The Academic Decathlon squad kicked off its season with a second place overall finish at the Mountain Pointe Invitational. Results are as follows:

1^st place Super Quiz Relay – Hamilton Team 1: Hannah Miao, Jimmy Xu, Jessica Li, Lauren Haws, Justen Zhang, Gowri Hassan, Ben McAlduff, Randy Brookins, Morgan Banks

3^rd place Super Quiz Relay– Hamilton Team 2: Sydney Benich, Amo Makubele, Dillon Maluski, Sarah Rocha, Kristin Stokes, Justin Yu, Sunny Zhong, Meilin Zhu, Deyi Wang

2^nd place overall Varsity student: Ben McAlduff

2^nd place overall Honors student: Jimmy Xu

3^rd place overall Honors student: Jessica Li

4^th place overall Honors student: Hannah Miao

Awards by topic:

Art

1^st Varsity Ben McAlduff

3^rd Varsity Morgan Banks

2^nd Honors Hannah Miao

3^rd Honors (tie) Jessica Li and Jimmy Xu

Econ

3^rd Scholastic Justen Zhang

3^rd Honors Jessica Li

Essay

3^rd Honors Hannah Miao

Lang and Lit

1^st varsity Ben McAlduff

3^rd Scholastic Lauren Haws

Hamilton SWEEP of Honors: 1^st Hannah Miao, 2^nd Jimmy Xu, 3^rd Jessica Li

Music

2^nd Varsity (tie) Ben McAlduff and Randy Brookins

3^rd Scholastic Justen Zhang

2^nd Honors: Jessica Li

3^rd Honors: Jimmy Xu

Science

2^nd Varsity Ben McAlduff

2^nd Scholastic Justen Zhang

2^nd Honors Sunny Zhong

3^rd Honors Jimmy Xu

Social Science

2^nd Varsity Ben McAlduff

2^nd Scholastic Justen Zhang

3^rd Scholastic Lauren Haws

Honors SWEEP: 1^st Hannah Miao, 2^nd Jimmy Xu, 3^rd Sunny Zhong

Speech

2^nd Varsity Ben McAlduff

3^rd Honors Jessica Li