The XX USAD National Finals
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Official Logo of the 2001 USAD National Finals
Host City
Anchorage, Alaska
States participating
37 (55 teams)
Events
10 Subjects in 2 Disciplines
Opening Date
2001
Awards Ceremony
2001
National Champions
California El Camino Real
National Second Place
Texas James E. Taylor
National Third Place
Illinois Whitney Young Magnet
Division I Champions
California El Camino Real
Division II Champions
Wisconsin Catholic Memorial
Division III Champions
Arizona University High
Curriculum Topic
Understanding the Self
Super Quiz Topic
Concepts of the Self: Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
Nationals 2001 marked the last competition for James E. Taylor High School coaches Cynthia Swetnam and Susan Shellum, two of the most successful coaches in Academic Decathlon history.
Taylor closes chapter on decathlon. Houston Chronicle. 17 May 2001. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
Overall Results Cumulative [ edit ]
El Camino Real High School from California. Left to right, top to bottom: Ryan Ruby, Scott Lulovics, Elan Bar, Alan Wittenberg, Walter Ching, Samantha Henry, Dennis Kuo, Grace Giles, Coach Melinda Owen, Aria Haghighi, Coach Christian Cerone
James E. Taylor High School from Texas
Whitney Young High School from Illinois
Catholic Memorial High School from Wisconsin
University High School from Arizona
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School from Massachusetts
St. Pius X High School from New Mexico
The Wheeler School from Rhode Island
Scarborough High School from Maine
Rank
Division
School
State
Score
Medal Count
1
I
El Camino Real High School
California
46,547
20
2
I
James E. Taylor High School
Texas A
46,526
21
3
I
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Illinois
44,963
22
4
II
Catholic Memorial High School
Wisconsin A
43,809
10
5
I
Friendswood High School
Texas B
43,721
8
6
I
Hilo High School
Hawai'i
42,487
6
7
I
North HS
Ohio A
41,870
3
8
III
University HS
Arizona
40,981
4
9
II
Acton Boxborough HS
Massachusetts
40,652
5
10
I
Cedar Shoals HS
Georgia A
40,508
2
11
I
Eisenhower HS
Oklahoma
39,880
1
12
II
St. Pius X HS
New Mexico
39,764
5
13
III
The Wheeler School
Rhode Island
39,539
4
14
III
Scarborough HS
Maine
39,198
4
15
I
Tupelo HS
Mississippi
38,536
4
16
I
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Iowa A
38,281
-
17
III
Northwest Collegiate Academy
Pennsylvania A
38,168
1
18
II
Northern Valley Regional
New Jersey A
37,593
1
19
II
Park City HS
Utah A
37,330
1
20
I
Jackson Central-Merry HS
Tennessee
37,044
2
21
II
Indian Hills HS
New Jersey B
36,833
6
22
II
Paul D. Schreiber HS
New York
36,686
3
23
I
Burke HS
Nebraska A
35,182
1
24
I
Shawnee Mission East HS
Kansas A
34,806
4
25
III
Fairview HS
Pennsylvania B
34,707
-
26
III
Preston HS
Idaho A
34,439
1
27
III
St. John HS
Arizona B
34,424
-
28
I
Centennial HS
Idaho B
34,416
2
29
III
Tri-West Hendricks
Indiana A
34,372
-
30
I
Martinsville HS
Indiana B
34,306
-
31
III
St. Peter HS
Minnesota A
34,250
1
32
II
Charlottesville HS
Virginia
33,590
-
33
II
Lathrop HS
Alaska A
33,585
1
34
I
South Salem HS
Oregon
33,284
-
35
II
Elkhorn HS
Nebraska B
33,050
-
36
II
West Geauga HS
Ohio B
33,031
1
37
I
Enloe HS
North Carolina
32,486
-
38
II
Caddo Magnet
Louisiana
31,983
-
39
III
Mt. Vernon HS
Iowa B
31,890
-
40
III
Valdez HS
Alaska B
31,816
-
41
II
Dreher HS
South Carolina
31,058
-
42
I
Lansing Eastern HS
Michigan
30,677
2
43
III
Iowa Grant HS
Wisconsin B
30,673
-
44
II
Central HS
Georgia B
30,320
-
45
II
Oldham County HS
