FINAL RESULTS Anchorage, Alaska April 16th-18th, 2016 United States Academic Decathlon National Finals Anchorage, Alaska April 28th - April 30th, 2016

Table of Contents OVERALL TEAM SCORES ...... 4 OVERALL TEAM SCORE BY DIVISION ...... 5 TOP SCORING STUDENT BY DIVISION ...... 7 TOP SCORING STUDENT BY TEAM ...... 9 ART – Division 1 ...... 11 ART – Division 2 ...... 12 ART – Division 3 ...... 13 ECONOMICS – Division 1 ...... 15 ECONOMICS – Division 2 ...... 16 ECONOMICS – Division 3 ...... 17 ESSAY – Division 1 ...... 19 ESSAY – Division 2 ...... 19 ESSAY – Division 3 ...... 20 INTERVIEW – Division 1 ...... 21 INTERVIEW – Division 2 ...... 22 INTERVIEW – Division 3 ...... 23 LITERATURE – Division 1 ...... 24 LITERATURE – Division 2 ...... 25 LITERATURE – Division 3 ...... 26 MATHEMATICS – Division 1 ...... 27 MATHEMATICS – Division 2 ...... 28 MATHEMATICS – Division 3 ...... 29 MUSIC – Division 1 ...... 31 MUSIC – Division 2 ...... 32 MUSIC – Division 3 ...... 33 SCIENCE – Division 1 ...... 34 SCIENCE – Division 2 ...... 35 SCIENCE – Division 3 ...... 36 SPEECH – Division 1 ...... 38

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SPEECH – Division 2 ...... 39 SPEECH – Division 3 ...... 40 SOCIAL SCIENCE – Division 1 ...... 41 SOCIAL SCIENCE – Division 2 ...... 42 SOCIAL SCIENCE – Division 3 ...... 42 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ...... 44 FOUNDER’S SCHOLARSHIP ...... 44 SUPER QUIZ – DIVISION 3 ...... 45 SUPER QUIZ – DIVISION 2 ...... 44 SUPER QUIZ – DIVISION 1 ...... 44 SUPER QUIZ – RANKING ...... 45 NORM KATZ AWARD ...... 46 B FRANKLIN REINAUER II AWARD ...... 46

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OVERALL TEAM SCORES

1 54,195.1 Granada Hills Charter California 2 52,346.6 Highland Park High School Texas 3 49,679.6 Oakwood High School Ohio 4 48,890.1 Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 5 48,563.8 Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 6 47,604.7 Wilmot Union Wisconsin 7 45,468.1 Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 8 45,144.7 Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 9 45,107.7 Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 10 44,990.6 Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 11 43,787.5 Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hawaii 12 43,664.3 Dreher South Carolina 13 43,079.6 Pius X High School Nebraska 14 41,357.0 Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 15 41,213.1 Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 16 40,227.6 Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU Shanghai 17 39,555.4 Guangdong Experimental High School Guangdong 18 39,482.1 Madison Central Mississippi 19 39,264.3 Parsippany High School New Jersey 20 38,983.2 Beijing National Day School Beijing 21 38,648.6 Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska 22 36,850.5 Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 23 36,696.7 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 24 36,530.0 St. Peter High School Minnesota 25 36,350.8 Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong 26 35,853.7 International Division Shanghai 27 35,102.4 Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 28 34,997.1 Sugar-Salem Idaho 29 34,930.7 Bingham High School Utah 30 34,682.4 High School of Province Jiangsu 31 34,395.3 Monmouth Academy Maine 32 34,382.6 The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University-IB Shanghai Center 33 33,932.9 Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom 34 33,814.7 Frontier Academy Colorado 35 33,249.7 The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University Guangdong

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36 33,058.1 WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School Hubei 37 32,863.1 Jianping High School Shanghai 38 32,580.2 Thomas S. Wootton Maryland 39 32,425.5 Trumbull High School Connecticut 40 32,195.0 Blue Valley West High School Kansas 41 31,455.7 Caddo Parish Magnet High School Louisiana 42 29,497.4 Southbank Intl School 2 United Kingdom 43 29,461.9 Star Lane Center Wyoming 44 28,146.6 Liaoning Province Shiyan High School Liaoning 45 27,966.4 West Genesee New York 46 26,118.2 Central High School Oregon 47 25,939.3 Chengdu Foreign Languages School Sichuan 48 25,487.4 The Westside School British Columbia

OVERALL TEAM SCORE BY DIVISION

Division 1

1 54,195.1 Granada Hills Charter California 2 52,346.6 Highland Park High School Texas 3 48,890.1 Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 4 48,563.8 Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 5 45,107.7 Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 6 43,787.5 Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hawaii 7 39,555.4 Guangdong Experimental High School Guangdong 8 34,930.7 Bingham High School Utah 9 34,682.4 Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu 10 33,249.7 The Affiliated High School of South China Normal Guangdong University 11 32,580.2 Thomas S. Wootton Maryland 12 32,425.5 Trumbull High School Connecticut 13 32,195.0 Blue Valley West High School Kansas 14 28,146.6 Liaoning Province Shiyan High School Liaoning 15 27,966.4 West Genesee New York 16 25,939.3 Chengdu Foreign Languages School Sichuan

