25th National Geographic Bee
25th National Geographic Bee | |
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Date | May 22, 2013 |
Location | Washington, D.C. |
Winner | Sathwik Karnik |
Age | 12 |
Residence | Plainville, Massachusetts |
No. of contestants | 54 |
Preceded by | 24th National Geographic Bee |
Followed by | 26th National Geographic Bee |
The 25th National Geographic Bee was held in Washington, D.C. on May 22, 2013, sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik, from Plainville, Massachusetts won the competition, beating out 52 other competitors representing the 50 U.S. states, Pacific territories, and Department of Defense dependent schools.[1]
2013 state representatives
State | Name | School | City/Town | Grade | Notes |
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Alabama | Christopher Lough | Prattville Christian Academy | Prattville | 7th | |
Alaska | Kenny Petrini | Central Middle School of Science | Anchorage | 8th | |
Arizona | Cameron Danesh | Mountainside Middle School | Scottsdale | 6th | |
Arkansas | Christian Boekhout | Hot Springs Intermediate School | Hot Springs | 7th | |
Atlantic Territories | Leonides Diaz Fuster | Saint John's School | San Juan | 7th | |
California | Tuvya Bergson-Michelson | Nueva School | San Ramon | 6th | 7th place |
Colorado | Pranit Nanda | Aurora Quest K-8 | Aurora | 7th | 10th place |
Connecticut | Michael Borecki | Middlesex Middle School | Darien | 8th | |
Delaware | Kevin Orzada | The Independence School | Newark | 8th | |
Department of Defense | Patrick Lewallen | Ryukyu Middle School | Japan | 7th | |
District of Columbia | Lars Nordquist | St. Albans School | District of Columbia | 5th | |
Florida | Walker Miller | Weldon Johnson Middle School | Jacksonville | 8th | |
Georgia | Sanjeev "Ricky" Uppaluri | Fulton Sunshine Elementary | Alpharetta | 5th | 3rd place |
Hawaii | Andrew Anderton | Island School | Lihue | 8th | |
Idaho | Amrit Singh | Grangeville Elementary/Middle School | Grangeville | 7th | |
Illinois | Conrad Oberhaus | Daniel Wright Junior High School | Lincolnshire | 7th | 2nd place |
Indiana | Sean Ives | Trinity Lutheran School | Crown Point | 7th | |
Iowa | Jonathan Grunenwald | Ames Homeschool Assistance Program | Ames | 8th | |
Kansas | Preneeta Nalluri | Overland Trail Middle School | Overland Park | 6th | |
Kentucky | Hunter Watkins | Calloway, Marshall, & McCracken Cty Homeschoolers | Farmington | 8th | |
Louisiana | Cècile Girard | Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School | Lake Charles | 7th | |
Maine | Archer Thomas | Bonny Eagle Middle School | Buxton | 8th | |
Maryland | Abhinav Karthikeyan | Clearspring Elementary School | Damascus | 4th | |
Massachusetts | Sathwik Karnik | King Philip Regional Middle School | Plainville | 7th | 1st place |
Michigan | Neha Middela | Detroit Country Day School | Detroit | 6th | 9th place |
Minnesota | Alexander Conrad | Valley View Middle School | Edina | 7th | |
Mississippi | Jun Chen | Margaret Green Junior High School | Cleveland | 8th | |
Missouri | Aviral Misra | Academy Montessori Internationale | Kansas City | 5th | |
Montana | Grace Rembert | Morning Star Elementary | Bozeman | 5th | |
Nebraska | Theodore Jansen | Paddock Road Elementary | Omaha | 5th | |
Nevada | Nick Vazeen | Challenger School β Summerlin Campus | Las Vegas | 8th | |
New Hampshire | Neelam Sandhu | Ross A. Lurgio Middle School | Bedford | 8th | 7th place; went on to St. Petersburg, Russia for the International Competition Asha Jain (also a finalist this year) and Gopi Ramanathan of Minnesota from 2012 |
New Jersey | William DiGrande | Warren Middle School | Warren | 8th | |
New Mexico | Huy Tran | Albuquerque Academy | Albuquerque | 7th | |
New York | Gabriel Straus | Collegiate School for Boys | Manhattan | 7th | |
North Carolina | Matthew Janson | Randolph Middle School | Charlotte | 8th | |
North Dakota | Luke Bowan | Jamestown Area Homeschoolers | Jamestown | 8th | |
Ohio | Kyle Yu | Lee Burneson Middle School | Westlake | 7th | |
Oklahoma | Matthew Armor | Whittier Middle School | Norman | 8th | |
Oregon | Harish Palani | Stoller Middle School | Portland | 7th | 5th place |
Pacific Territories | Jacob Augelli | Cmd. William C. McCool Elem/Middle | Guam | 7th | |
Pennsylvania | Sai Mahit Vaddadi | Eagle View Middle School | Mechanicsburg | 8th | |
Rhode Island | Jacob Polatty | Rhode Island Home Educators | North Kingstown | 7th | |
South Carolina | Krish Patel | Pinewood Preparatory School | Summerville | 7th | |
South Dakota | Mark Vanderzee | Robertsville Middle School | Oak Ridge | 7th | |
Tennessee | Alexander Wilaniskis | East Ridge Middle School | Whitesburg | 7th | |
Texas | Chinmay Murthy | Paragon Preparatory School | Austin | 5th | |
Utah | Joshua Nkoy | Challenger School | Sandy | 8th | |
Vermont | Tyler Jager | Manchester Elementary/Middle School | Manchester Center | 7th | |
Virginia | Akhil Rekulapelli | Stone Hill Middle School | Ashburn | 7th | 4th Place |
Washington | Owen Benda | Open Window School | Bellevue | 7th | |
West Virginia | Andrew Christy | St. Francis Central Catholic School | Morgantown | 7th | |
Wisconsin | Asha Jain | MHLT Elementary School | Minocqua | 7th | 6th Place; went on to St. Petersburg, Russia for the International Competition with Neelam Sandhu (also a finalist this year) and Gopi Ramanathan of Minnesota from 2012 |
Wyoming | Garrett Means | Snowy Range Academy | Laramie | 8th |
References
Preceded by 24th National Geographic Bee |
25th National Geographic Bee 2013 |
Succeeded by 26th National Geographic Bee |
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