Kentucky
30,019
1
46
I
Boulder HS
Colorado
29,992
-
47
II
Alvirne HS
New Hampshire
29,828
1
48
III
Lake Crystal Welcome Memorial
Minnesota B
29,801
-
49
III
Morgan HS
Utah B
29,764
-
50
III
Hamden Hall Country HS
Connecticut
29,562
-
51
III
Wheatland HS
Wyoming A
29,274
-
52
II
Van Buren HS
Arkansas
29,266
-
53
I
Olympia HS
Washington
29,061
-
54
III
Independence HS
Kansas B
26,065
-
55
III
Riverside HS
Wyoming B
24,298
-
Overall Results By Division [ edit ]
Division I [ edit ]
Division
School
State
Score
1
El Camino Real HS
California
46,547
2
Taylor HS
Texas A
46,526
3
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
44,963
4
Friendswood HS
Texas B
43,721
5
Hilo High School
Hawaii
42,487
6
Eastlake North High School
Ohio
41,870
7
Cedar Shoals High School
Georgia
40,508
8
Eisenhower High School
Oklahoma
39,880
9
Tupelo High School
Mississippi
38,536
10
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
Iowa
38,281
Division II [ edit ]
Division
School
State
Score
1
Catholic Memorial HS
Wisconsin A
43,809
2
Acton Boxborough HS
Massachusetts
40,652
3
St. Pius X HS
New Mexico
39,764
4
Northern Valley Regional
New Jersey A
37,593
5
Park City High School
Utah
37,330
6
Indian Hills High School
New Jersey
36,833
7
Paul D. Schreiber High School
New York
36,686
8
Charlottesville High School
Virginia
33,590
9
Lathrop High School
Alaska
33,585
10
Elkhorn High School
Nebraska
33,050
Division III [ edit ]
Division
School
State
Score
1
University HS
Arizona
40,981
2
The Wheeler School
Rhode Island
39,539
3
Scarborough HS
Maine
39,198
4
Northwest Collegiate Academy
Pennsylvania A
38,168
5
Fairview High School
Pennsylvania B
34,707
6
Preston High School
Idaho A
34,439
7
St. John High School
Arizona B
34,424
8
Tri-West Hendricks High School
Indiana A
34,372
9
St. Peter High School
Minnesota A
34,250
10
Mount Vernon High School
Iowa B
31,890
Super Quiz Team Scores [ edit ]
Place
Division
School
State
Score
1
II
Cathlic Memorial HS
Wisconsin A
5,560
2
I
El Camino Real HS
California
5,510
3
I
Taylor HS
Texas A
5,500
4
II
St. Pius X HS
New Mexico
5,370
5
I
Friendswood HS
Texas B
5,300
6
I
Whitney Young Magnet HS
Illinois
5,190
7
I
Jackson Central-Merry
Tennessee
4,810
8
I
Cedar Shoals HS
Georgia A
4,750
9
I
North HS
Ohio A
4,740
10
I
Hilo HS
Hawaii
4,720
Super Quiz Relay [ edit ]
Place
School
State
Score
1
James E. Taylor
Texas
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Overall Individuals [ edit ]
Overall Individual Score Gold Medalists. Left to right, top to bottom: John Henry Gonzalez, Illinois; Alan Wittenberg, California; Nathaniel Whittemore, Maine; Daniel Lenhoff, Texas; Lyuboy Toybina, Arizona; Jora Ehrlich, Rhode Island; Drew Houston, Massachusetts; Dan Metzger, Wisconsin; Andrew Lim, Massachusetts
Overall Individual Score Silver Medalists. Left to right, top to bottom: Jacki Hudspeth, Arizona; Paul Ma, Rhode Island; Andy Vlazny, Wisconsin; Adam Krotman, New York; Cathi Bonin, Wisconsin; Elizabeth Dreeland, Arizona; Aria Haghighi, California; Blake Binford, Texas B; Tien Chih, Hawaii
Overall Individual Score Bronze Medalists. Left to right, top to bottom: Maike Geng, Massachusetts; Brent Morris, New Jersey; David Griswold, Mississippi; Sam Rodkey, Texas; Kyle Jackson, Maine; Scott Meyers, Illinois; Jia Jing Liu, Arizona; Chang Liu, Arizona; Carol Bonin, Wisconsin
Division I [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Daniel Lenhoff
Texas A
8,396
2
Aria Haghighi
California
8,370
3
David Griswold
Mississippi
8,343
Scholastic [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
John Henry Gonzalez