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Division 2

1 47,604.7 Wilmot Union Wisconsin 2 45,468.1 Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 3 45,144.7 Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 4 43,664.3 Dreher South Carolina 5 43,079.6 Pius X High School Nebraska 6 40,227.6 Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU Shanghai 7 39,482.1 Madison Central Mississippi 8 39,264.3 Parsippany High School New Jersey 9 38,648.6 Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska 10 36,696.7 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 11 36,350.8 Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong 12 35,853.7 Shanghai High School International Division Shanghai 13 33,058.1 WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School Hubei 14 32,863.1 Jianping High School Shanghai 15 31,455.7 Caddo Parish Magnet High School Louisiana 16 26,118.2 Central High School Oregon

Division 3

1 49,679.6 Oakwood High School Ohio 2 44,990.6 Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 3 41,357.0 Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 4 41,213.1 Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 5 38,983.2 Beijing National Day School Beijing 6 36,850.5 Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 7 36,530.0 St. Peter High School Minnesota 8 35,102.4 Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 9 34,997.1 Sugar-Salem Idaho 10 34,395.3 Monmouth Academy Maine 11 34,382.6 The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong Shanghai University-IB Center 12 33,932.9 Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom 13 33,814.7 Frontier Academy Colorado 14 29,497.4 Southbank Intl School 2 United Kingdom 15 29,461.9 Star Lane Center Wyoming 16 25,487.4 The Westside School British Columbia

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TOP SCORING STUDENT BY DIVISION Division 1

Honor Division

9,511.3 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 9,241.7 Aishah Mahmud Granada Hills Charter California 9,229.7 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois

Scholastic Division

8,931.0 Jeremiah Rothschild Highland Park High School Texas 8,907.3 Brooke Yung Highland Park High School Texas 8,877.1 Isha Gupta Granada Hills Charter California

Varsity Division

8,872.0 Christopher Lo Granada Hills Charter California 8,862.4 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 8,459.2 Wyatt Hill Highland Park High School Texas

Division 2

Honor Division

8,924.8 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin 8,771.4 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 8,697.3 Riley Chabot Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island

Scholastic Division

8,339.6 Joseph Burba Wilmot Union Wisconsin 7,784.2 Isaac Bruley Wilmot Union Wisconsin 7,761.3 Aidan Kendra Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island

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Varsity Division

7,307.9 Angela Schumacher Wilmot Union Wisconsin David 7,058.7 Munn Carstensen Dreher South Carolina 6,879.4 Christian Anton Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa

Division 3

Honor Division

8,826.7 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio 8,656.9 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio Catherine 8,471.2 Wahlenmayer Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania

Scholastic Division

8,658.4 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 8,400.7 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio 7,877.8 Ashley Arinze Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee

Varsity Division

8,085.3 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 7,525.9 Lauren Abbott Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 7,051.7 Bryce Stammler Oakwood High School Ohio

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TOP SCORING STUDENT BY TEAM

7,714.6 Henrique Miller Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska 8,788.7 Sarah Spurlin Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 9,511.3 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 6,488.6 Garrett Shirley Frontier Academy Colorado 6,864.7 Lalith Gannavaram Trumbull High School Connecticut 7,421.4 Valerie King Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 8,085.0 Lopaka O'Connor Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hawaii 7,840.7 Sevanna Baird Sugar-Salem Idaho 9,229.7 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 8,015.6 Nathan Folz Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 8,667.6 Sarah Steinke Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 6,758.7 Neeharika Kothapalli Blue Valley West High School Kansas 7,050.4 Kashyap Koul Caddo Parish Magnet High School Louisiana 6,656.4 Rebekah Bryant Monmouth Academy Maine 6,576.9 Catherine Yang Thomas S. Wootton Maryland 8,569.8 Jonathan Liu Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 7,394.9 Kaelan Weiss St. Peter High School Minnesota 6,904.1 Ernest Lam Madison Central Mississippi 8,771.4 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 7,627.4 Anne Cheng Parsippany High School New Jersey 6,560.3 Matt Torres Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 5,925.3 Hannah Humphrey West Genesee New York 8,826.7 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio 5,376.4 Brett Meador Central High School Oregon Catherine 8,471.2 Wahlenmayer Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 8,697.3 Riley Chabot Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 8,064.7 Mallory Johnson Dreher South Carolina 8,068.6 Collin Wilcox Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 9,053.0 Michael Hodak Highland Park High School Texas 7,482.7 Nate Hansen Bingham High School Utah 8,924.8 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin 5,531.9 Jordan Ruckle Star Lane Center Wyoming 5,855.4 Victor Shmulevich The Westside School British Columbia 7,536.4 Yueqi Wu Beijing National Day School Beijing 7,029.1 Chuanhan Huang Chengdu Foreign Languages School Sichuan 7,490.6 Ruiqi Jiao Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong 7,221.3 Runjian Huang Guangdong Experimental High School Guangdong

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The Affiliated High School of South China 6,695.3 Feinuo Chen Normal University Guangdong Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 7,211.3 Zhang to SISU Shanghai 6,602.1 Koki Ajiri Shanghai High School International Division Shanghai The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao 6,018.0 Haoyun Hong Tong University-IB Center Shanghai 6,272.0 Jiaming Zhang Jianping High School Shanghai 5,267.6 Jiping Lin Liaoning Province Shiyan High School Liaoning 6,288.0 Xinyue Zhang Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 7,052.4 Yuwei Zhang Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu 6,314.3 Ruoyu Liu WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School Hubei 6,635.4 Alexander Menegas Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom 5,370.4 Francesco Lima Southbank Intl School 2 United Kingdom

