More than 40 Sycamore students competed in the Regional History, Academic, and Science Bees at St. Richard's School on February 29. Many students earned the opportunity to compete at Nationals held in Chicago from June 12-15.
HISTORY BEE
Elementary
Evan Ting was the Elementary Champion for History Bee. Sonali Guttikonda finished 2nd and Alessandro Salerno placed 3rd. Steve Hackwelder and Annalisa Schuth also qualified for nationals.
6TH GRADE
Alex Cheng finished 3rd in the 6th Grade Division. In addition, Deke Kandel also qualified for nationals.
7TH GRADE
Alex Lipkovich finished 2nd and Mikey Cardwell finished 3rd in the 7th Grade Division. Lukas Fiur, Nate Liang, Insia Zaidi, Elizabeth Schuth, Emily Hackwelder, and Sam Rudavsky also qualified for nationals.
8TH GRADE
Akshay Guttikonda finished 2nd and Kaden Xu finished 3rd in the 8th Grade Division. Alex Lu, Marie Coutant, Oliver Seifert, and Porter Kandel also qualified for nationals.
SCIENCE BEE
ELEMENTARY
Sawyer Jackson was the Champion in the Elementary Division and Evan Ting finished 2nd. Sonali Guttikonda, Shayen Maun, and Oliver Gollapudi also qualified for nationals.
7TH GRADE
Insia Zaidi was the Champion in the 7th Grade Division. Nate Liang finished 2nd and Lukas Fiur was 3rd. Kavya Chheda and Emily Hackwelder also qualified for nationals.
8TH GRADE
Akshay Guttikonda was the Champion in the 8th Grade Division. Owen Murray finished 2nd and Rohan Shah was 3rd. Athul Ramkumar also qualified for nationals.
ACADEMIC BEE
ELEMENTARY
Annalisa Schuth was the Champion in the Elementary Division. Sonali Guttikonda finished 2nd and Evan Ting was 3rd.
6TH GRADE
Oscar Hyatt finished 3rd in the 6th Grade Division.
7TH GRADE
Lukas Fiur finished 3rd in the 7th Grade Division. Insia Zaidi and Emily Hackwelder also qualified for nationals.
8TH GRADE
Akshay Guttikonda was the Champion in the 8th Grade Division. Rohan Shah also qualified for nationals.
Several students also took the Geography Bee test and will also compete at Nationals in