Illinois
8,174
2
Blake Binford
Texas B
8,066
3
Sam Rodkey
Texas A
7,985
Varsity [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Alan Wittenberg
California
7,346
2
Tien Chin
Hawaii
7,318
3
Scott Meyers
Illinois
7,256
Division II [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Andrew Lim
Massachusetts
8,092
2
Cathi Bonin
Wisconsin
7,836
3
Carol Bonin
Wisconsin
7,806
Scholastic [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Drew Houston
Massachusetts
7,631
2
Adam Krotman
New York
7,308
3
Maike Geng
Massachusetts
7,244
Varsity [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Dan Metzger
Wisconsin
7,184
2
Andy Vlazny
Wisconsin
6,728
3
Brent Morris
New Jersey B
6,678
Division III [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Nathaniel Whittemore
Maine
8,266
2
Elizabeth Dreeland
Arizona A
7,791
3
Chang Liu
Arizona A
7,481
Scholastic [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Lyuboy Toybina
Arizona A
6,944
2
Paul Ma
Rhode Island
6,882
3
Jia Jing Liu
Arizona A
6,737
Varsity [ edit ]
Place
Student
State
Score
1
Jora Ehrlich
Rhode Island
6,288
2
Jacki Hudspeth
Arizona A
6,194
3
Kyle Jackson
Maine
6,137
Individual Events [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Lina Dimachkieh
Taylor HS
Texas A
960
1
Daniel Lenhoff
Taylor HS
Texas A
960
2
Dennis Kuo
El Camino Real
California
940
2
Megan Wachspress
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
940
3
Erin Vigil
St. Pius X HS
New Mexico
920
3
Marianne Tarcov
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
920
3
Nathaniel Whittemore
Scarborough HS
Maine
920
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
John Henry Gonzalez
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
920
2
Sam Rodkey
Taylor HS
Texas A
900
2
Grace Giles
El Camino Real
California
900
3
Ryan Ruby
El Camino Real
California
860
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Jora Ehrlich
The Wheeler School
Rhode Island
800
2
Brent Morris
Indian Hills HS
New Jersey B
780
2
Tim McMahan
North HS
Ohio A
780
2
Scott Meyers
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
780
3
Rachel Neuman
Indian Hills HS
New Jersey B
760
3
Alan Wittenberg
El Camino Real
California
760
3
Benjamin Taylor
Tupelo HS
Mississippi
760
Economics [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Andrew Lim
Acton-Boxborough
Massachusetts
880
2
Alan Bakowski
Cedar Shoals
Georgia A
860
2
Aria Haghighi
El Camino Real
California
860
2
Dennis Kuo
El Camino Real
California
860
3
Daniel Lenhoff
Taylor HS
Texas A
840
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Sam Rodkey
Taylor HS
Texas A
900
1
Kent Morris
Friendswood HS
Texas B
900
2
John Henry Gonzalez
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
860
3
Scott Lulovics
El Camino Real
California
820
3
Kai Liu
Shawnee Mission HS
Kansas A
820
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Tien Chin
Hilo HS
Hawaii
840
2
Elizabeth Haney
Taylor HS
Texas A
740
3
Brent Morris
Indian Hills HS
New Jersey B
700
3
Tim McMahan
North HS
Ohio A
700
3
Scott Meyers
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
700
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Anna von Reinhart
The Wheeler School
Rhode Island
1000
2
Alan Bakowski
Cedar Shoals HS
Georgia A
975
3
David Griswold
Tupelo HS
Mississippi
915
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Isaac Robinson
Hilo HS
Hawaii
940
2
Kai Liu
Shawnee Mission East HS
Kansas A
938
3
Ryan Ruby
El Camino Real
California
925
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Andy Vlazny
Catholic Memorial HS
Wisconsin