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ART – Division 1

Honor Division

1000 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 980 Akif Khan Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 980 Ahmad Chaudhry Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 960 Joshua Lin Granada Hills Charter California 960 Michael Xie Highland Park High School Texas 960 Sara Matthews Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 940 Cristina Cass Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 940 Allison Huske Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 940 Michael Hodak Highland Park High School Texas 940 Joseph Rasmussen Jr. Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 940 Nicholas Earley Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 940 Jimmy Thai Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL

Scholastic Division

960 Mark Aguila Granada Hills Charter California 960 Baani Dhanoa Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 960 Rachel Shafer Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 940 Jonathan Liu Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 940 Sarah Spurlin Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 940 Wesley Scivetti Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 940 Thomas Sawano Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 920 Grace Wu Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 920 Jeremiah Rothschild Highland Park High School Texas 920 Isha Gupta Granada Hills Charter California 920 Kimberly Jin Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts

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Varsity Division

960 Wyatt Hill Highland Park High School Texas 960 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 940 Christopher Lo Granada Hills Charter California 920 Mayeena Ulkarim Granada Hills Charter California 920 Jack Reynolds Highland Park High School Texas 920 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 920 Daniel Scivetti Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL

ART – Division 2

Honor Division

1000 Catherine Krueger Pius X High School Nebraska 980 Carlie Banchi Wilmot Union Wisconsin 980 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 960 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II INDIVIDUAL 960 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II INDIVIDUAL 940 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin

Scholastic Division

1000 Joseph Burba Wilmot Union Wisconsin 940 Joseph Osorio Individual AK Division II INDIVIDUAL 940 Claudio Franquez Individual AK Division II INDIVIDUAL 900 Abbigail Frerick Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 880 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II INDIVIDUAL 840 Isaac Bruley Wilmot Union Wisconsin 840 Aidan Kendra Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 840 Qian Li Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong

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Varsity Division

920 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II INDIVIDUAL 900 Ashley Dabbs Wilmot Union Wisconsin 880 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II INDIVIDUAL 860 Angela Schumacher Wilmot Union Wisconsin Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 820 Xinyu Zhao to SISU Shanghai 780 Kyle Kostrova Wilmot Union Wisconsin Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 780 Qiyun Ni to SISU Shanghai

ART – Division 3

Honor Division

980 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio 960 Nathan Folz Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 960 Cynthia Hong Oakwood High School Ohio 940 Charlie Ross Individual AK Division III INDIVIDUAL Catherine 920 Wahlenmayer Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania

Scholastic Division

960 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 900 Ashley Arinze Madison Academic Magnet Tennessee 900 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio 900 Yueqi Wu Beijing National Day School Beijing 840 Drake Oberholtzer Madison Academic Magnet Tennessee

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Varsity Division

960 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 960 Lauren Abbott Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 960 Aisha Chandraker Individual AK Division III INDIVIDUAL 820 Bryce Stammler Oakwood High School Ohio 760 Shelley Weaks Madison Academic Magnet Tennessee

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ECONOMICS – Division 1

Honor Division

1000 Michael Hodak Highland Park Texas 1000 Tara McCoy Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 980 Michael Xie Highland Park Texas 980 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 960 Kevin Chen Highland Park Texas 960 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet Illinois 960 Yuwei Zhang Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu

Scholastic Division

1000 Wesley Scivetti Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 980 Cheyenne Son Highland Park Texas 960 Mark Aguila Granada Hills Charter California 940 Jonathan Liu Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts

Varsity Division

960 Jack Reynolds Highland Park Texas 960 Mitchell Jackson Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 940 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 940 Wyatt Hill Highland Park Texas 940 Wrik Chakrabati Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 920 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 920 Jacob Chun Individual AK Division I INDIVIDUAL 920 Zihan Qi Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu 900 Mayeena Ulkarim Granada Hills Charter California 900 Clarke White Whitney M. Young Magnet Illinois

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ECONOMICS – Division 2

Honor Division

960 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin 940 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 940 Ruiqi Jiao Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 940 Yixing Zhang to SISU Shanghai 920 Catherine Krueger Pius X High School Nebraska 920 Sarah Steinke Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 920 Emily Shimizu Dreher South Carolina 900 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 900 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II Individual

Scholastic Division

960 Joseph Burba Wilmot Union Wisconsin 940 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II Individual 940 Claudio Franquez Individual AK Division II Individual 920 Hanzhang Ding Individual AK Division II Individual 920 Joseph Osorio Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Qian Li Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong 880 Aidan Kendra Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 880 Dunmin Zhu to SISU Shanghai Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 880 Qianyi Cao to SISU Shanghai Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 860 Zixin Huang to SISU Shanghai 840 Isaac Bruley Wilmot Union Wisconsin 840 Kexin Wang Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong

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Varsity Division

920 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Jiaming Zhang Jianping High School Shanghai Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 860 Qiyun Ni to SISU Shanghai 800 Zichu Li WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School Hubei 780 Qianyu Ou Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong 760 Christian Anton Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 760 Angela Schumacher Wilmot Union Wisconsin 740 Nikita Kolotov Parsippany High School New Jersey 740 Addison Smith Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 720 Baxter Martin Madison Central Mississippi 720 James Zhang Shanghai High School International Division Shanghai

