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Denison places 3rd with individual winners at 2022 Regional Academic Decathlon Tournament
Denison competed virtually in Des Moines’ Regional Academic Decathlon Tournament on Thursday, January 27, and Friday, January 28. They placed 3rd out of the large schools in the tournament. Johnston received the highest team score, Urbandale placed 2nd with 25,322.3 points. Denison’s 3rd place score totaled 25,80.5 points. This score should qualify them to compete in the State Tournament Being held in Mason City on March 4 & 5.
Individual Results
Honors:
Elizabeth Christensen 5,166.4
Anahi Velasco 4,780.7
Danny Saldana 4,747.1
Scholastic:
Tiernan Jensen 3,617.9
Alex Lemon 3,425.0
Alberto Ramirez 3,219.3
Varsity:
Quincy Mahrt 4,646.4
Jessie Dominguez 4,167.1
Alternates:
Nuria Cusido-Kristensen 2,331.4
Adalis Boeck 2,148.6
Highlights:
In the Alternate Division:
Nuria Cusido-Kristensen placed 2nd in Music, Science, and Economics and 3rd in Literature.
Adalis Boeck placed 2nd in Mathematics and 3rd in Art and Social Science.
Nuria had the 3rd overall highest total score among the alternates.
In the Scholastic Division:
Tiernan Jensen placed 2nd in Speech.
In the Honors Division:
Danny Saldana placed 2nd in Interview.
Elizabeth Christensen placed 2nd in Speech and 3rd in Mathematics and Economics.
In the Varsity Division:
Quincy Mahrt placed 1st in Literature, Art, and Social Science, 2nd in Music, Science, and 3rd in Economics and Speech.
Jessie Dominguez placed 1st in Speech and Interview and 3rd in Music, Art, and Mathematics.
Quincy had the highest individual total score in his division.
Jessie Dominguez had the 3rd highest individual total score in his division.
Coaches:
Aaron Ratliff Economics, Math, Science, Speech, Interview, Essay
Mark Aurand Social Science, Art, Music, Essay
Dana Schroeder Language & Literature