2025 RULES have arrived!
Details available soon for registered teams

Registration Opens September 23, 2024

The 41st SD Sci-Oly Tournament will take place on 22 March 2025, and starts in

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Key Deadline Dates - 2025

Event Rules Release date
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Registration Opens for South Dakota Science Olympiad
Monday, September 23, 2024

Registration deadline for
the 2023 South Dakota Science Olympiad State Tournament is
Friday, February 28, 2025.

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Team preliminary rosters with their expected events are due
 Friday, March 7, 2025.

The 40th Annual South Dakota Science Olympiad State Tournament will be held on
Saturday, March 22, 2025
at the campus of
The University of South Dakota.

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Message from the State Director & Exec Team​

Dear Science Olympiad Coach/Coaches, Mentors, 

Happy 40th Science Olympiad Tournament Season! SD Science Olympiad (or "SD Sci-Oly" for short) is one of the founding programs to compete in the first national Science Olympiad way back in 1984!

My name is James Tracy, State Director of the South Dakota Science Olympiad. Let me first offer you a warm welcome to the SD Sci-Oly! If you represent a returning team, welcome back! If this is your first time with the SD Science Olympiad, welcome aboard! We have introduced a new Startup Team program; please see our "Getting Started" page for details.

The 2024 South Dakota Science Olympiad State Tournament is scheduled to be held on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion on Saturday, March 22, 2025. 

​We would like to invite your school to register to compete at the South Dakota Science Olympiad State Tournament You can use the link above or navigate to our Getting Started page. There are 23 Events which span the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics disciplines, with various levels of competitive challenge for students!  

We also invite you and your team's families to follow us on our social media pages with Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, and Twitter ("X"). 

Get started today and register your school's team for membership in our state tournament, and join a great tradition of STEM competition in South Dakota!

- James Tracy & SDSciOly Exec Team

South Dakota Science Olympiad Sponsors