Regional Place Winners

National History Day: Pikes Peak Regional Results

Colorado College, March 18, 2023

JUNIOR DIVISION (Grades 6-8)

1st     Junior Group Documentary   Solana Calabrese, Juliet Crowe    “Marie Curie: The Discovery of Elements by the Isolation of Radium”  The Vanguard School

2nd     Junior Group Documentary   Avery Banzhaf, Orin Wilson, Isai Savelkoul    “Frontiers in History: The USS Monitor”  The Vanguard School

3rd     Junior Group Documentary   Bella/Ash Dean, Jessica Grijalva    “After 22 years nothing can be the same”  Janitell Junior High

4th     Junior Group Documentary   Tristan Biber, Brooklynn Hagedorn    “The Air Force Academy-Colorado Springs”  Janitell Junior High

1st     Junior Group Exhibit   Kylee Nelson, Kallie Omar    “Women’s Suffrage in Wyoming: How did it impact the rest of the U.S.A?”  Sabin Middle School

2nd     Junior Group Exhibit   Nazareth Smith, Matix Mead, Timothy Egbert    “American Frontiers in WW1”  Sabin Middle School

3rd     Junior Group Exhibit   Madeline Dommer, Tweeti Pham, Victoria Hagenow    “Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield”  The Vanguard School

1st     Junior Group Website   Kayvee Mai, Olivia Ward, Emily Ruffennach    “Crossing New Frontiers in the Fight for Women’s Suffrage”  The Vanguard School

2nd     Junior Group Website   Alvin Luu, Max Miller    “Botanical Surveys and Their Impacts”  The Vanguard School

3rd     Junior Group Website   Luke Moore, Alex Smith    “The Internet”  The Vanguard School

4th     Junior Group Website   Dominic Barajas, Nakai Maez, Noah Phonexayphova    “NORAD and It’s Contribution From the Cold War to Now”  The Vanguard School

1st     Junior Individual Documentary   Emmett Webber,     “Curiosity Mars Rover”  Lewis Palmer Middle School

2nd     Junior Individual Documentary   Jarod Healy,     “Advancements in battleships throughout history”  The Vanguard School

3rd     Junior Individual Documentary   Brody Williams,     “Now I am Become Death the Destroyer of Worlds”  Janitell Junior High

4th     Junior Individual Documentary   Toby Flores,     “The history of Hispanic Immigration”  Sabin Middle School

1st     Junior Individual Exhibit   Ameena Jodeh,     “Richard Feynman and the History of Nanotechnology”  Chinook Trail Middle School

2nd     Junior Individual Exhibit   Norah Malachowski,     “Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Activist & Trailblazer”  Lewis Palmer Middle School

3rd     Junior Individual Exhibit   Malaynie Gargasz,     “Speaking up about the holocaust”  Lewis Palmer Middle School

4th     Junior Individual Exhibit   Dillon Fuchs,     “Evolution and Importance of Aircraft Carreirs”  The Vanguard School

1st     Junior Individual Website   Katy George,     “American Sign Language: Breaking the Silent Barrier”  Chinook Trail Middle School

2nd     Junior Individual Website   Emily Braithwaite,     “The Pony Express and Westward Expansion”  The Vanguard School

1st     Junior Paper   Amaya Cleveland,     “The 19th Amendment: An American Frontier that Changed Women’s History.”  Chinook Trail Middle School

2nd     Junior Paper   Julia Osbeck,     “Mae Jemison: The Frontier that Broke NASA Racial Barriers”  Chinook Trail Middle School

3rd     Junior Paper   Reese Berndt,     “Sally Ride; Breaking Barriers in the Final Frontier”  Lewis Palmer Middle School

4th     Junior Paper   Ian Larson,     “Changing the US technologically and economically: Electric Vehicle Solution and Advancements”  Chinook Trail Middle School

SENIOR DIVISION (Grades 9-12)

1st     Senior Group Documentary   Noelle Maschhoff, Abigail Perry, Elena MacAdam, Addison Oelrich    “Shot heard around the World: the History and Future of Vaccines throughout the Ages”  Colorado Springs Christian School

2nd     Senior Group Documentary   Bryson Alexander, Dylan Bignell    “World At War: How the World Wars Affected Communication”  Colorado Springs Christian School

