Holy Family Academic Decathlon Team Scores a Major Victory!
In a history-making victory for the Holy Family School Academic Decathlong team, Holy Family’s 10 decathletes took 2nd place in the 101-school Los Angeles Archdiocese competition, earning a place at the May state championship with wild cheers of joy from dozens of supporters who attended the stress-filled day of competitive testing.
In a specially victorious moment, the team scored a 2nd place in the tough logic competition, marking the first time that the Holy Family team has placed in the top 10 in that test. The team jumped to their feet with excitement and supporters rose in a wild standing ovation as decathlon officials hung medals around their necks.
The logic win, combined with a strong fourth place showing in the super quiz and stellar performances among individual test takers propelled the team to the top standing-and a new high for Holy Family decathletes. The first place school, St. Lawrence of Redondo Beach, scored only slightly higher than Holy Family.
The Team:
Tommy Altmayer: Literature Individual Test; Science Super Quiz
Camille Arboles: Logic Captain; Religion & Fine Arts Super Quiz
Sara Collins: History Individual Test; Religion Super Quiz
Gregory Evans: Current Events Individual Test; Fine Arts Super Quiz
Pascal Jakowec: Science Individual Test; Fine Arts Super Quiz
Casey Johnson: Religion Individual Test; Literature Super Quiz
Emily Pratt: English Individual Test; Literature Super Quiz
Charlie Ternan: Math Individual Test; History Super Quiz
Chris Villegas: History & Science Super Quiz; Logic Specialist
Chris Warren: Super Quiz Captain; Fine Arts Individual Test; Religion Super Quiz
Winston Anawalt & Henry Smith…Alternates
Holy Family School, 1301 Rollin Street, South Pasadena, (626) 799-4354 or visit www.school.holyfamily.org.
