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Press contact: Kyla Kruse (Photos of participating teams are available by email request.)

SPRINGFIELD — Winners have been announced in the regional Academic Challenge held Feb. 9 at Lincoln Land Community College. Approximately 90 students from six area high schools competed.
            
Teams advancing to sectional competition in March include: Division 300 (300 students or less) – Mt. Pulaski, Pawnee and Nokomis; Division 700 (301-700 students) – Pleasant Plains and Auburn; and Division 1500 (701-1,500 students) – Chatham Glenwood. 

Individual Rankings

Division 300 teams 

Biology

First – Maddux Himes, Nokomis
Second – Thomas Lieber and Abigail O’Malley, Nokomis
Third – Clay Aylesworth, Mt. Pulaski

Chemistry  

First – Makenna Wilham, Mt. Pulaski
Second – Alexis Wade, Mt. Pulaski; Justin Skinner, Pawnee
Third – Evan Cooper and Clay Aylesworth, Mt. Pulaski

Computer Science

First – Ella Woodworth, Mt. Pulaski
Second – David Ruhl, Mt. Pulaski
Third – Aidian Bradbury, Pawnee

Engineering Graphics

First – David Ruhl, Mt. Pulaski
Second – Chloe Lewis, Mt. Pulaski

English    

First – Claire Oliver, Pawnee
Second – Jayden Gonet, Nokomis; Delaney Howard, Mt. Pulaski; Abigail O’Malley, Nokomis
Third – Alexis Wade, Mt. Pulaski; Elizabeth Rollins, Pawnee

Mathematics

First – Maddux Himes, Nokomis
Second – Reece Lohman, Nokomis; Justin Skinner, Pawnee
Third – Kyle Neuber, Pawnee

Physics    

First – Daniel Phillips, Mt. Pulaski
Second – Riley May, Ella Woodworth and Delaney Howard, Mt. Pulaski
Third – Aidan Schneider, Mt. Pulaski; Aidian Bradbury, Pawnee

Division 700 teams 

Biology

First – Kyle Abraham, Pleasant Plains
Second – Carys Lacy, Pleasant Plains
Third – Sydney Collins, Pleasant Plains

Chemistry  

First – Isabella Dossett, Pleasant Plains
Second – Julia Drake, Pleasant Plains
Third – Connor Dove, Pleasant Plains

Computer Science

First – Connor Dove, Pleasant Plains
Second – Patrick Conner, Pleasant Plains
Third – Alex Sloman, Pleasant Plains

Engineering Graphics

First – Campbell Beeler, Pleasant Plains
Second – Patrick Conner and Alex Sloman, Pleasant Plains
Third – Mattson Seelund and Conner McDaniel, Auburn

English    

First – Benjamin Warwick, Auburn
Second – Skylar Beal, Auburn
Third – Anna Moore, Pleasant Plains

Mathematics

First – Nathan Hutcherson, Pleasant Plains
Second – Jeffrey Grimm, Auburn
Third – Karlee Westendorf, Auburn

Physics    

First – Julia Drake, Pleasant Plains
Second – Nathan Hutcherson, Pleasant Plains
Third – Isabella Dossett, Pleasant Plains

Division 1500 team (Chatham-Glenwood)

Biology

First – Maya Tolentino
Second – Alexa Wienhoff
Third – Hannah Havrilka

Chemistry  

First – Nikhil Gupta

Computer Science

First – Alivia Harms

Engineering Graphics

First – Alivia Harms
Second – Rachel Wakelin

English    

First – Jodi Jin
Second – Hannah Havrilka
Third – Maya Tolentino

Mathematics

First – Grace Kang and Nikhil Gupta
Second – Lucas Colonius
Third – Jodi Jin

Physics    

First – Grace Kang
Second – Alexa Wienhoff
Third – Lucas Colonius

Thanks to support from the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE), a $200 69·çÁ÷ scholarship was awarded at the event to Coree Keagy from Nokomis High School, who was selected at random. 

The regional level competition at 69·çÁ÷ was sponsored by 69·çÁ÷, Eastern Illinois University and the Capital Chapter of ISPE.