Mt. Ararat High School captured the third-place trophy at the 2013 annual Science Olympiad Meet at the University of Southern Maine.

Senior tri-captains Elsie Morgan, Ryan Smith and Eric Farnsworth mentored the work in “technical problem solving,” “robot arm” and “elastic launch glider” contestants, respectively.

Seniors Emily Eldridge and Colton Burns helped mentor the “forensics” and “Fermi questions” events, respectively.

The work of senior members Tracey Tran, James McCracken and Keith Becker made the strong finish possible, according to head coaches Glenn Evans, Evelyn Barbour and Dianne Boucher.

At the event, students match engineering know-how in 23 events for which they’ve prepared since last autumn. These Mt. Ararat students earned medals:

Rocks and minerals: second place, Maggie Broughton and Marie Ring

Anatomy and physiology: second place, Keith Becker and Elsie Morgan

Experimental design: second place, Izzy Leon, Marie Ring, Jessica Wright

“Dynamic planet”: second place, Evan Lichter and Shea Nelson

Gravity vehicle: first place, Aerial Miller and Conner Read

Materials science: third place, Eric Farnsworth and Ryan Smith

“Write it, do it”: third place, Izzy Leon, Marie Ring

Forestry: first place, Maggie Broughton and Marie Ring

Forensics: second place, Jake Demosthenes and Michaela Remis

Elastic launch glider: second place, Sam Wood

Robot arm: first place, Eric Farnsworth and Ryan Smith

Technical problem solving: second place, Keith Becker and Elsie Morgan.