TSA Regional Competition

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Annika Prom and Marianne Nacanaynay

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Brier Terrace Middle School hosted the regional TSA competition this Saturday with students representing Edmonds, Lake Washington and Shoreline school districts. Over 75 students attended, making the regional TSA competition the largest in Washington State.

Brier Terrace was represented well in all challenges, with Brier students taking the top three places in the Structural Challenge. Students Alec Matulka and Reece Newhouse won third place, Joanne Yi and Krithik Duraisamy won second, and Alex Kozorus and Andrew Steck came in first place.

In the Balsa Cube Challenge, two groups of students from Cascade K-8 took the top two spots, with Cole Johnston and Aidan Alderson from Brier Terrace nabbing third.

The third and final challenge, the Problem Solving Challenge, was won by Cascade K-8 students Sarah Pham and Kai Brook. Michael Malysh and Minh Nguyen from Brier won second, and Bryce Coble and Curtis Anderson from Finn Hill Middle won in third.

Three different challenges took place at the competition- the Structural Challenge in which participating students had to build a 12-inch bridge that would be the most efficient and hold the most weight; the Balsa Cube Challenge in which students designed a balsa cube that could withstand the most weight; and the Problem Solving Challenge where students created a vehicle that could hold ten marbles and travel across a gutter of water, powered by a fan.

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