Academic Decathlon Teams Travel to Practice Meet

 

The Nimitz High School Academic Decathlon Team, competing in the large school division, finished second out of 36 teams. Individually, Chris Rohrs was the second place “A” student at the competition and was the team’s top scorer. David Orozco was the second place “B” student, Linda Dao was the third place “B” student, Joel Garcia was fourth place “C” student, and Ana Ibanez was fifth place “B” student. Contributing team members were Edgar Ibarra, Ashlyne Menchaca, Genesis Sanchez, and Maggie Stiggleman.

 

MacArthur High School, who also competes in the large school division, finished in sixth place at the competition. Andrew Ellington won first place in Speech, and Pearl Choi won second place in Language & Literature. Contributing team members were Brenda Amata, Theo Beyene, Zach Brown, Jason Ikpatt, Karissa McCalip, Jinae Sakai, and Eurika Sulypa.

 

Also competing in the large school division, Irving High School “B” student Martha Covarrubias and “C” student Jane Lee won fourth and third place in their respective categories in the Essay event. Luis Nambo placed fourth among “B” students in the Math event. Contributing team members were Alvaro Aleman, Marisol Almaraz, Stefany Barboza, Edgar Cortez, Carolina Diaz, Laura Hernandez, Santos Mar, Harley Rubio, and Alejandra Salvador.

 

 

Regional Academic Decathlon will be at Richland High School in Birdville ISD.