Winners of the 60th annual Central California Regional Science, Mathematics and Engineering Fair were announced last week by the Fresno County Office of Education. More than 500 students in grades six through 12 registered to enter 450 projects in this year's competition.

Students who placed first are eligible to advance to the California State Science Fair in Los Angeles on April 15 and 16 at the California Science Center.

The top two individual winners from the senior division will go on to represent the regional fair at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which will be held May 12-17 in Phoenix.

The sweepstakes winners are:

Madalyn Berry, grade 6, and Talie Cloud, grade 7, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Titus Patton, grade 8, Washington Academic Middle, Sanger Unified; Hannah Washburn, grade 11, Sanger High, Sanger Unified.

Sweepstakes runners-up are:

Adrian Mendoza, grade 6, Sanger Academy Charter School, Sanger Unified; Payton Nance and Sameer Sundrani, grade 7, Alta Sierra Intermediate, Clovis Unified; Brissa Rodriguez, grade 8, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, grade 9, University High, Fresno Unified; George Morgan, grade 10, Clovis North, Clovis Unified.

The first-place winners are:

Animal science: Bailee Poole, grade 6, Atticus Humphrey, grade 7, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Stephanie Bartel, grade 8, Alta Sierra Intermediate, Clovis Unified; Caroline Ba Doe Lwin and Annette Lopez, grade 11, Clovis West, Clovis Unified.

Behavioral and social science: Madalyn Berry, grade 6, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Beth Buchanan and Emily Pofahl, grade 8, Kastner Intermediate, Clovis Unified; Chris Grant, grade 12, Yosemite High, Yosemite Unified.

Biochemistry: Kayley Bryan, grade 7, Sanger Academy Charter School, Sanger Unified; Mitchell Giles, Yousef Joseph and Nick Mah, grade 10, Clovis West, Clovis Unified.

Chemistry: Serena Tang, grade 7, and Ryan Fong, grade 8, Granite Ridge Intermediate, Clovis Unified.

Computer science/math: Manjit Ruprem, grade 8, Alta Sierra Intermediate, Clovis Unified; George Morgan, grade 10, Clovis North, Clovis Unified.

Earth and space science: Krystal Mendez, grade 6, Valley Arts and Science Academy (VASA), Fresno Unified; Grace Ochs, grade 7, Fairmont Elementary, Sanger Unified; Jenna Murphy, grade 8, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Hannah Washburn, grade 11, Sanger High, Sanger Unified.

Engineering: Anshul Narain, grade 6, Fugman Elementary, Clovis Unified; Megan Dean, grade 7, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Cade Berrett and Connor Hatton, grade 8, Alta Sierra Intermediate, Clovis Unified.

Environmental science: Adrian Mendoza, grade 6, Sanger Academy Charter School, Sanger Unified; Emerson Perez, grade 7, Washington Academic Middle, Sanger Unified; Brissa Rodriguez, grade 8, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Seung Hye (Beatrice) Choi, grade 9, University High, Fresno Unified.

Medicine and health: Talie Cloud, grade 7, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Titus Patton, grade 8, Washington Academic Middle, Sanger Unified; Onkar Sandhu, grade 9, Granite Ridge Intermediate, Clovis Unified.

Microbiology: Nolan Yamada, grade 7, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Layla Stefanacci, grade 8, Carden School of Fresno, Fresno Unified.

Physics: Tyler Robertson, grade 6, Fort Washington Elementary, Clovis Unified; Payton Nance and Sameer Sundrani, grade 7, Alta Sierra Intermediate, Clovis Unified; Vinisha Prajapati, grade 8, Granite Ridge Intermediate, Clovis Unified.

Plant science: Connor Pofahl, grade 6, Valley Oak Elementary, Clovis Unified; Kerris Lassley, grade 8, Quail Lake Environmental Charter, Sanger Unified; Ai Enkoji, grade 11, Clovis West, Clovis Unified.

Product science: Akua Brown and Reiko Silva, grade 8, Alta Sierra Intermediate, Clovis Unified.