California State Academic Decathlon Championships were held in Sacramento on the 15th and 16th of March. The top 61 schools in the state competed against each other in three different divisions. Decathletes competed in 10 different subjects: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, mathematics, music, science, social science, and speech. In addition, each team competed in the Super Quiz Relay which was held in front of an audience at the Memorial Auditorium.
Alemany brought home 16 individual medals. Senior Jesse Randolph led all Division III scorers and captured the individual gold medal for Honor students . She led the Alemany team by capturing six individual event medals: a gold in science, silver in social science and art and two bronze medals in economics and music.
Senior Frank Brady brought home one medal of each color, a gold in art, silver in economics and a bronze in speech. Senior Jeremiah Prousalis earned a perfect score in speech for his gold and added a bronze in science. Sophomore Mitchell Riek won his gold in interview with a perfect score and a silver in science. Junior Patrick Tran came home with a gold in speech and Nicolas Pixley brought home a bronze in interview.
Members of the 2013 California Division III Champion Academic Decathlon Team:
Honors: Jesse Randolph (12) , Brandon Ancheta (11), Patrick Tran (11)
Scholastic: Frank Brady (12), Jeremiah Prousalis (12), Mitchell Riek (10)
Varsity: Nicholas Pixley (12), Andrew Lopez (12), Luis Leal (11)
Congratulations Alemany Warriors!