Students Excel at Regional Academic Meets to Qualify for State
Twenty-three CFISD entries advanced to the UIL Academic State Meet after placing among the top three in the Region II-6A and Region III-6A Academic Meets, held April 21-22 at Baylor University and Seven Lakes High School, respectively.
The state meet is set for May 17-18 at the University of Texas at Austin.
Cy-Fair High School placed third overall in the Region III-6A meet. The Bobcats were led by first-place finishers Kaytlyn Reed in Computer Applications; Aaron Antony in Current Issues; and the Current Issues team of Antony, Vedanth Hariharan, Keeton Chesnutt and Erykson Zelt.
Cy-Fair High School seniors Aaron Antony, left, and Keeton Chesnutt celebrate their UIL Region III-6A Academic Meet championship in the Current Issues team event, which they shared with teammates Vedanth Hariharan and Erykson Zelt. The Bobcats placed third overall in the regional competition.|
Region III-6A UIL Academic Meet |
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Event |
Place |
Name(s) |
High school |
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Computer Applications |
1 |
Kaytlyn Reed* |
Cy-Fair |
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5 |
Ben Stilwell |
Cy-Fair |
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6 |
Rishi Konduri |
Cy-Fair |
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Copy Editing |
2 |
Yousuf Hussain* |
Cy-Fair |
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Current Issues |
1 |
Aaron Antony* |
Cy-Fair |
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2 |
Vedanth Hariharan* |
Cy-Fair |
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4 |
Keeton Chesnutt |
Cy-Fair |
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Current Issues (team) |
1 |
Vedanth Hariharan, Aaron Antony, Keeton Chesnuttand Erykson Zelt* |
Cy-Fair |
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Prose Interpretation |
3 |
Sanvi Kumpatla* |
Cy-Fair |
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Social Studies |
3 |
Amogh Ajoy* |
Cy-Fair |
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5 |
Keeton Chesnutt |
Cy-Fair |
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Social Studies (team) |
2 |
Keeton Chesnutt, Amogh Ajoy, Aaron Antony and Yousuf Hussain* |
Cy-Fair |
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Spelling |
2 |
Arati Nair* |
Cy-Fair |
Cypress Woods High School placed sixth overall at the Region II-6A meet. The Wildcats were led by first-place finishers Andre Zhang and Leon Fong in Computer Science (tied for the title); and the Computer Science Team of Zhang, Fong, Owen Giles and Bowen Yang.
Other regional champions from CFISD were Eric Alfaro of Cypress Ranch High School in Computer Science; Nicole Lee of Cypress Park High School in Poetry Interpretation; Brielle Milligan of Cypress Ranch in Prose Interpretation; Henry Hoover of Bridgeland High School in Spelling; and the Spelling team of Hoover, Eva Nitch, Rebecca Myers and Paige Malone.
The Region II-6A top-six finishers are listed below, with state qualifiers indicated by asterisk (*):
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Region II-6A UIL Academic Meet |
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Event |
Place |
Name(s) |
High school |
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Computer Applications |
2 |
Chris Dye* |
Cy-Fair |
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3 |
Nikhil Shanmugham* |
Cypress Woods |
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Computer Science |
t-1 |
Andre Zhang* |
Cypress Woods |
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t-1 |
Eric Alfaro* |
Cypress Ranch |
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t-1 |
Leon Fong* |
Cypress Woods |
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Computer Science (team) |
1 |
Andre Zhang, Leon Fong, Owen Giles and Bowen Yang* |
Cypress Woods |
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2 |
Eric Alfaro, Aiyaz Mostofa, Chinmay Mangalwedhe and Connor Carey* |
Cypress Ranch |
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Informative Speaking |
2 |
Audrey Shea* |
Cypress Park |
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Lincoln Douglas Debate |
2 |
Olivia Sweeten* |
Cypress Woods |
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Literary Criticism |
5 |
Lillian Egan |
Cypress Woods |
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News Writing |
5 |
Gabrielle Wakefield |
Langham Creek |
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Persuasive Speaking |
3 |
Kellen Wilson* |
Cypress Park |
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Poetry Interpretation |
1 |
Nicole Lee* |
Cypress Park |
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Prose Interpretation |
1 |
Brielle Milligan* |
Cypress Ranch |
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Ready Writing |
5 |
Laine Yates |
Langham Creek |
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Spelling |
1 |
Henry Hoover* |
Bridgeland |
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4 |
Eva Nitch |
Bridgeland |
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Spelling (team) |
1 |
Henry Hoover, Eva Nitch,Rebecca Myers and Paige Malone* |
Bridgeland |
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Speech (team |
2 |
Cypress Park |
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5 |
Cypress Woods |
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