Forty-four countries competed in the 11th IOAA in Phuket, Thailand from November 12th – 21st. USA Astronomy and Astrophysics Team placed 2nd out of the 44 countries, taking 2 gold medals and 3 honorable mentions:
Hagan Hensley — Gold Medal
Jason Yang — Gold Medal
Siddharth Sridhar — Honorable Mention
Andy Zhu — Honorable Mention
Shubhanga Ballal — Honorable Mention
This is the best USA Astronomy and Astrophysics Team result to date and it comes in no small part to amazing guidance and training from team leaders Roxana Pop and Ioana Zelko. We’re very excited the upcoming year of astronomy and astrophysics olympiads! We hope to open registration for the 2018 First Round Exam soon, so stay tuned! If you’re interested in competing in the future, sign up for our mailing list from the Registration page.
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