Heartland AEA 11

6500 Corporate Dr.

Johnston, IA 50131-1603

www.aea11.k12.ia.us

11-14-03

Contacts:

Arletta Dawson, Heartland AEA 11, (515) 270-9030 ext. 4324, adawson@aea11.k12.ia.us

Steve Jones, Heartland AEA 11, (515) 270-9030 ext. 4317, sjones@aea11.k12.ia.us

JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Ames High School captured the two top places at the Heartland Area Education Agency Knowledge Bowl, Nov. 13 in Des Moines. The Ames A team defeated the runner-up Ames C team and the third-place Des Moines Central Academy A team in the championship round.

The victory marked the fifth year in a row that an Ames team has won Heartland AEA’s Knowledge Bowl. Students in the annual event answer questions from a number of academic subjects including history, English, mathematics, science and geography.

Members of the winning Ames A team were Andrew Fowler, Stephen Gerbracht, Aviv Luban, Neil Lutz and Neal Marasinghe. The second-place Ames C team included Alissa Anderson, Chuck Cleary, Deepa Kunapuli, Michael Liu and John Obrycki. The Ames teams were coached by Kirk Daddow. The third-place Central Academy A team included Alex Hubball, Olive Borzo, Jordan Jones and Max Villwock.

Gilbert’s A team was fourth and included team members Garth Strohbehn, Jacob Haynes, Xiang Gu, Max Gulden and Patrick Gannon. Ames’ B team and West Des Moines Valley’s A team tied for fifth place.

Twenty-four teams from 16 central Iowa high schools competed in the finals Nov. 13. In October, some 500 students from 42 high schools competed in the Knowledge Bowl's preliminary round.

Heartland AEA is one of Iowa's 12 area education agencies that provide services and programs for students, educators and families. Heartland serves more than 124,000 students in 55 school districts and 32 approved private schools in 11 central Iowa counties.

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Team / points

1. Ames HS Team A, 127 points (Championship round: 15 points)

2. Ames HS Team C, 108 points (Championship round: 12 points)

3. DM Central Academy Team A, 106 points (Championship round: 8 points)

4. Gilbert HS Team A, 101 points

5. Ames HS Team B, 98 points

5. West Des Moines Valley HS Team A, 98 points

7. Boone HS Team A, 97 points

8. West Des Moines Valley HS Team C, 93 points

9. Ankeny HS Team A, 92 points

9. West Des Moines Valley HS Team B, 92 points

11. Dallas Center-Grimes HS Team A, 91 points

11. Southeast Polk HS Team A, 91 points

13. West Des Moines Valley Southwoods HS Team B, 89 points

14. Des Moines Christian HS Team A, 86 points

15. Norwalk HS Team A, 83 points

15. Audubon HS Team A, 83 points

17. Carroll Kuemper HS Team A, 81 points

17. DM Central Academy Team B, 81 points

19. North Polk HS Team A, 80 points

19. West Des Moines Dowling HS Team C, 80 points

21. Dallas Center-Grimes HS Team B, 74 points

21. West Des Moines Dowling HS Team A, 74 points

23. Madrid HS Team A, 72 points

24. Southeast Polk HS Team C, 67 points