The Mount Vernon Academic Decathlon team placed third in regional competition in Waterloo Jan. 23. They will move on to state, hosted here on March 1-2. Two MVHS students won medals at the competition: Mariah Schlueter for overall 2nd place Varsity Division, and Nate Marti for 3rd place overall Honors Division. Miranda Roudabush received a perfect score on the super quiz.

Scores and individual honors from regional competition are posted below:

Academic Decathlon 2013
Waterloo Regional Tournament Results
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Large Schools
1st Waterloo East 22620
2nd Mason City 14253

Small School
1st Iowa Falls Alden 27005
2nd Grundy Center/Dike New Hartford 24255
3rd Mount Vernon 23980
4th Waterloo Columbus 22158
5th Valley 22019
6th South Hardin 21986

Individual Results

Honors Division
Jenny Dieninger: 1st Interview,
Cory Brannaman: 3rd Speech
Nate Marti: 1st Language and Literature, 2nd Economics, 2nd Social Science, 3rd Overall Honors
Xena Fitzgerald: 3rd Economics, 2nd Art

Scholastic Division
Maggie Howell: 1st Interview
Mindy Salzbrenner: 1st Speech
Thomas Bernard: 3rd Speech
Katy McCollum: 2nd Language and Literature

Varsity Division
Sarah Yeoman: 1st Interview, 1st Speech
Mariah Schlueter: 3rd Interview, 2nd Speech, 1st Art, 2nd Social Science, 2nd Overall Varsity
Adam Gage: 3rd Language and Literature, 2nd Economics, 2nd Music
Zak Moran: 3rd Social Science