Six students from Oak Hall School earned second place honors at UF’s annual Chemathon competition.

The one-day event on April 25 focused on chemistry students from Florida’s private and public high schools and featured a tour of the university’s research labs and a chemistry show. Students competed in an individual written test, a quiz bowl competition and a hands-on lab activity.

“Chemathon is an incredible opportunity for our students to apply their classroom learning in a dynamic, real-world setting,” said Jordan Torgunrud, Oak Hall’s Upper School chemistry teacher in a school press release. “We are proud of their hard work, teamwork and curiosity.”

The Oak Hall Upper School students who placed in the Chemathon 2025 competition included:

• Holly Papierniak and Tom Gilor placed second overall in individual test scores.
• Henry Kelleher, Danny Acs, Andrew Eisner, and Ben Gallogly earned second place in the quiz bowl and second place overall for their combined score across the lab, test, and quiz bowl events.

Oak Hall will honor the students hanging a new plaque on campus, according to a school press release.