2009 National Biology Competition Honour Roll

The University of 27-31 Roderick Yao St Robert Catholic HS, Thornhill, ON 32-37 Shafqat Ahmed Woburn CI, Scarborough, ON 2009 32-37 Howard Chang St George's School, Vancouver, BC National Biology Competition 32-37 Jana Cmorejova Bishop Allen Academy, , ON 32-37 Henry Fung Glenforest SS, Mississauga, ON 32-37 Brandon Suen Crescent School, Willowdale, ON HONOUR ROLL 32-37 Nissi Wei Markham DHS, Markham, ON 38 Wenhao Liu Western Technical and Commercial School, Toronto, ON There were 5,417 eligible contestants from 357 schools. The top 50 (plus those tied with the 39-40 Chen Sun A B Lucas SS, London, ON 50th) are National Biology Scholars with Distinction . The next 200 are National Biology 39-40 Kurt Wood St Joseph SS, Mississauga, ON Scholars . Tied contestants are listed in alphabetical order by surname. 41-42 Dena Sommer Thornhill SS, Thornhill, ON 41-42 Roger Zhang Sir Winston Churchill SS, Vancouver, BC • The top 75 schools are listed on page 4. 43-45 Zack Dulberg Thornhill SS, Thornhill, ON 43-45 Robert Guo University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON NATIONAL BIOLOGY SCHOLARS WITH DISTINCTION 43-45 Bhuvana Sankaranarayan Sir Winston Churchill HS, Calgary, AB 46-48 Syed Hasan Danforth Technical School, Toronto, ON Rank Name School 46-48 Daniel Lee Crescent School, Willowdale, ON 1 David Kleinman North Toronto CI, Toronto, ON 46-48 Julie Reimer Dr E P Scarlett HS, Calgary, AB 2 Run Ze Cao Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON 49-51 Zheran Duan Agincourt CI, Agincourt, ON 3-4 Wyanne Law Glenforest SS, Mississauga, ON 49-51 Gabrielle Singh Cadieux The , Toronto, ON 3-4 Clinton Wang University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON 49-51 Andre Wilkie Calgary French and International School, Calgary, AB 5 Tony Wang Don Mills CI, Toronto, ON

6 Xiuqi Xia Northern SS, Toronto, ON 7-9 Eugen Hruska Gymnazium Hlohovec, Hlohovec, - NATIONAL BIOLOGY SCHOLARS 7-9 Qingda Hu A Y Jackson SS, North York, ON 7-9 Geoffrey Osgood Sir Winston Churchill HS, Calgary, AB Rank Name School 10 Zejia Zhang Agincourt CI, Agincourt, ON 52-59 Kelly Chin University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON 11-13 Nakul Chandan Merivale HS, Nepean, ON 52-59 Junghoo Kim University Hill SS, Vancouver, BC 11-13 Jason Fan Vincent Massey SS, Windsor, ON 52-59 Keiming Kwong Markham DHS, Markham, ON 11-13 William Fung Markham DHS, Markham, ON 52-59 Derek Little Crescent School, Willowdale, ON 14-16 Anton Dobrin Northern SS, Toronto, ON 52-59 Paulina Piesik Byrne Creek SS, Burnaby, BC 14-16 Arohumam Kan Sir Winston Churchill SS, Vancouver, BC 52-59 Nicholas Pun St George's School, Vancouver, BC 14-16 Jenny Shin Prince of Wales SS, Vancouver, BC 52-59 Peter Qin Old Scona Academic School, Edmonton, AB 17 Steven Zhu Sir Winston Churchill SS, Vancouver, BC 52-59 Alasdair Rathbone Westmount SS, Hamilton, ON 18-19 Timothy Chung Woburn CI, Scarborough, ON 60-69 Gaya Balasubramaniam Bishop Allen Academy, Etobicoke, ON 18-19 Nina Sokolovic Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, ON 60-69 Wen Xi Cao Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON 20-23 Thomas Dashwood Springbank Community HS, Calgary, AB 60-69 Jaclyn Chang Western Canada HS, Calgary, AB 20-23 Jeffrey Jian Don Mills CI, Toronto, ON 60-69 Brandon Chau Prince of Wales SS, Vancouver, BC 20-23 Jiayin Sun Lisgar CI, Ottawa, ON 60-69 Thomas