950
2
Brent Morris
Indian Hills HS
New Jersey B
938
3
Jackie Hudspeth
University
Arizona A
910
Interview [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Whitney Harring-Smith
The Wheeler School
Rhode Island
1,000
2
Britt Stone
Tupelo HS
Mississippi
995
3
Jess Burkle
West Geauga
Ohio B
990
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Dylan McClung
Eisenhower HS
Oklahoma
1,000
2
Nalin Ratnayake
Centennial HS
Idaho B
993
3
Sarah Band
Alvirne HS
New Hampshire
985
3
Amy McCarthy
Oldham County
Kentucky
985
3
John Mushat
NW Collegiate Academy
Pennsylvania A
985
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Jesus Elizondo
Lansing Eastern HS
Michigan A
1,000
2
Greg Hunt
Acton Boxborough
Massachusetts
980
2
Megan Brown
Park City HS
Utah A
980
2
Tim McMahan
North HS
Ohio
980
3
Yuval Fleming
University
Arizona A
945
3
Jeff Werkheiser
Burke HS
Nebraska A
945
Language and Literature [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Megan Wachspress
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
860
2
Cathi Bonin
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin
840
3
Sarah Gibby
Preston
Idaho A
800
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
John Henry Gonzalez
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
840
2
Sam Rodkey
Taylor HS
Texas A
800
3
Blake Binford
Friendswood HS
Texas B
780
3
Scott Lulovics
El Camino Real HS
California
780
3
Ryan Ruby
El Camino Real HS
California
780
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Tien Chin
Hilo HS
Hawaii
740
2
Dan Metzger
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin
720
2
Scott Meyers
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
720
3
Elizabeth Haney
Taylor HS
Texas A
700
3
Walter Ching
El Camino Real HS
California
700
3
Andy Vlazny
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin
700
3
Rensise Beunviaje
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
700
Mathematics [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Matthew Schefer
Schreiber
New York
960
1
David Griswold
Tupelo HS
Mississippi
960
2
Andrew Lim
Acton-Boxborough
Massachusetts
920
2
Ronli Riakow
Schreiber
New York
920
2
Megan Wachspress
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
920
3
Alan Bakowski
Cedar Shoals
Georgia A
880
3
Jeff Vautin
Scarborough HS
Maine
880
3
Michael Gensheimer
Shawnee Mission HS
Kansas A
880
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Maike Geng
Acton Boxborough
Massachusetts
1000
2
Drew Houston
Acton Boxborough
Massachusetts
920
3
Scott Louis
Taylor HS
Texas A
880
3
Grace Giles
El Camino Real HS
California
880
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Felipe Aramburu
Taylor HS
Texas A
920
2
Tien Chin
Hilo HS
Hawaii
800
3
Matthew Hara
Hilo HS
Hawaii
760
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Dennis Kuo
El Camino Real
California
800
1
Cathi Bonin
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin
800
2
Daniel Lenhoff
Taylor HS
Texas A
780
2
Nathaniel Whittemore
Scarborough HS
Maine
780
3
Marianne Tarcov
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
760
3
Olivia Tarcov
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
760
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Jennifer James
Taylor HS
Texas A
780
2
John Henry Gonzalez
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
740
3
Sam Rodkey
Taylor HS
Texas A
720
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Matthew Congdon
Northern Valley Regional
New Jersey A
720
1
Scott Meyers
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
720
2
Elizabeth Haney
Taylor HS