3rd     Senior Group Documentary   Wyatt Driscoll, James Phillips    “The History of Electronics in Music Production”  Colorado Springs Christian School

4th     Senior Group Documentary   Meia Aime, Kelly Feng    “Jean Antoine-Watteau: The Mind Behind the Art Frontier of Rococo”  The Colorado Springs School

1st     Senior Group Exhibit   Ruby Atherton, Hannah Medina Armijo    “Building Up Instead of Out: The History of the Skyscraper”  Palmer High School

2nd     Senior Group Exhibit   Carina Su, Moriah Watt    “The Art of Rebellion- How Impressionist Art Revolutionized the Frontier of Painting”  Colorado Springs Christian School

3rd     Senior Group Exhibit   Theo Kim, Judah McDowell, Wes Wingo, Andrew Palmer    “Life in Space: Examining the Past to Prepare for the Future”  Colorado Springs Christian School

4th     Senior Group Exhibit   Arturo Quintana, Gabriel Sammons    “The Journey of Apollo 11”  Mitchell High School

1st     Senior Group Website   Grace Minihane, Kelly Roth, Kami Stichter    “Up for the Fight: Women in the Service Academies”  Colorado Springs Christian School

2nd     Senior Group Website   Owen Albrecht, Kylie Valade, Brianna Poirier, Brooklynn Lofton    “The Final Frontier: The History of The Space Force”  Colorado Springs Christian School

3rd     Senior Group Website   Jenea Leisman, Aj Teter    “Madness in the Mind: the Concept of Mental Health Throughout the Ages”  Colorado Springs Christian School

4th     Senior Group Website   Mitchell Miller, Kai Perry, Trey Stichter    “The Development of Nuclear Weapons”  Colorado Springs Christian School

1st     Senior Individual Documentary   Lauren Wagner,     “The Saxophone: One Man’s Determination Changed Music”  Colorado Springs Christian School

2nd     Senior Individual Documentary   Nathan Badger,     “Gauss Who? The Greatest Pioneer of Modern Mathematics and Physics”  Colorado Springs Christian School

1st     Senior Individual Exhibit   Hannah Phillips,     “Letters of the Future”  Palmer High School

2nd     Senior Individual Exhibit   Marilyn Pack,     “Entertaining the Masses: The Evolution of Theater”  Colorado Springs Christian School

3rd     Senior Individual Exhibit   Max Marquez,     “The Stonewall Riots: Pride and Perserverance”  Mitchell High School

4th     Senior Individual Exhibit   Rebecca Singh,     “NORAD’s History”  Colorado Springs Christian School

1st     Senior Individual Performance   Rachel Lewis,     “Nikola Tesla: Genius Lost to Glimmering Lights”  COSLI

2nd     Senior Individual Performance   Ruth Mason,     “The Invention that Never Was: Leonardo da Vinci’s Exploration of Flight that Inspired Frontiers in Aeronautics Across the World”  Palmer High School

3rd     Senior Individual Performance   Nathanial Krill,     “Medicines of the Great War”  Palmer High School

1st     Senior Individual Website   Kaelyn Rollins,     “A Harsh and Lovely Metamorphosis: Romanticism’s aspirations towards the Infinite”  Colorado Springs Christian School

2nd     Senior Individual Website   Yufan Liu,     “Frontiers in Cinema History: The Foresight of Humanity’s Future in the Matrix.”  Pine Creek High School

3rd     Senior Individual Website   Alyson Font,     “Denver West High School walkout”  COSLI

4th     Senior Individual Website   Monroe Castle,     “Fannie Mae Duncan”  COSLI

1st     Senior Paper   Emree Lamb,     “Frontiers in Colorado Mental Health Treatment”  COSLI

2nd     Senior Paper   Lucy Lardie,     “How New Music Strategies and Instruments in the Renaissance Changed the Course of Music”  Pine Creek High School

3rd     Senior Paper   Theo Buchholz-Guerrero,     “The Frontier of Organized Crime: The U.S. Mafia”  Palmer High School

4th     Senior Paper   Xaia Zamundu,     “Frontier of the March on Washington: Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” Speech”  The Colorado Springs School