ECONOMICS – Division 3

Honor Division

940 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio 940 Jitong Zhou Beijing National Day School Beijing Catherine 920 Wahlenmayer Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 900 Zheng Liu Individual AK Division III Individual 900 Charlie Ross Individual AK Division III Individual 900 Siyi Fan Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 860 Mary Wheeler Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 860 Ahmed Abukar Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 860 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio 860 Dylan Goff Monmouth Academy Maine 860 Cynthia Hong Oakwood High School Ohio

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Scholastic Division

900 Yueqi Wu Beijing National Day School Beijing 880 Adam Russell Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 880 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 880 Benjamin Dodds Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 880 Xinyue Zhang Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 860 Cory Branton Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 860 Kexin Deng Beijing National Day School Beijing 840 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio

Varsity Division

1000 Zirui Chen Individual AK Division III Individual 940 Aisha Chandraker Individual AK Division III Individual 880 Tianyu Zhang Beijing National Day School Beijing 800 Lauren Abbott Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 800 Yiming Zhong Beijing National Day School Beijing 780 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 780 Jimmy Ray Reitz Memorial HS Indiana The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao 760 Ruiting Mei Tong University-IB Center Shanghai 740 Peidi Xie Individual AK Division III Individual 720 Shelley Weaks Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee

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ESSAY – Division 1

Honor Division

987 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 966 Janani Sundaresan Thomas S. Wootton Maryland 955 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois

Scholastic Division

972 Sarah Spurlin Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 960 Uma Venkata Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 954 Catherine Yang Thomas S. Wootton Maryland

Varsity Division

964 Sarah Sheldon Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 964 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I Individual 938 Jacob Perry Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hawaii 923 Jacob Chun Individual AK Division I Individual 867 Wrik Chakrabarti Individual AK Division I Individual 863 Wyatt Hill Highland Park High School Texas

ESSAY – Division 2

Honor Division

960 Katherine Yang Parsippany High School New Jersey 952 Miles Temel Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 952 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II Individual 945 Anne Cheng Parsippany High School New Jersey

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Scholastic Division

933 Samantha Moffett Madison Central Mississippi 917 Chase Hannen Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 901 Nathan Tomasso Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 901 Savannah Kirk Madison Central Mississippi

Varsity Division

961 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 919 Haarris Dogar Madison Central Mississippi 863 Nicolas Bassi Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 857 Sienna Belcher Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa

ESSAY – Division 3

Honor Division

909 Sevanna Baird Sugar-Salem Idaho 901 Alexandra Yungblut Individual AK Division III Individual 897 Nathan Folz Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 875 Katie Vogel Reitz Memorial HS Indiana

Scholastic Division

951 Austin Kuhn Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 941 Emmeline Willey Monmouth Academy Maine 921 Madison Bumann Monmouth Academy Maine

Varsity Division

864 Lauren Abbott Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 830 Christopher Dumont Monmouth Academy Maine 797 Jimmy Ray Reitz Memorial HS Indiana

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INTERVIEW – Division 1

Honor Division

996.7 Neeharika Kothapalli Blue Valley West High School Kansas 996.7 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 990 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 990 Aishah Mahmud Granada Hills Charter California 990 Sara Matthews Individual AK Division I Individual 980 Tara McCoy Individual AK Division I Individual 976.7 Alli Gilbreath Canyon del Oro High School Arizona

Scholastic Division

983.3 Sarah Spurlin Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 980 Jonathan Liu Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 976.7 Jeremiah Rothschild Highland Park High School Texas 976.7 Isha Gupta Granada Hills Charter California

Varsity Division

986.7 Mayeena Ulkarim Granada Hills Charter California 980 David Arbogast Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 970 Wrik Chakrabarti Individual AK Division I Individual 953.3 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I Individual 950 Derek Bourcier Individual AK Division I Individual 933.3 Christopher Lo Granada Hills Charter California

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INTERVIEW – Division 2

Honor Division

990 Connor Hammons Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 983 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin 983.3 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 963.3 Carlie Banchi Wilmot Union Wisconsin 963.3 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II Individual

Scholastic Division

993.3 Chase Hannen Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 993.3 Kashyap Koul Caddo Parish Magnet High School Louisiana 963.3 Geoffrey Boyer Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 946.7 Leah Lester Madison Central Mississippi

Varsity Division

983.3 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 980 Baxter Martin Madison Central Mississippi 973.3 Ashley Dabbs Wilmot Union Wisconsin 953.3 Sienna Belcher Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 953.3 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual

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INTERVIEW – Division 3

Honor Division

British 996.7 Victor Shmulevich The Westside School Columbia 993.3 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio 993.3 Kenneth Pentimonti Southbank Intl School 2 United Kingdom 993.3 Julian Tarazi Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom 983.3 Natasha Kisak Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 970 Collin Wilcox Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 970 Rey Arcenas Individual AK Division III Individual

Scholastic Division

1000 Blythe Edwards Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom 973.3 Alex Sais Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 973.3 Josh Schulz Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 960 Matt Torres Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 960 Xinyue Zhang Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 960 Francesco Lima Southbank Intl School 2 United Kingdom 956.7 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio

Varsity Division

996.7 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 976.7 Josiah Johnson St. Peter High School Minnesota 953.3 Haydn Jones Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 953.3 Sofie Keaveny Southbank Intl School 2 United Kingdom

