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Students show off their science skills at Olympiad

First photo: Baldwin High School juniors Liana Garcia, 16, (right) and Juliane Venezuela, 16, adjust their boomilever before putting it to the test in Saturday's ninth annual Maui Regional Science Olympiad hosted by University of Hawaii Maui College. Their boomilever held 4,600 grams before breaking.

Second photo: Boeing Systems engineer and volunteer official Michael Werth (from right) helps Lahainaluna juniors Sierra Carney, 17, and Camille Lavalle, 16, get their boomilever ready for testing Saturday.

Maui Preparatory Academy won first place in the high school Division C, while King Kekaulike High School came in second and Baldwin finished third. In the middle school Division B category, Seabury Hall captured first place, while Carden Academy took second and St. Anthony School came in third.

* This caption includes a correction from the original published Monday, February 4, 2019.