Leung St George's School, Vancouver, BC 20-23 Xingyu Zhou Walter Murray CI, Saskatoon, SK 60-69 David Liu Markham DHS, Markham, ON 24-26 Eric Coomes Appleby College, Oakville, ON 60-69 Tejas Mehta Northview Heights SS, Toronto, ON 24-26 Collin Shuen St George's School, Vancouver, BC 60-69 Colin Miyata Mother Teresa HS, Nepean, ON 24-26 Katie Wong Thornlea SS, Thornhill, ON 60-69 Ricky Ng Richmond Green SS, Richmond Hill, ON 27-31 Kraig Chin L'Amoreaux CI, Agincourt, ON 60-69 Somin Park Thornhill SS, Thornhill, ON 27-31 Eric Huang St George's School, Vancouver, BC 70-76 Robert Bai University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON 27-31 Peter Joe Northwood HS, Irvine, - 70-76 Tudor Farcas Western Canada HS, Calgary, AB 27-31 Jeremy Witmer Yale SS, Abbotsford, BC 70-76 Dylan Gareau Bishop Grandin HS, Calgary, AB

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70-76 Komathini Jothikumar Markham DHS, Markham, ON 117-130 Emma Homme Iroquois Ridge HS, Oakville, ON 70-76 Vivian Leung Abbey Park HS, Oakville, ON 117-130 Sonja Ing , Toronto, ON 70-76 Manasi Rajagopal Hunting Hills HS, Red Deer, AB 117-130 Daniel Lu Burnaby South SS, Burnaby, BC 70-76 Ritchie Zhao Marc Garneau CI, Don Mills, ON 117-130 Chitra Meyyappan Glenforest SS, Mississauga, ON 77-82 Yiwei Hu Don Mills CI, Toronto, ON 117-130 Emily Ng The Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, ON 77-82 Jade Nutting Dr E P Scarlett HS, Calgary, AB 117-130 Veronika Peycheva Silverthorn CI, Etobicoke, ON 77-82 Alexandra Shaw Yale SS, Abbotsford, BC 117-130 Florence Tsang John G Diefenbaker HS, Calgary, AB 77-82 Ricky Sutaria Sir John A Macdonald SS, Hamilton, ON 117-130 Sarah Walker Our Lady of Lourdes HS, Guelph, ON 77-82 David Walter Crescent School, Willowdale, ON 117-130 Yuxuan Wang Hillfield Strathallan College, Hamilton, ON 77-82 Peter Wang Walnut Grove SS, Langley, BC 117-130 Miranda Wong John G Diefenbaker HS, Calgary, AB 83-89 Daniel Bailey Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, Toronto, ON 117-130 Sherif Youssef Glenforest SS, Mississauga, ON 83-89 Florence Chan Marc Garneau CI, Don Mills, ON 131-135 Jessica Chen Colonel By SS, Gloucester, ON 83-89 Yuchen Cui Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON 131-135 Paige Harrison Prince of Wales SS, Vancouver, BC 83-89 Hwan Lee Pinetree SS, Coquitlam, BC 131-135 Esther Lee William Aberhart HS, Calgary, AB 83-89 Victor Li St John's-Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg, MB 131-135 Erin Stephenson Waterloo CI, Waterloo, ON 83-89 Julia Yang White Oaks SS, Oakville, ON 131-135 Raheem Suleman Salisbury Composite HS, Sherwood Park, AB 83-89 Edward Zhang Lisgar CI, Ottawa, ON 136-143 Katherine Cheng Lisgar CI, Ottawa, ON 90-99 Miles Byworth Thornhill SS, Thornhill, ON 136-143 Min Cho Sentinel SS, West Vancouver, BC 90-99 Chet Chhom Thornhill SS, Thornhill, ON 136-143 Michael Chong Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON 90-99 Anna Ernst Colonel By SS, Gloucester, ON 136-143 David Dorian , Toronto, ON 90-99 Milton Fu St George's School, Vancouver, BC 136-143 Adam Hamid Sir Winston Churchill C and VI, Thunder Bay, ON 90-99 Zhi-Hao Lu Dr Norman Bethune CI, Scarborough, ON 136-143 Cynthia Kong Victoria Park CI, North York, ON 90-99 David Ma Burnaby Mountain SS, Burnaby, BC 136-143 Adam Pantaleo St. Marcellinus SS, Mississauga, ON 90-99 Maggie Rockx Notre Dame SS, Burlington, ON 136-143 Shijing Yu University