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LITERATURE – Division 1

Honor Division

1000 Joshua Lin Granada Hills Charter California 980 Jimmy Thai Individual AK Division I Individual 960 Cristina Cass Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 960 Michael Hodak Highland Park High School Texas 960 Michael Xie Highland Park High School Texas 960 Ahmad Chaudhry Individual AK Division I Individual 960 Joseph Rasmussen Jr. Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Aishah Mahmud Granada Hills Charter California 940 Kevin Chen Highland Park High School Texas 940 Akif Khan Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Tara McCoy Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Sara Matthews Individual AK Division I Individual

Scholastic Division

980 Rachel Shafer Individual AK Division I Individual 960 Mark Aguila Granada Hills Charter California 960 Wesley Scivetti Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Isha Gupta Granada Hills Charter California 940 Brooke Yung Highland Park High School Texas 940 Baani Dhanoa Individual AK Division I Individual 900 Cheyenne Son Highland Park High School Texas

Varsity Division

940 Wyatt Hill Highland Park High School Texas 920 Christopher Lo Granada Hills Charter California 920 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 900 Wrik Chakrabarti Individual AK Division I Individual 900 Arian Kazerani Individual AK Division I Individual 900 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I Individual 900 Runjian Huang Guangdong Experimental High School Guangdong 860 Clarke White Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 860 Derek Bourcier Individual AK Division I Individual

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LITERATURE – Division 2

Honor Division

960 Sarah Steinke Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 960 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II Individual 940 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 940 Riley Chabot Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 940 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 920 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin

Scholastic Division

940 Joseph Osorio Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Claudio Franquez Individual AK Division II Individual 800 Carina Tuel Dreher South Carolina 780 Owen Rohler Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska 780 Alexa Lewis Wilmot Union Wisconsin 780 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II Individual 760 Isaac Bruley Wilmot Union Wisconsin

Varsity Division

960 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual 820 Stephanie Ray Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 820 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 800 Angela Schumacher Wilmot Union Wisconsin 780 Christian Anton Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa

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LITERATURE – Division 3

Honor Division

1000 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio 940 Rey Arcenas Individual AK Division III Individual 920 Nathan Folz Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 920 Charlie Ross Individual AK Division III Individual 900 Mary Wheeler Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee Catherine 900 Wahlenmayer Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania

Scholastic Division

940 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 820 Ashley Arinze Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 780 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio 780 Blythe Edwards Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom

Varsity Division

920 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 840 Lauren Abbott Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 820 Aisha Chandraker Individual AK Division III Individual 740 Bryce Stammler Oakwood High School Ohio

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MATHEMATICS – Division 1

Honor Division

971.4 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 971.4 Aishah Mahmud Granada Hills Charter California 971.4 Joshua Lin Granada Hills Charter California 942.9 Kenneth Wang Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 914.3 Niket Gowravaram Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 914.3 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 914.3 Michael Xie Highland Park High School Texas 914.3 Ahmad Chaudhry Individual AK Division I Individual

Scholastic Division

942.9 Mark Aguila Granada Hills Charter California 914.3 Jorge Zepeda Granada Hills Charter California 914.3 Trajan Hammonds Individual AK Division I Individual 885.7 Baani Dhanoa Individual AK Division I Individual 885.7 Sam Warren Individual AK Division I Individual 857.1 Isha Gupta Granada Hills Charter California

Varsity Division

914.3 Christopher Lo Granada Hills Charter California 885.7 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 885.7 Wrik Chakrabarti Individual AK Division I Individual 800 Mitchell Jackson Individual AK Division I Individual 714.3 Derek Bourcier Individual AK Division I Individual The Affiliated High School of South China 685.7 Haoyang Wang Normal University Guangdong 657.1 Jack Reynolds Highland Park High School Texas 657.1 Daniel Scivetti Individual AK Division I Individual

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MATHEMATICS – Division 2

Honor Division

857.1 Catherine Krueger Pius X High School Nebraska 828.6 Zhiyuan Zhang Individual AK Division II Individual Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 828.6 Chang Liu to SISU Shanghai 800 Riley Chabot Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 800 Lisa Vu Pius X High School Nebraska 800 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II Individual 800 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 771.4 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 771.4 Yin Lei Jianping High School Shanghai

Scholastic Division

857.1 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II Individual 771.4 Claudio Franquez Individual AK Division II Individual 771.4 Hanzhang Ding Individual AK Division II Individual 771.4 Joseph Osorio Individual AK Division II Individual 771.4 Lihan Zhu Jianping High School Shanghai Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 742.9 Dunmin Zhu to SISU Shanghai 714.3 Rohan Khajuria Parsippany High School New Jersey 685.7 Owen Rohler Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 685.7 Zixin Huang to SISU Shanghai 628.6 Henry Jaros Pius X High School Nebraska

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Varsity Division

914.3 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 857.1 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 685.7 Qiyun Ni to SISU Shanghai 628.6 Yikai Teng Individual AK Division II Individual 600 Ryan Brady Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 600 Ashley Dabbs Wilmot Union Wisconsin Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 571.4 Xinyu Zhao to SISU Shanghai 571.4 Zichu Li WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School Hubei 542.9 Angela Schumacher Wilmot Union Wisconsin 542.9 Xiaoyu Wu Jianping High School Shanghai 514.3 Peter Cienki Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 514.3 Stephanie Ray Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 514.3 Xiyang Mai Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong 514.3 De Jia Tu Shanghai High School International Division Shanghai

MATHEMATICS – Division 3

Honor Division

800 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio Catherine 742.9 Wahlenmayer Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 742.9 Rui Min Individual AK Division III Individual The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao 685.7 Haoyun Hong Tong University-IB Center Shanghai 657.1 Jiangning Tan Beijing National Day School Beijing 628.6 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio 628.6 Kaelan Weiss St. Peter High School Minnesota 628.6 Julian Tarazi Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom

