AC Dec Three-Peats as Regional Champs
After speeches, interviews, and exams over WWII economics, history, art, music, literature, science and mathematics, Johnston students won three of the top 10 team placements, 45 individual ribbons and 8 of the twelve overall medals. Johnston “Company A” won the Regional with an accumulated total of 32,822.7 points. Johnston “Company B” placed third in the region, and Johnston “Company C,” without a complete team, placed tenth out of 14 teams. The Johnston Academic Decathlon team is coached by Sue Cline. *All results submitted by Sue Cline*
Overall placements:
| Honors | Scholastic | Varsity | Alternates |
| Aditi Jithendra – 1st (repeat) | Asiya Mohammad | Bobby Bailey – 1st | Lydia Stanley- 2nd |
| Afshan Chandani – 2nd (repeat) | Xavier Leonard – 3rd | Ceci Hodson- 3rd | |
Team Results:
* denotes a perfect score of 1000 points
Company A – 1st place in Regional
| Honors | Scholastic | Varsity |
| Aditi Jithendra (11)-1st in Science, Art, Economics, and *Interview, 2nd in Music, 3rd in Social Science. | Asiya Mohammad (12)-2nd in Art, 3rd in Math | Bobby Bailey (12)-1st in Science, Art, Math and Economics, 2nd in Music and Social Science, 3rd in Speech and Lang and Lit |
| Afshan Chandani (12)-1st in Speech, 2nd in Art and Economics, 3rd in Science and Math | Casey Hodson (10)-1st in Interview* | Avery Swizdor (11)- |
| Andrew Ehler (12)-2nd in Social Science, 3rd in Lang and Lit | Ciara Becker (12)-1st in Music, 2nd in Economics, 3rd in Speech | David Ellison (12)-2nd in Science, 3rd in Art |
Company B- 3rd place in Regional
| Honors | Scholastic | Varsity |
| Kevin Dial (11)-2nd in Interview | Alexis Pottebaum (12)-1st in Economics | Jadyn Lovelady (12)-1st in Speech, 2nd in Music, 3rd in Lang and Lit |
| Triston Walsh (12)- | Dheepak Nalluri (12)-3rd in Interview | Xavier Leonard (12)-2nd in Science, 3rd in Art |
| Chris Yao (10)-1st in Math, 3rd in Economics | Sarah Martin (11)-1st in Math |
Company C – 10th place in Regional
| Honors | Scholastic | Varsity |
| Will Gavin (11)- | Kelly Nyaga (12)- | Millie Brewer (12)-1st in Music, 2nd in Math |
| Prithvi Jamadagni (9)-2nd in Science and Speech | Nick Irwin (11)- | |
| Katelyn Kempkes (11)- |
Company D – Alternates
- Lydia Stanley – 2nd overall
- Ceci Hodson – 3rd overall
- Kennedy Ortmeier – 3rd in Music
- Angela Cai
- Marianne Aldrich
- Anna Xiang
- Lal Siama
- Marie Johnson
Representing Johnston at the State Tournament March 3-4:
| Honors | Scholastic | Varsity |
| Aditi Jithendra | Asiya Mohammad | Bobby Bailey |
| Afshan Chandani | Alexis Pottebaum | Xavier Leonard |
| Kevin Dial | Sarah Martin | Avery Swizdor |
| Andrew Ehler (alternate) | Ciara Becker (alternate) | Jadyn Lovelady (alternate) |