The Academic Decathlon^® is a ten-event scholastic competition for teams of high school students. Each high school enters a team of nine students: 3 "A" or Honor students, 3 "B" or Scholastic students, and 3 "C" or Varsity students.

Below is a round-up of Legacy, Mansfield, Summit and Timberview High School student awards from the January regional meet:

Legacy High School

LHS advances to state as one of 25 teams
Sponsors: Brandon Austin and John Davis

Individually the following students received medals:

Riley Reidmiller
2nd place Overall Scholastic Division
2nd place Essay
1st place Interview
3rd place Math
1st place Literature
2nd place Art

Taylor Carr
2nd place Overall Varsity Division
2nd place Interview
2nd place Speech
3rd place Language
2nd place Super Quiz

Alex Bertucci
3rd place Math
3rd place Science

Michael Baker
3rd place Math
1st place Science

Gideon VonBose
3rd place Math
2nd place Economics
3rd place Science
3rd place Art

Tyler Smolovik
1st place Music

Kevin Tillotson
1st place Music

Konnar Hunter
3rd place Economics

Michelle Nguyen
1st place Literature

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Mansfield High School

Sponsors: Joel DeLong and Kellye Vandergriff

Individually the following students received medals:

Aaron Hartman
2nd place Essay-Honors
2nd place Art-Honors
5th place Overall individual score-Honors

Adam Warren
2nd place Essay-Scholastic
2nd place Super Quiz-Scholastic

Nusrat Hossain
3rd place Speech-Honors

Frankie Sheldon
1st place Interview-Scholastic

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Summit High School

SHS Team: 3rd Place in Super Quiz overall & 2nd Place in the Super Quiz Relay

Sponsors: Melanie Atkinson, Glenn Adams, and Ann Devlin

Individually the following students received medals:

Allison Ninedorf
2nd place in Speech

Corban Williams
1st place in Math
1st place in Interview
Top Performing Varisty Student – Summit Team

Anh Nguyen
2nd place in Math

Derek Pearce
3rd place in Art
3rd place in Super Quiz
Top Performing Scholastic Student – Summit Team

Davina Sassoon
2nd place in Interview

Stewart Poindexter
1st place in Interview

Will Wood
Top Performing Honors Student – Summit Team

Hasan Sumdani
Super Quiz participant

Ronny Kim
Super Quiz participant

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Timberview High School

Sponsors: Erica Marburger & Barbara Gair

Dianna Nguyen
Honors 2nd place in Speech

Tangela Lamb
Varsity 3rd place in Math

Clayton Baskerville
Varsity 2nd place in Math

Natasha Taylor
Scholastic 2nd place Essay
1st place Speech & 1st place Music

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(Please note: This information was compiled from information provided by the high schools. Every effort is made to ensure accuracy.)