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Posted:  June 2, 2008

District 7-AAAAA U.I.L. Academic Championships

 

MacArthur, Nimitz and Irving high schools traveled to South Grand Prairie high school March 29-30 in order to compete in the District 7-AAAAA U.I.L. Academic Championships.  Of the six schools competing, MacArthur won the 2nd Place Sweepstakes Title for the second consecutive year. MacArthur posted five 1st Place team victories, Irving High and Nimitz both fielded two 1st Place teams in their respective events. Students advancing to regional competition will seek a top three finish which will qualify them to compete at the state level. Regional competition is at Texas Tech University April 11-13 and state UIL Academic Championships will be held at University of Texas in Austin May 1-3. 

 

 

Irving HS

MacArthur HS
2nd Place Sweepstakes Title

Nimitz HS

Biology

Individual Awards

1st Place: Kevin Itty*

 

 

Calculator
Applications

 

 1st Place Team
  - Suh Park
  - Chris Palmer
  - Armando Leal
  - Khurram Taufiq

Individual Awards

2nd Place: Suh Park*

3rd Place: Chris Palmer*

4th Place:Armando Leal

5th Place: Khurram Taufiq

 

Computer
Applications

 1st Place Team
  - Andrew Beach*
  - Nahum Madrid*
  - Brett Hart*
  - Elvis Ibarra*

Individual Awards

1st Place: Nahum Madrid*

3rd Place: Brett Hart*

4th Place: Elvis Ibarra*

5th Place: Andrew Beach*

Individual Awards

5th Place: Falak Ajani

6th Place: Holly Jenkins

 

Current Issues
& Events

 

Individual Awards

6th Place: Dylan Cowart

 1st Place Team
  - Sujith Idiculla
  - Marcus Johnson
  - Murtaza Jafferji
  - Stephen Smith

Individual Awards

1st Place: Sujith Idiculla*

2nd Place: Marcus Johnson*

3rd Place: Murtaza Jafferji*

4th Place: Stephen Smith

Editorial
Writing

 

Individual Awards

4th Place: Daniel McCalip

 

Extemporaneous
Informative
Speaking

 

Individual Awards

1st Place: Adaobi Anyiwo*

 

Extemporaneous
Persuasive
Speaking

 

Individual Awards

2nd Place: Dylan Cowart*

3rd Place: Zirwa Baseer*

 

Feature
Writing

 

Individual Awards

4th Place: Chelsea Overland

5th Place: Janki Patel

6th Place: Lauren Bachand

 

Informative
Speaking

 

Individual Awards

5th Place : Michelle Arthur

Individual Awards

3rd Place: Jordan Shelton*

Lincoln-
Douglas
Debate

Individual Awards

1st Place: Eritrea Mussa*

Individual Awards

4th Place: Adaobi Anyiwo

 

Literary Criticism

 

 1st Place Team
  - Pavel Nitchovski
  - Paula Ickpatt
  - Trinh Dang
  - Dylan Cowart

Individual Awards

1st Place: Pavel Nitchovski*

2nd Place: Paula Ikpatt*

6th Place: Thinh Dang

 

Mathematics

 

Individual Awards

2nd Place: Armando Leal*

3rd Place: Rachel Smith*

 

News
Writing

 

Individual Awards

6th Place: Maria Zavala

 

Number
Sense

 

 1st Place Team
  - Suh Park
  - Austin Price
  - Tarjani Mehta
  - Khurram Taufiq
  - Rachel Smith (alternate)

Individual Awards

2nd Place: Suh Park*

4th Place: Austin Price

6th Place: Tarjani Mehta

 

Persuasive
Speaking

 

Individual Awards

4th Place: Vania Aragon

 

Physics

Individual Awards

1st Place: Zachary Nowell*

 

 

Poetry Interpretation

 

Individual Awards

2nd Place: Raven Garcia*

 

Prose
Interpretation

 

Individual Awards

1st Place: Jason Douglass*

3rd Place: Trey Reynolds*

 

Ready
Writing

Individual Awards

6th Place: Kala Loutrel

Individual Awards

5th Place: Pearl Choi

Individual Awards

2nd Place: Amanda Peralta*

Science

 1st Place Team
  -
Stephen Bassford
  - Zachary Nowell*
  - Kevin Itty*
  - Daniel Phan*
  - Dominic Hilario*
  - Karen Lopez

Individual Awards

6th Place: Rachel Smith

 

Individual Awards

3rd Place: Maria Sanchez*

4th Place: Vinhtuong Tran

Social
Studies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual Awards

5th Place: Pavel Nitchovski

 1st Place Team
  -
Jaclyn Le
  - Harrison Wicks
  - Sujith Idiculla
  - Murtaza Jafferji

Individual Awards

1st Place: Jaclyn Le*

2nd Place: Harrison Wicks*

3rd Place: Sujith Idiculla*

4th Place: Murtaza Jafferji

Speech
& Debate

 

 1st Place Team
  -
Jason Douglass
  - Adaobi Anyiwo
  - Dylan Cowart
  - Raven Garcia
  - Zirwa Baseer
  - Trey Reynolds
  - Taeler DeHaes

 

Spelling
&
Vocabulary

Individual Awards

7th Place: Eritrea Mussa

 1st Place Team
  - Stephanie Akpunku
  - Daniel Vinson
  - Cameron Ingram
  - Vania Aragon

Individual Awards

2nd Place: Stephanie Akpunku*

3rd Place: Daniel Vinson*

4th Place: Vania Aragon

5th Place: Cameron Ingram

 

* Denotes Advancing to Regional Competition for either individual or team accomplishment