• 2024 National Team Competition - 5th place Division 1

    From April 24 to 26, 2024, our Husky Academic Decathlon team competed against 69 schools in the USA. We are proud to announce that the team placed 5th in Division 1! Please congratulate Chloe Zhan, Andy Ma, Claire Zhan, Arun Chebrolu, Audrey Zhang, Srijay Kalavena, Thi Nguyen and Bruce Shen. 

    In addition, team members won the following individual awards:

    HONORS

    Chloe Zhan: BRONZE Music

    Andy Ma: SILVER Literature, BRONZE Math, BRONZE Econ, SILVER Science, GOLD Essay; BRONZE OVERALL

    Claire Zhan: BRONZE Art, GOLD Interview

     

    VARSITY

    Bruce Shen: SILVER Art

    Thi Nguyen: SILVER Art

     

    Individual Competitors in Pittsburgh

    Elaine Huang (Honors): BRONZE Art

    Individual Competitors Online:

    Angela Chen: BRONZE Division II Music Honor

    Lekha Karthik: SILVER Division II Science Honor

    Olivia Lu: GOLD Division II Mathematics Honor, SILVER Division II Economics Honor, BRONZE Division II Essay Honor

    National Group PhotoNational 2

     

    2024 State Competition (March 8-9, 2024) - 5-time champs!

    Overall:
    1st - Hamilton 45,455.9
    2nd - Mountain View Mesa 44,208.2
    3rd - BASIS Chandler 42,810.0
     
    1st place Super Quiz - BASIS Chandler & Hamilton
    Team: Chloe Zhan, Andy Ma, Claire Zhan, Arun Chebrolu, Audrey Zhang, Srijay Kalavena, Thi Nguyen, Bruce Shen, Taryn Preis
     
    Individual awards:
     
    Honors division
    Chloe Zhan: GOLD OVERALL HONORS, Silver Language and Literature, Silver Science, Silver Art, Bronze Econ, Gold Social Sci; HIGHEST SCORNING STUDENT
    Andy Ma: Silver Math, Gold Science, Silver Econ, Gold Essay; Outstanding Essay 
    Claire Zhan: Bronze Art
     
    Scholastic division
    Arun Chebrolu: Silver Math, Bronze Econ
    Audrey Zhang: Bronze Language and Literature
    Srijay Kalavena: Silver Interview
     
    Varsity division
    Bruce Shen: Gold Science, Gold Art, Gold Math, Silver Social Science
    Thi Nguyen: Bronze Science, Bronze Social Science, SILVER OVERALL
    Taryn Preis: Silver Econ, Silver Essay

    Congratulations to all team members!

     

    State Group Photo

     

    2024 Regional Competition (February 2-3, 2024)

    Your Husky Academic Decathlon team once again earned the Region IV title on February 3, 2024. This is our 9th straight title. Based on scores across the regions, we are currently sitting in first place in the state as we prep for the State Competition in April.

    Please congratulate our final competition team, each of whom had to earn a spot in the final 9 from an original field of 39 Hamilton Decathletes:

    Chloe Zhan, Andy Ma, Claire Zhan, Arun Chebrolu, Audrey Zhang, Srijay Kalavena, Thi Nguyen, Bruce Shen, Taryn Preis

    Team scores: 

    Region IV- 

    1st place: Hamilton 43,744.1

    2nd place: Mountain View Mesa 42,106.6

    3rd place: Arizona College Prep 40,421.4

     

    Individual awards:

    Honors:
    Andy Ma: Gold Literature, Gold Science, Gold Math, Gold Speech, Silver Music, Silver Econ, Gold OVERALL for Honors, Highest Scoring Student
    Chloe Zhan: Gold Music, Gold Art, Gold Econ, Silver Math, Bronze Science, Bronze Social Science, Silver OVERALL for Honors
    Claire Zhan: Gold Music, Silver Science, Silver Social Science

    Scholastic: 
    Arun Chebrolu: Gold Math, Bronze Literature, Bronze Econ, Bronze OVERALL for Scholastic

    Varsity:
    Bruce Shen: Gold Math, Silver Music, Silver Science, Silver Art, Bronze Econ, Bronze OVERALL for Varsity
    Thi Nguyen: Gold Econ, Gold Essay, Gold Social Science, Silver Science, Silver Math, Bronze Literature, Silver OVERALL for Varsity

    Thank you again for your continued support, and a special thanks to those of you who have judged for us. We couldn't do it without you! 

