberton High School |
2017 | CR Anderson Middle School, Helena | Absarokee Junior High School | Helena High School | Culberton HS |
2016 | Clancy Middle School | Roosevelt Jr High School, Red Lodge and Absarokee Middle School (tie) | Helena High School | Culberton HS |
2015 | Corvallis Middle School | Roosevelt Jr High School, Red Lodge | Hamilton High School | North Toole High School |
2014 | Corvallis Middle School | Absarokee Jr High School | Fergus HS | Culberton HS |
2013 | Corvallis MS | Big Sandy Middle School | Helena HS | North Toole High School |
2012 | Corvallis MS | Big Sandy Middle School | Billings Central High School | Thompson Falls High School |
2011 | Clancy Middle School | Roosevelt Jr High School, Red Lodge | Thompson Falls High School | Sunburst High School |
2010 | Corvallis MS | Thompson Falls Middle School | Helena High School | Sunburst High School |
2009 | Big Timber MS | Roosevelt Jr High School, Red Lodge | Helena High School | Sunburst High School |
2008 | CR Anderson Middle School, Helena | Clancy Middle School | Helena High School | Sunburst High School |
2007 | Big Timber MS | Roosevelt Jr High School, Red Lodge | Fergus High School | Carter County High School |
2006 | Big Timber MS | Big Sandy | Fergus High School | Sunburst High School |
2005 | Big Timber Middle School | Valier Middle School | Big Sandy High School | Carter County High School |
2004 | Big Timber Middle School | Clancy Middle | Fergus High School | Sunburst High School |
2003 | Big Timber Middle School | Clancy MS | Sidney HS | Sunburst High School |
2002 | Big Sandy Middle School | Fairfield Middle School | Bozeman High School | Carter County High School |
2001 | Big Timber Middle School | Absarokee Middle School | Lewistown High School | Big Sandy HS |
2000 | Big Timber Middle School | Fairfield Middle School | Valier High School | Sunburst High School |
1999 | Sacajawea Middle School, Bozeman | Valier Middle School | Valier High School | Fairfield High School |
1998 | Big Timber Middle School | Clancy Middle School | Valier High School | Big Sandy High School |
1997 | Valier Middle School | Clancy Middle School | Valier High School | Big Sandy HS & Manhattan HS (tie) |
1996 | Big Timber | Big Sandy | Bozeman High | Valier High School |
1995 | Big Timber | Big Sandy | Bozeman High | Big Sandy High |
1994 | Big Timber | Big Sandy | Bozeman High | Manhattan Christian HS |
1993 | Big Timber | Gallatin Home School | Bozeman High | Manhattan Christian HS |
1992 | Big Timber | n/a | Bozeman High | n/a |
1991 | Big Timber | Florence-Carlton | Bozeman High | Florence - Carlton |
1990 | Bozeman Jr High | Bonner Middle School | Sentinal High, Missoula | Manhattan Christian |
1989 | Big Timber Middle | Boulder Middle School | Helena High | Big Sandy High |
1988 | Bozeman Jr High | Monforton Middle School, Bozeman | Helena High | Sunburst High |
1987 | Bozeman Jr High | n/a | Helena High | n/a |
1986 | Bozeman Jr High | n/a | Helena High | n/a |
1985 | Florence - Carlton | n/a | Bozeman High School | n/a |