A Falmouth High School student won first prize at the Maine State Science Fair for analysis of a potential method of screening for heart attack risk.

Ryan Werthmann took the gold at Saturday’s event, beating out more than 200 entries from 27 schools and a handful of homeschooled students, organizers said Sunday night. His project was titled “A Data-Driven Exploration of Albumin-Creatinine Ratio as a Biomarker for Myocardial Infarction Risk: A Multivariate Analysis.”

Zelda Anesko of Brunswick High School took second place for “A Computer Model for Efficient Offshore Wind Farm Siting in the North Atlantic,” and Bangor High School student Sofie Rueter left with bronze for her project titled “Improving the Effectivity of Nitrate Removal in Biosand Filters Using N. oculata.”

The three winners of the Grand Award are eligible to represent Maine at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Columbus, Ohio, in May.

Winners were also declared among individual categories, including microbiology, physiology and water quality. Dozens of scholarships, including 17 covering full tuition at the University of Maine and University of Southern Maine, were also awarded.

This year’s fair was held virtually because of a late-March storm, organizers said. The last time the fair was held in-person was in 2023.