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Scholastic Division

885.7 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio 771.4 Yueqi Wu Beijing National Day School Beijing 742.9 Benjamin Dodds Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 742.9 Kexin Deng Beijing National Day School Beijing 685.7 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 685.7 Zhuohang Liu Individual AK Division III Individual

Varsity Division

800 Zirui Chen Individual AK Division III Individual 714.3 Tianyu Zhang Beijing National Day School Beijing 685.7 Aisha Chandraker Individual AK Division III Individual 628.6 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 600 Yuanyi Xu Beijing National Day School Beijing The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao 571.4 Yuchen Zhou Tong University-IB Center Shanghai 571.4 Yuantao Chen Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 542.9 Yiming Zhong Beijing National Day School Beijing 485.7 Bryce Stammler Oakwood High School Ohio 485.7 Shelley Weaks Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 485.7 Zixuan Luo Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong 485.7 Diana Kempe Southbank Intl School 2 United Kingdom 457.1 Matt Koch Oakwood High School Ohio 457.1 Ryan Solomon Star Lane Center Wyoming 457.1 Haydn Jones Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 457.1 Yingying Chen Shenzhen Middle School Guangdong

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MUSIC – Division 1

Honor Division

980 Michael Hodak Highland Park High School Texas 940 Aishah Mahmud Granada Hills Charter California 920 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 920 Michael Xie Highland Park High School Texas 920 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 920 Akif Khan Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Tara McCoy Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Ahmad Chaudhry Individual AK Division I Individual

Scholastic Division

940 Jeremiah Rothschild Highland Park High School Texas 940 Rachel Shafer Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Sarah Spurlin Canyon del Oro High School Arizona 920 Wesley Scivetti Individual AK Division I Individual 900 Jonathan Liu Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 900 Cheyenne Son Highland Park High School Texas 900 Brooke Yung Highland Park High School Texas

Varsity Division

940 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 920 Jack Reynolds Highland Park High School Texas 920 Jacob Chun Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Wrik Chakrabarti Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Runjian Huang Guangdong Experimental High School Guangdong 900 Clarke White Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 900 Wyatt Hill Highland Park High School Texas 900 Jacob Perry Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hawaii 900 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I Individual

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MUSIC – Division 2

Honor Division

960 Zhiyuan Zhang Individual AK Division II Individual 920 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin 920 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 880 Sarah Steinke Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 880 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 860 Riley Chabot Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 860 Carlie Banchi Wilmot Union Wisconsin 860 Miki Hansen Parsippany High School New Jersey

Scholastic Division

860 Isaac Bruley Wilmot Union Wisconsin 860 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II Individual 840 Joseph Osorio Individual AK Division II Individual 820 Joseph Burba Wilmot Union Wisconsin 820 Claudio Franquez Individual AK Division II Individual Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 820 Dunmin Zhu to SISU Shanghai 760 Abbigail Frerick Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 760 Owen Rohler Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska 760 Aidan Kendra Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 760 Ka Chun Mo Shanghai High School International Division Shanghai 760 Kexin Wang Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong

Varsity Division

980 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 880 Kurk Harris Madison Central Mississippi 860 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual 720 Ashley Dabbs Wilmot Union Wisconsin 700 Angela Schumacher Wilmot Union Wisconsin 700 Kyle Kostrova Wilmot Union Wisconsin

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MUSIC – Division 3

Honor Division

960 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio 940 Cynthia Hong Oakwood High School Ohio 940 Natasha Kisak Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 900 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio 900 Charlie Ross Individual AK Division III Individual

Scholastic Division

960 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio 900 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 840 Ashley Arinze Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 840 Alexander Menegas Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom

Varsity Division

880 Aisha Chandraker Individual AK Division III Individual 840 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 680 Bryce Stammler Oakwood High School Ohio 600 Corey Tatarka Monmouth Academy Maine 600 Shelley Weaks Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee

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SCIENCE – Division 1

Honor Division

1000 Allison Huske Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 1000 Joshua Lin Granada Hills Charter California 980 Akif Khan Individual AK Division I Individual 960 Michael Xie Highland Park High School Texas 960 Michael Hodak Highland Park High School Texas 960 Jonathon Marek Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 940 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 940 Kevin Chen Highland Park High School Texas 940 Aishah Mahmud Granada Hills Charter California 940 Nicholas Earley Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Tara McCoy Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Sara Matthews Individual AK Division I Individual

Scholastic Division

1000 Wesley Scivetti Individual AK Division I Individual 960 Jorge Zepeda Granada Hills Charter California 960 Kimberly Jin Acton-Boxborough Regional Massachusetts 960 Mark Aguila Granada Hills Charter California 960 Rainer Horn Individual AK Division I Individual 960 Tiancheng Zou Chengdu Foreign Languages School Sichuan 940 Brooke Yung Highland Park High School Texas 940 Melanie Sykes Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois 940 Sam Warren Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Rachel Shafer Individual AK Division I Individual 940 Baani Dhanoa Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Cheyenne Son Highland Park High School Texas 920 Jeremiah Rothschild Highland Park High School Texas 920 Isha Gupta Granada Hills Charter California 920 Sarah Spurlin Canyon del Oro High School Arizona