Hill SS, Vancouver, BC 90-99 Philip Sohn Northern SS, Toronto, ON 144-154 Andrew Arifin London Central SS, London, ON 90-99 Vincent Wong Sir William Mulock SS, Newmarket, ON 144-154 Jeff Cederwall St Thomas Aquinas HS, Kenora, ON 90-99 John Yao Peoples Christian Academy, North York, ON 144-154 Michal Chwalek Bishop Reding Roman Catholic SS, Milton, ON 100-104 Simon Babakhani Glenforest SS, Mississauga, ON 144-154 Amanda Grubb Brother Andre Catholic HS, Markham, ON 100-104 Jeffrey Choi St George's School, Vancouver, BC 144-154 Bellal Jubran Applewood Heights SS, Mississauga, ON 100-104 Jennifer Kowalski Colonel By SS, Gloucester, ON 144-154 Xinlu Li Centennial School, Coquitlam, BC 100-104 Sean McQueen William Aberhart HS, Calgary, AB 144-154 Gordon Ly Rutland Senior SS, Kelowna, BC 100-104 Vance Nguyen University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON 144-154 Elena Mamycheva York Memorial CI, Toronto, ON 105-109 Courtney Hum Leaside HS, Toronto, ON 144-154 Wendy Ming University Hill SS, Vancouver, BC 105-109 Kent Leslie St Andrew's College, Aurora, ON 144-154 Toye Ojo Crescent School, Willowdale, ON 105-109 Zeli Pan Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS, Markham, ON 144-154 Jasmine Song Lisgar CI, Ottawa, ON 105-109 Jeff Taylor Walnut Grove SS, Langley, BC 155-163 Julia Di Bella Iroquois Ridge HS, Oakville, ON 105-109 Chloe Williams Dr E P Scarlett HS, Calgary, AB 155-163 Artin Ghassemian A Y Jackson SS, North York, ON 110-116 Alexander Pouliot York Memorial CI, Toronto, ON 155-163 Jon Joel O'Neill C and VI, Oshawa, ON 110-116 Joseph Stinziano John Paul II HS, London, ON 155-163 Chris Kim Robert Bateman HS, Burlington, ON 110-116 Bob Sun Lisgar CI, Ottawa, ON 155-163 Danika Leung Harry Ainlay HS, Edmonton, AB 110-116 Cornelia Tang Lisgar CI, Ottawa, ON 155-163 Duke Sheen St Andrew's College, Aurora, ON 110-116 Michelle Todd Merivale HS, Nepean, ON 155-163 Ling-Sang Tse William Lyon MacKenzie CI, North York, ON 110-116 Rachel Wong West Point Grey Academy, Vancouver, BC 155-163 Chrison Wong Port Moody SS, Port Moody, BC 110-116 Linda Xia Markville SS, Markham, ON 155-163 Han Yan A Y Jackson SS, North York, ON 117-130 Jackey Cheng Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS, Markham, ON 164-177 Ayda Askari Marc Garneau CI, Don Mills, ON 117-130 Chong Guo Earl Haig SS, North York, ON 164-177 Joseph Chia Sir William Mulock SS, Newmarket, ON 117-130 Michael Hogarth Hunting Hills HS, Red Deer, AB 164-177 Philipp Duffner Lakefield College School, Lakefield, ON

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164-177 Simon Feng A Y Jackson SS, North York, ON 204-216 Tim Park Abbey Park HS, Oakville, ON 164-177 Samantha Graitson Mother Teresa HS, Nepean, ON 204-216 Carrie Smythies Centennial School, Coquitlam, BC 164-177 Jessica Klawunn Notre Dame SS, Burlington, ON 204-216 Hao Zhang Burnaby North SS, Burnaby, BC 164-177 Bailey Komishke St Francis HS, Calgary, AB 217-232 Melissa Babra Heart Lake SS, Brampton, ON 164-177 Alex Levit Vaughan SS, Thornhill, ON 217-232 Brian Bi Woburn CI, Scarborough, ON 164-177 Janice Lim Brother Andre Catholic HS, Markham, ON 217-232 Loretta Cheung Earl of March SS, Kanata, ON 164-177 Jackie Liu Byrne Creek SS, Burnaby, BC 217-232 Farid Garas Cameron Heights CI, Kitchener, ON 164-177 Christine Moon Havergal College, Toronto, ON 217-232 Kevin Joseph St Thomas Aquinas SS, Brampton, ON 164-177 Chris Ng St George's