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GEOGRAPHIC BEE 2008
California State Finals Winners
Congratulations 2008 California State Winner - Nikhil Desai (on left), 8th grade, Challenger School, Newark and 2nd place winner Kirklann Lau, shown above with Dr. Stephen Cunha
Winning question:
Energy-rich Balochistan, located on the border with
Iran
, is home to an insurgency movement demanding greater autonomy from what country? (
Pakistan
)
Second Place: Kirklann Lau, 8th grade, Sequoia Middle School, Newbury Park
Third Place: Aaron Miller, 7th grade, Healdsburg Middle School
A record 31 students scored a perfect 8 in the Preliminary Rounds, and 38 students scored 7/8. Mr. Desai correctly answered 35 out of 37 questions to win the bee. The Tie-Breaker Round lasted 18 rounds. Over 400 people attended on a warm and lovely spring day.
CONGRATULATIONS 2008
California
State
Finalists - listed South to North
Alexis Reyes,
Los Angeles
Adam Lipton,
Los Angeles
Samuel Cappoli,
Culver City
Jeremy Rocha,
Downey
Dean Messinger,
Santa Monica
Madeleine Lessard,
Altadena
Max Bork,
Pasadena
Shelley Garg,
Pasadena
Austin Moser, Chatsworth
Kirklann Lau,
Newbury
Park
Sam Kinsey, Northridge
Robert Xue,
Temple City
Sarah Hood,
Chula Vista
Narayan Gopinathan,
La Jolla
Andrew Lessig,
Poway
Jeremy Barroll, Poway
Henry Poole, Rancho Santa Fe
Richard Leary, San Diego
Anita Kulkarni, San Diego
Anthony Tokman, San Diego
Brian Hie, San Diego
Jacob Otto, Hesperia
Louie Cao, Highland
Lucas Shurson, Yucaipa
Ava Soleimany, Corona Del Mar
Kornkamol Pankam, Aliso Viejo
Justin Scott, Laguna Niguel
Alex Lewis, Mission Viejo
Casey Cho, Fountain Valley
Zachary Jones, Fountain Valley
Samuel Bressler, Fullerton
Sean Finck, Orange
Kalen Kasraie,Ventura
Miguel Wise, Camarillo
Manasa Ashok, Simi Valley
Alexander Freeman, San Luis Obispo
Tanner Muro, Tehachapi
Robert Spragg, Fresno
Lauren Bell, Carmel
Nicolas Kugel, Hillsborough
Andrew MacMillen, Hillsborough
Oliver Knitter, Daly City
Zachary Strom, Los Altos
Nicholas Crispie, Los Altos
Samuel Falkenhagen, Menlo Park
Ved Paranjpe, Mountain View
Will James, San Carlos
Vaibhav Menon, Sunnyvale
Gil Bar-Or, Sunnyvale
Hugo Kitano, San Francisco
Benjamin Schneider, San Francisco
Sean Donovan, San Francisco
Calvin Li, Palo Alto
John Richards, San Mateo
Richard Adelstein, San Mateo
Daniel Menche, San Mateo
Jon Matt, Antioch
Alek Venturino, Danville
Ryan Olson, Danville
Mark Manha, San Ramon
Julian Carney, Antioch
Sean Huang, Fremont
Ray Wu, Fremont
Kelly Xi, Hercules
Alice Hyde, Napa
Nikhil Desai, Newark
Eric Wu, Orinda
Evan Chow, Orinda
Aditya Sinha, Pleasanton
Tristan Boyd, Pleasanton
Kevin Moore, Dublin
Akshayraj Aitha, Dublin
Gilbert Lin, San Ramon
John Sexton, San Ramon
Bobby Huffaker, Walnut Creek
Aristotle Magganas, Piedmont
Kenan Perry, Belvedere Tiburon
Daniel Grubb, Rohnert Park
Lorenzo Cico, Fairfax
Alec White, Mill Valley
Duncan Hosie, Mill Valley
Perry Wood, Novato
Connor Thurgate, San Anselmo
Akshay Joshi, Cupertino
Danny Kim, Cupertino
Jeffrey Leong, Los Gatos
Imran Mahmood, San Jose
Pavitra Rengarajan, San Jose
Nishanth Subramaniam, San Jose
Naveed Chowdhury, San Jose
Zachary Zimmerle, Hickman
Karl Nimtz, Santa Rosa
Aaron Miller, Healdsburg
Sam Torgerson, Bayside
Jonathan Doram, Carmichael
Nezar Jamal, Carmichael
Daniel Mackay, Carmichael
Samuel Warren, Davis
Jackson Vose, Roseville
Skye Micklos, Mount Shasta
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