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Varsity Division

960 Grant Bailey Highland Park High School Texas 940 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 940 Jack Reynolds Highland Park High School Texas 920 Christopher Lo Granada Hills Charter California 920 Wyatt Hill Highland Park High School Texas 920 Derek Bourcier Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Mitchell Jackson Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Arian Kazerani Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Zihan Qi Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province Jiangsu

SCIENCE – Division 2

Honor Division

980 Riley Chabot Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 980 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin 980 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 960 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 940 Henrique Miller Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska 940 Mallory Johnson Dreher South Carolina 940 Emily Shimizu Dreher South Carolina 940 Ruiqi Jiao Guangdong Guangya High School Guangdong

Scholastic Division

940 Joseph Burba Wilmot Union Wisconsin 940 Dylan Connell Dreher South Carolina 920 Geoffrey Boyer Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 920 Aidan Kendra Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 920 Claudio Franquez Individual AK Division II Individual 920 Joseph Osorio Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Isaac Bruley Wilmot Union Wisconsin 900 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II Individual

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Varsity Division

940 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual David Munn 880 Carstensen Dreher South Carolina 880 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 860 Angela Schumacher Wilmot Union Wisconsin Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to 860 Qiyun Ni SISU Shanghai 840 Addison Smith Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 840 De Jia Tu Shanghai High School International Division Shanghai

SCIENCE – Division 3

Honor Division

940 Collin Wilcox Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 940 Marena Trujillo Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 940 Alexandra Yungblut Individual AK Division III Individual Catherine 920 Wahlenmayer Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 920 Cynthia Hong Oakwood High School Ohio 920 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio 920 Sevanna Baird Sugar-Salem Idaho 920 Nathan Folz Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 900 Natasha Kisak Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 900 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio 900 Kaelan Weiss St. Peter High School Minnesota 900 Mary Wheeler Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 900 Ahmed Abukar Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 900 Jitong Zhou Beijing National Day School Beijing

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Scholastic Division

900 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 900 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio 880 Aliyah Brannum Frontier Academy Colorado 880 Alexander Menegas Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom 880 Yueqi Wu Beijing National Day School Beijing 860 Ashley Arinze Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee

Varsity Division

900 Haydn Jones Saint Pius X High School New Mexico 900 Zirui Chen Individual AK Division III Individual 880 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 880 Colin McFadden Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 840 Quinton Royle-Grimes Frontier Academy Colorado 840 Aisha Chandraker Individual AK Division III Individual The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao 840 Yuchen Zhou Tong University-IB Center Shanghai

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SOCIAL SCIENCE – Division 1

Honor Division

1000 Michael Hodak Highland Park High School Texas 1000 Tara McCoy Individual AK Division I Individual 980 Joshua Lin Granada Hills Charter California 960 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 960 Akif Khan Individual AK Division I Individual

Scholastic Division

980 Wesley Scivetti Individual AK Division I Individual 960 Mark Aguila Granada Hills Charter California 940 Brooke Yung Highland Park High School Texas 940 Rachel Shafer Individual AK Division I Individual 920 Isha Gupta Granada Hills Charter California 920 Cheyenne Son Highland Park High School Texas

Varsity Division

900 Mayeena Ulkarim Granada Hills Charter California 880 Julian Duran Granada Hills Charter California 860 Jack Reynolds Highland Park High School Texas 860 Wrik Chakrabarti Individual AK Division I Individual 860 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I Individual

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SOCIAL SCIENCE – Division 2

Honor Division

960 Liam Kruse Pius X High School Nebraska 940 Khai Tran Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Carl Simmons Wilmot Union Wisconsin 900 Sarah Steinke Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 900 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 860 Mallory Johnson Dreher South Carolina 860 Carlie Banchi Wilmot Union Wisconsin 860 Miles Temel Bishop Hendricken Rhode Island 860 Tianren Zhang WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School Hubei

Scholastic Division

920 Claudio Franquez Individual AK Division II Individual 900 Isaac Bruley Wilmot Union Wisconsin 900 Koki Ajiri Shanghai High School International Division Shanghai 860 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II Individual 860 Joseph Osorio Individual AK Division II Individual 820 Joseph Burba Wilmot Union Wisconsin 760 Abbigail Frerick Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 760 Carina Tuel Dreher South Carolina

Varsity Division

940 Alex Munoz Individual AK Division II Individual 920 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual 780 Lucas Tappa Dreher South Carolina David Munn 760 Carstensen Dreher South Carolina 700 Cole Johnson Pius X High School Nebraska 700 Christian Anton Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa

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SOCIAL SCIENCE – Division 3

Honor Division

920 Emmaline Bennett Oakwood High School Ohio 860 Charlie Ross Individual AK Division III Individual 840 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio 820 Will Madison Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee

Scholastic Division

880 Emma Dalrymple Oakwood High School Ohio 860 Clay Goertemiller Oakwood High School Ohio 760 Drake Oberholtzer Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee

Varsity Division

900 Aisha Chandraker Individual AK Division III Individual 780 Lukas Drumheller Oakwood High School Ohio 720 Colin McFadden Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 680 Bryce Stammler Oakwood High School Ohio

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SPEECH – Division 1

Honor Division

933.3 Ahmad Chaudhry Individual AK Division I Individual 893.3 Melissa Santos Granada Hills Charter California 886.7 Lopaka O'Connor Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hawaii 886.7 Tara McCoy Individual AK Division I Individual 886.7 Sara Matthews Individual AK Division I Individual 880 Akif Khan Individual AK Division I Individual 853.3 Anuhea Lee Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hawaii 853.3 Cristina Cass Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Illinois