School, Vancouver, BC 217-232 Todd LaFleur Hammarskjold HS, Thunder Bay, ON 164-177 Phil Williams Crescent School, Willowdale, ON 217-232 Yingxiang Li Ancaster H and VS, Ancaster, ON 164-177 Christina Zhang Bell HS, Nepean, ON 217-232 Teresa Liang Don Mills CI, Toronto, ON 178-187 Sabrina Bridges Vincent Massey HS, Brandon, MB 217-232 Keith Mai Bayview SS, Richmond Hill, ON 178-187 Cathy Chen Etobicoke CI, Etobicoke, ON 217-232 Hilary Shi Havergal College, Toronto, ON 178-187 Melissa Chung Harry Ainlay HS, Edmonton, AB 217-232 Timothy Smith St George's School, Vancouver, BC 178-187 Elizabeth Clarke Westwood Community High School, Fort McMurray, AB 217-232 Clara Yun Sunwoo Yale SS, Abbotsford, BC 178-187 Jerry Ji Albert Campbell CI, Scarborough, ON 217-232 Joshua Urquhart St Francis HS, Calgary, AB 178-187 Shivam Kapadia Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON 217-232 Priscilla Vuong Vincent Massey SS, Windsor, ON 178-187 Kevan Lu Richmond Hill HS, Richmond Hill, ON 217-232 Annie Wang Bayview SS, Richmond Hill, ON 178-187 Angeline Moody Dr E P Scarlett HS, Calgary, AB 217-232 Songbo Zheng Preston HS, Cambridge, ON 178-187 Nolan Shelley Burnaby South SS, Burnaby, BC 233-250 Garett Bogle Hunting Hills HS, Red Deer, AB 178-187 Sabrina Wang Richmond Hill HS, Richmond Hill, ON 233-250 Gauruv Bose Lisgar CI, Ottawa, ON 188-203 Sima Amir-Keyvan The Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, ON 233-250 Sean Cai Cawthra Park SS, Mississauga, ON 188-203 Cameron Bruggeman Kincardine DSS, Kincardine, ON 233-250 Frank Fuh Point Grey SS, Vancouver, BC 188-203 Xingchen Chen Forest Hill CI, Toronto, ON 233-250 Joy Hsu Richmond SS, Richmond, BC 188-203 Meagan Chin-Yee Oakville Trafalgar HS, Oakville, ON 233-250 James Jaw Crescent School, Willowdale, ON 188-203 Sarah Clark Mayfield SS, Caledon, ON 233-250 Allan Jone St George's School, Vancouver, BC 188-203 Alexander Graham , Don Mills, ON 233-250 Tai Ma Earl Haig SS, North York, ON 188-203 Jerry Gu Leaside HS, Toronto, ON 233-250 Simon Marsello Crescent School, Willowdale, ON 188-203 Daphne Haggarty Hammarskjold HS, Thunder Bay, ON 233-250 Philip Ostrowski York Memorial CI, Toronto, ON 188-203 Sean Kennedy Mary Ward Catholic SS, Scarborough, ON 233-250 Jin Suk Park A Y Jackson SS, North York, ON 188-203 Elizabeth Klassen Yale SS, Abbotsford, BC 233-250 Stella Park A B Lucas SS, London, ON 188-203 Robert McAllister Sarnia CI and TS, Sarnia, ON 233-250 Clark Robertson Ridley College, St Catharines, ON 188-203 Alexsandr Meleshko Bishop Grandin HS, Calgary, AB 233-250 Daniel Schep Aurora HS, Aurora, ON 188-203 Nicholas Moore Western Canada HS, Calgary, AB 233-250 Igsung So St Michael's College School, Toronto, ON 188-203 Eunyoung Shin Richmond Hill HS, Richmond Hill, ON 233-250 Qazi Zain Sohail David and Mary Thomson CI, Scarborough, ON 188-203 Rui-Jia Zhang University Hill SS, Vancouver, BC 233-250 Jane Yang Western Canada HS, Calgary, AB 188-203 Wenjia Zhao University Hill SS, Vancouver, BC 233-250 Winnie Zhuang University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON 204-216 Anthony Bai , Toronto, ON 204-216 David Bookatz Vincent Massey HS, Brandon, MB 204-216 Fabien Cayer Vincent Massey HS, Brandon, MB 204-216 Jeremy Cleveland Burnaby South SS, Burnaby, BC 204-216 Matthew Dolson Robert Bateman HS, Burlington, ON 204-216 Paul Duong Applewood Heights SS, Mississauga, ON 204-216 Celeste Fang Dover Bay SS, Nanaimo, BC 204-216 Liqian Gui Waterloo CI, Waterloo, ON 204-216 Kevin Lee St Robert Catholic HS, Thornhill, ON 204-216 Ryan Murphy Fort Richmond Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB

