Mateo Cueto Remacha, a student of high school diploma from IES Benjamín de Tudela in the capital of the Ribera region, was the winner of the regional phase of the Olympiad of Chemistry, which meeting in the School of Sciences of the University of Navarra to 28 students from ten schools.

In second place was Ibón Armendáriz Zuasti, from IES place de la Cruz de Pamplona; and in third place, Miguel Nagore Irigoyen, from high school Nuestra Señora del Huerto de Pamplona. All three will be able to participate in the national phase of the test, to be held in Madrid from April 29 to 30. In turn, those classified in the national competition will go on to the International and Ibero-American Olympiad.

The following schools were represented in the regional phase: IES Luis Amigó, IES Padre Moret, IES Barañain, IES Navarro Villoslada, IES Benjamín de Tudela, high school Nuestra Señora del Huerto, high school San Francisco Javier, IES place de la Cruz, high school el Redín and high school San Cernin.

The ceremony of submission of the diplomas to the winners of the regional phase was attended by the vice-dean of the School of Sciences Itziar Vélaz; professor of the University of Navarra and president of the Court Carmen Sanmartín; Fermín Iribarren, Associate Dean of Navarra of the high school Oficial de Químicos; Víctor Martínez and Alfonso Cornejo, representatives of the Public University of Navarra; Daniel Plano, professor of the University of Navarra; and Borja Mora-Figueroa, director of development of the School of Sciences.