Texas A
640
3
Walter Ching
El Camino Real
California
620
3
Dan Metzger
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin
620
3
Rensise Buenviaje
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
620
Science [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Megan Wachspress
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
851
2
Dennis Kuo
El Camino Real
California
830
3
Amanda Lampton
Friendswood HS
Texas B
787
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
John Henry Gonzalez
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
787
2
Jennifer James
Taylor HS
Texas A
745
2
Iris Prophet
Lansing Eastern
Michigan A
745
3
Sam Rodkey
Taylor HS
Texas A
723
3
Blake Binford
Friendswood HS
Texas B
723
3
Adam Krotman
Schreiber
New York
723
3
Kai Liu
Shawnee Mission
Kansas A
723
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Alan Wittenberg
El Camino Real
California
702
2
Tom Hewitt
Lathrop HS
Alaska A
660
3
Tien Chin
Hilo HS
Hawaii
638
3
Elizabeth Haney
Taylor HS
Texas A
638
3
Walter Ching
El Camino Real
California
638
3
Scott Meyers
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
638
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Emiliano Valles
St. Pius X HS
New Mexico
1,000
2
Anna von Reinhart
The Wheeler School
Rhode Island
995
3
Daniel Lenhoff
Taylor HS
Texas A
990
3
Samantha Henry
El Camino Real
California
990
3
Lindsay Fry
Centennial
Idaho B
990
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Gina Dumkrieger
University
Arizona A
1,000
2
Jia Jing Liu
University
Arizona A
995
2
Cynthia Wong
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
995
3
Scott Louis
Taylor HS
Texas A
990
3
Jame McMahon
North HS
Ohio A
990
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Deepak Neduvelil
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin A
1,000
2
Zach van Meter
Friendswood
Texas B
997
3
Daniel Majchrowicz
Friendswood
Texas B
993
Super Quiz [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Nathaniel Whittemore
Scarborough
Maine
1000
2
Aria Haghighi
El Camino Real
California
985
2
Erin Vigil
St. Pius X
New Mexico
985
2
Cathi Bonin
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin A
985
3
Yoshi Ludwig
St. Peter
Minnesota A
970
3
Lina Dimachkieh
Taylor HS
Texas A
970
3
Catherine Roop
St. Pius X
New Mexico
970
3
Jason Eversman
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin A
970
3
Marianne Tarcov
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
970
3
Bethany Pledge
Jackson Central-Merry
Tennessee
970
Scholastic [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Blake Binford
Friendswood
Texas B
985
2
Sam Rodkey
Taylor HS
Texas A
970
3
Mark Mulder
St. Pius X
New Mexico
955
3
John Henry Gonzalez
Whitney Young Magnet
Illinois
955
3
Matt Waldrop
Jackson Central-Merry
Tennessee
955
Varsity [ edit ]
Rank
Name
School
State
Score
1
Walter Ching
El Camino Real
California
955
2
Rachel Neuman
Indian Hills
New Jersey B
925
2
Brent Morris
Indian Hills
New Jersey B
925
2
Daniel Majchrowicz
Friendswood
Texas B
925
3
Andy Vlazny
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin A
910
High Scorer from Each Team [ edit ]
High Scorer from Each Team
Score
Student
School
State
8,396
Daniel Lenhoff
James E. Taylor
Texas A
8,370
Aria Haghighi
El Camino Real
California
8,343
David Griswold
Tupelo
Mississippi
8,266
Nathaniel Whittemore
Scarborough
Maine
8,092
Andrew Lim
Acton-Boxborough Regional
Massachusetts
7,836
Cathi Bonin
Catholic Memorial
Wisconsin A
7,791
Elizabeth Dreeland
University
Arizona A
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