Scholastic Division

983.3 Wesley Scivetti Individual AK Division I Individual 980 Jeremiah Rothschild Highland Park High School Texas 950 Brooke Yung Highland Park High School Texas 933.3 Sarah Spurlin Canyon del Oro High School Arizona

Varsity Division

970 Joseph Nabor Individual AK Division I Individual 945 Wrik Chakrabarti Individual AK Division I Individual 900 Jack Reynolds Highland Park High School Texas 880 Derek Bourcier Individual AK Division I Individual 866.7 Ben Oakeson Bingham High School Utah 863.3 Christopher Lo Granada Hills Charter California

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SPEECH – Division 2

Honor Division

910 Binal Patel Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Georgia 900 Iris Jones Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Alaska 896.7 Ruben Anguiano Individual AK Division II Individual 893.3 Summer Caraway Madison Central Mississippi

Scholastic Division

970 Luke Hummell Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa 950 Jeffrey Romero Individual AK Division II Individual 946.7 Charlotte McAdams Dreher South Carolina 943.3 Will Chen Parsippany High School New Jersey

Varsity Division

916.7 Vanessa Delgadillo Individual AK Division II Individual 856.7 Stephanie Ray Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated 853.3 Qiyun Ni to SISU Shanghai 850 Baxter Martin Madison Central Mississippi 783.3 Ashley Dabbs Wilmot Union Wisconsin 783.3 Sienna Belcher Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa

SPEECH – Division 3

Honor Division

943.3 Cynthia Hong Oakwood High School Ohio 926.7 Collin Wilcox Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 913.3 Connor Hart Oakwood High School Ohio

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Scholastic Division

873.3 Tiwong Nance Madison Academic Magnet High School Tennessee 853.3 Winston Taylor St. Peter High School Minnesota 853.3 Austin Kuhn Reitz Memorial HS Indiana 850 Federica Meroni Southbank Intl School 1 United Kingdom 840 Adam Russell Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania

Varsity Division

946.7 Ryan Solomon Star Lane Center Wyoming 913.3 Lauren Abbott Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 886.7 Jimmy Ray Reitz Memorial HS Indiana

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ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

DIVISION 3 Star Lane Center Wyoming DIVISION 2 Interior Distance Education of AK (IDEA) Alaska DIVISION 1 Highland Park High School Texas

FOUNDER’S SCHOLARSHIP

DIVISION 3 Lauren Abbott Northwest Pennslyvania Collegiate Academy Pennslyvania DIVISION 2 Zachary Aull Dreher South Carolina DIVISION 1 Linnea Ross Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Massachusetts

SUPER QUIZ – DIVISION 1

1st Granada Hills Charter California 2nd Whitney M Young Magnet Illinois 3rd Highland Park High School Texas

SUPER QUIZ – DIVISION 2

1st Wilmot Union Wisconsin 2nd Madison Central Mississippi 3rd Cedar Rapids Jefferson Iowa

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SUPER QUIZ – DIVISION 3

1st Oakwood High School Ohio 2nd Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy Pennsylvania 2nd Beijing National Day School Beijing 3rd Madison Academic Tennessee

SUPER QUIZ – RANKING

Rank School Division Score 1 Granada Hills Charter 1 38 2 Whitney M. Young Magnet High School 1 37 3 Oakwood High School 3 36 3 Highland Park High School 1 36 4 Wilmot Union 2 35 4 Acton-Boxborough Regional 1 35 5 Madison Central 2 34 5 Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy 3 34 5 Beijing National Day School 3 34 6 Canyon del Oro High School 1 33 6 Kamehameha Schools Hawaii 1 33 7 Cedar Rapids Jefferson 2 32 8 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 2 31 8 Dreher 2 31 9 Pius X High School 2 30 9 Parsippany High School 2 30 9 Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU 2 30 10 Madison Academic Magnet High School 3 29 10 Guangdong Experimental High School 1 29 10 Bishop Hendricken 2 29 11 Sugar-Salem 3 28 12 St. Peter High School 3 26 12 Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) 2 26 12 Guangdong Guangya High School 2 26 13 Reitz Memorial HS 3 25 13 Monmouth Academy 3 25

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14 Blue Valley West High School 1 24 14 Bingham High School 1 24 The High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University-IB 14 Center 3 24 14 Shanghai High School International Division 2 24 14 WHBC of Wuhan Foreign Languages School 2 24 15 The Affiliated High School of South China Normal University 1 23 15 Soochow Academy 1 23 15 Shenzhen Middle School 3 23 15 Southbank Intl School 1 3 23 15 Jianping High School 2 23 16 Saint Pius X High School 3 22 16 Chengdu Foreign Languages School 1 22 16 Caddo Parish Magnet High School 2 22 17 Thomas S. Wootton 1 21 17 Frontier Academy 3 21 18 West Genesee 1 20 19 Liaoning Province Shiyan High School 1 18 20 Trumbull High School 1 17 21 Star Lane Center 3 15 21 The Westside School 3 15 22 Central High School 2 14 23 Southbank Intl School 2 3 11

NORM KATZ AWARD

Jeremiah Rothschild Highland Park High School Texas

B FRANKLIN REINAUER II AWARD

Michael Hodak Highland Park High School Texas

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