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The University of Toronto 34 Vincent Massey HS Brandon, MB 35-36 Earl Haig SS North York, ON 2009 35-36 Richmond Hill HS Richmond Hill, ON National Biology Competition 37 St Andrew's College Aurora, ON 38-39 Bayview SS Richmond Hill, ON 38-39 Leaside HS Toronto, ON TOP 76 SCHOOLS 40 Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS Markham, ON 41-42 Richmond SS Richmond, BC A team score is calculated as the sum of the scores of the top five eligible contestants in a 41-42 Thornlea SS Thornhill, ON school. Of 357 participating schools, there were 307 teams. The top 76 schools are listed 43 Notre Dame SS Burlington, ON below. Team scores are given for the top 10 teams only. Tied teams are listed in alphabetical 44-45 Hillfield Strathallan College Hamilton, ON order. 44-45 Old Scona Academic School Edmonton, AB 46-47 The Bishop Strachan School Toronto, ON Rank School Location Team Score 46-47 Upper Canada College Toronto, ON 1 St George's School Vancouver, BC 179.7 48 Cameron Heights CI Kitchener, ON 2 University of Toronto Schools Toronto, ON 179.0 49-50 Brother Andre Catholic HS Markham, ON 3 Markham DHS Markham, ON 178.3 49-50 William Lyon MacKenzie CI North York, ON 4 Glenforest SS Mississauga, ON 175.0 51-52 The Woodlands School Mississauga, ON 5 Martingrove CI Etobicoke, ON 171.7 51-52 William Aberhart HS Calgary, AB 6 Thornhill SS Thornhill, ON 170.3 53 Sentinel SS West Vancouver, BC 7 Crescent School Willowdale, ON 169.7 54 Walnut Grove SS Langley, BC 8 Don Mills CI Toronto, ON 168.3 55 Oakville Trafalgar HS Oakville, ON 9 Northern SS Toronto, ON 167.0 56 Centennial School Coquitlam, BC 10 Lisgar CI Ottawa, ON 165.0 57 North Toronto CI Toronto, ON 11 Sir Winston Churchill SS Vancouver, BC 58-59 Robert Bateman HS Burlington, ON 12 A Y Jackson SS North York, ON 58-59 Waterloo CI Waterloo, ON 13 Dr E P Scarlett HS Calgary, AB 60 Rutland Senior SS Kelowna, BC 14 Woburn CI Scarborough, ON 61-62 St John's-Ravenscourt School Winnipeg, MB 15 University Hill SS Vancouver, BC 61-62 Walter Murray CI Saskatoon, SK 16-17 Yale SS Abbotsford, BC 63 Byrne Creek SS Burnaby, BC 16-17 Agincourt CI Agincourt, ON 64 A B Lucas SS London, ON 18 Western Canada HS Calgary, AB 65 Dr Norman Bethune CI Scarborough, ON 19 Marc Garneau CI Don Mills, ON 66 Victoria Park CI North York, ON 20-21 Prince of Wales SS Vancouver, BC 67-68 Burnaby North SS Burnaby, BC 20-21 Sir Winston Churchill HS Calgary, AB 67-68 Etobicoke CI Etobicoke, ON 22 Colonel By SS Gloucester, ON 69 Westwood Community High School Fort McMurray, AB 23 St Robert Catholic HS Thornhill, ON 70 St Michael's College School Toronto, ON 24 Havergal College Toronto, ON 71-73 Sir John A Macdonald CI Agincourt, ON 25 Merivale HS Nepean, ON 71-73 St Thomas Aquinas HS Kenora, ON 26 Vincent Massey SS Windsor, ON 71-73 Westmount SS Hamilton, ON 27 Hunting Hills HS Red Deer, AB 74-76 Markville SS Markham, ON 28 York Memorial CI Toronto, ON 74-76 Oakridge SS London, ON 29 Bishop Allen Academy Etobicoke, ON 74-76 Vaughan SS Thornhill, ON 30-31 Bishop Grandin HS Calgary, AB 30-31 St Francis HS Calgary, AB 32 John G Diefenbaker HS Calgary, AB 33 Burnaby South SS Burnaby, BC

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