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<p>Wilkes-Barre Academy School won the team title for the first time at this year&#8217;s regional Science Olympiad competition held on the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. Among the many events they took three first place titles, five second place and two third place. Participants, from left, first row, are: Grace Parsons, Paige Parsons, Lauren Touey, Emily Urbanski, Meredith Purcell, Sushmita Udoshi, Emily Duris, Lydia McFarlane, Lauren Repella and Edward Jang. Second row: Mr. David Bartos, mentor; Aarit Mitra, Audrey Flynn, Shailee Desai, Jenna Santuk, Lexi Corbett, Jennifer Zemetro and Aidan McFarlane. Third row: Mrs. Amanda O&#8217;Toole, assistant coach; Marrissa Jason, Caleb Cackowski, Mr. John Duris, mentor; Mrs. Dana Robasky, head coach. Not available: Zahra Chittalia, competitor; mentors Marty Urbanski, Matthew Cackowski, Chris Repella, John Parsons, Katie Parsons, Sandhya Desai, Sean Smith and Olivia Zablocky.</p><style>
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Wilkes-Barre Academy wins science competition