Dulles High School Academic Decathlon Team Earns Third Place in National Competition

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Dulles High School’s Academic Decathlon team earned third place at the 2024 National Competition, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this May.

Dulles remains a dominant team in the Decathlon, earning third place at last year’s national competition and second place in 2022, among its many state and regional wins.  In addition to their team placement, they received 28 individual medals and two individual overall placements. Individual results are as follows:

Anant Asthana – Seven individual medals and first place overall in Honors category

Koushik Chaliki – Seven individual medals and third place overall in Scholastic category

Sreela Gutha – One individual medal and seventh place overall in Varsity category

Audrey Hanan – Four individual medals and sixth place overall in Scholastic category

Alex He – Four individual medals and fourth place in Scholastic category

Ella Sheridan – Eighth place overall in Varsity category

Sriram Susarla – Three individual medals and seventh place overall in Honors category

Jason Wu – Three individual medals and eighth place overall in Honors category

This was the last competition for Dulles teacher and Decathlon Coach Kelsey Halfen, who has served the team for 19 years.