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