     

    Regional Team Photo

     

    2024 Basha Invitational (January 5-6, 2024)

    Please congratulate members of Hamilton's Academic Decathlon team who took 1st place this weekend at the 7th Annual Hamilton Invitational. A special thank you to all of you who gave your valuable time to judge for us; your consistent support is noticed and appreciated. 

    Hamilton took home 1st place overall and 34 individual awards in the Academic Decathlon Basha Invitational over the weekend! Four top senior competitors gave their spots away to the younger decathletes to gain more experience in this event; both captains have been relentlessly helping AcDec members grow expertise in all subjects before the competition and showed up at the award ceremony to provide extra support. Our AcDec kids all work together to build a strong team, and we are heading toward the Regional Competition in February! 👍

    Please congratulate the following students who won the individual awards:

    Honors

    Angela Chen (H): Math--3rd place
    Elaine Huang (H): Art--1st place
    Prisha Khemka (H): Art--3rd place; Math--3rd place; Social Science--2nd place 
    Jena Lee (H): Speech--1st place
    Olivia Lu (H): Econ--2nd place; Literature--3rd place; Math--1st place; Social Science--1st place; Essay--3rd place; 3rd place overall
    Kelvin Ye (H): Econ--1st place
    Claire Zhan (H): Literature--2nd place; Music--2nd place; Science--3rd place; Social Science--3rd place

    Scholastic:

    Srijay Kalavena (S): Math--2nd place; Science--3rd place; Essay--2nd place
    Rishit Kashyap (S): Math--3rd place; Speech--3rd place
    Aayush Pandey (S): Econ--2nd place
    Audrey Zhang (S): Art--1st place; Social Science--1st place; Essay--1st place; 2nd place overall

    Varsity:

    Thi Nguyen (V): Art--1st place; Econ--1st place; Math--2nd place; Music--2nd place; Science--1st place; 1st place overall
    Bruce Shen (V): Art--2nd place; Math--1st place; Science--2nd place; Social Science--1st place; 2nd place overall

     

    2023 ACP Invitational (November 17-18, 2023):

    The Hamilton Academic Decathlon team won 1st place in the overall team score and Super Quiz and earned 36 individual medals at the ACP Invitational over the weekend. Co-captain Chole Zhan earned the highest individual score of 8495.12 among all competitors and co-captain Andy Ma was the runner-up, scoring 8266.67. Here is the list of individual awards:

     

    Honors:

    Jena Lee: 3rd place-Speech

    Andy Ma: 1st place-Art, 1st place-Econ., 3rd place-Lang. & Lit, 1st place-Math

    Chole Zhan: 2nd place-Art, 3rd place-Econ., 2nd place-Math, 1st place-Music, 1st place-Social Science, 2nd place-Speech, 1st place-Essay

    Claire Zhan: 3rd place-Music

    Carol Zhang: 3rd place-Essay

     

    Scholastic:

    Arun Chebrolu: 1st place-Econ., 1st place-Lang. & Lit., 1st place-Math, 2nd place-Music, 2nd place-Social Science

    Megan Chen: 1st place-Essay

    Srijay Kalavena: 1st place-Speech

    Aayush Pandey: 2nd place-Econ.

    Audrey Zhang: 3rd place-Art, 3rd place-Speech

     

    Varsity:

    Thi Nguyen: 2nd place-Art, 1st place-Econ., 2nd place-Math, 2nd place-Music, 1st place-Essay

    Taryn Preis: 1st place-Music, 1st place-Speech

    Bruce Shen: 1st place-Art, 2nd place-Lang. & Lit., 2nd place-Math, 1st place-Science, 1st place-Social Science

     

     
Last Modified on May 9, 2024