Academic Decathlon Winners

Winners of the 20th annual Orange County Academic Decathlon were announced Thursday night in an awards ceremony at the Disneyland Hotel.

The following list is of the winning high school teams and individuals, both overall and in the individual events.

Each of the decathlon’s categories had a possible total of 1,000 points. A team’s two highest scores on each competition level were added to determine the team’s total. To determine the overall winner, the team totals from all categories on the three levels of competition were added.

OVERALL TEAM WINNERS

1. Los Alamitos: 40,581

2. Foothill: 40,115

3. Sunny Hills: 39,630

4. Laguna Hills: 38,415

5. University: 37,686

6. Loara: 36,845

7. Dana Hills: 36,786

8. Edison: 35,747

9. Mission Viejo: 35,715

10. Brea-Olinda: 35,559

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL WINNERS

Honor 1. Paul Cash, Foothill: 8,123

2. Horace Lin, Foothill: 7,702

3. Peter Lo, Loara: 7,460

Scholastic 1. Conrad Kanno, Foothill: 7,080

2. David Hsu, Sunny Hills: 6,953

3. Mike Landis, Laguna Hills: 6,925

Varsity 1. Sharon Wragg, Sunny Hills: 6,725

2. Scott Goffman, Dana Hills: 6,472

3. Kurt Spurgin, Los Alamitos: 6,400

ECONOMICS

Honor 1. Allan Chen, Dana Hills: 700

1. Howard Richner, Brea-Olinda: 700

1. Stewart Vachal, Troy: 700

2. Paul Cash, Foothill: 660

2. Jeffrey McClellan, El Toro: 660

2. Derek Stanford, Los Alamitos: 660

3. Cynthia Wolf, El Dorado: 640

Scholastic 1. John Chi, Sunny Hills: 700

2. Ken Coleman, El Toro: 680

3. Dina Fayer, Estancia: 660

Varsity 1. Derek Gullage, Katella: 680

2. Kurt Spurgin, Los Alamitos: 660

3. Aaron Abrams, Westminster: 620

3. Scott Goffman, Dana Hills: 620

3. Feargus Urquhart, Tustin: 620

ESSAY

Honor 1. Nancy Won, University: 940

2. Paul Cash, Foothill: 920

2. P. Chen, Capistrano Valley: 920

3. Derek Stanford, Los Alamitos: 910

Scholastic 1. Jon Chihorek, Mission Viejo: 980

2. Steve Woods, Los Alamitos: 930

3. An Bui, University: 920

Varsity 1. Scott Goffman, Dana Hills: 900

2. Don Berry, Foothill: 890

2. Susan Kerley, El Toro: 890

2. Paul Niwa, Brea-Olinda: 890

3. Michelle Brown, Edison: 860

3. Sharilyn Neidhardt, Dana Hills: 860

FINE ARTS

Honor 1. Jeremy Roethler, Laguna Hills: 900

2. Todd Habblitz, Pacifica: 880

3. Stephanie Baker, Loara: 860

Scholastic 1. Dina Fayer, Estancia: 840

2. Miriam Burstein, Los Alamitos: 820

3. Abby Bridge, Foothill: 800

3. Conrad Kanno, Foothill: 800

3. Matt Leibel, University: 800

3. Matt Young, El Toro: 800

Varsity 1. Jeff Gima, Los Alamitos: 780

2. Matt Carter, Los Alamitos: 760

2. Sharilyn Neidhardt, Dana Hills: 760

3. Albert Chang, Loara: 720

INTERVIEW

Honor 1. J. Thompson, Capistrano Valley: 966

2. Dean Gray, Katella: 950

3. Chris Martin, Mission Viejo: 940

Scholastic 1. Michelle Shanks, El Dorado: 960

2. Dina Fayer, Estancia: 925

3. Rob Baldwin, Tustin: 910

3. Jim Delehoy, Loara: 910

Varsity 1. Andy Hong, Troy: 955

1. J. Saporito, Capistrano Valley: 955

2. Andy Clark, Pacifica: 940

2. Eric Marleau, Mission Viejo: 940

3. John Collins, Foothill: 920

3. John Decker, Estancia: 920

LITERATURE & LANGUAGE

Honor 1. Peter Lo, Loara: 900

2. Horace Lin, Foothill: 880

2. Paul Cash, Foothill: 880

3. Derek Stanford, Los Alamitos: 860

Scholastic 1. An Bui, University: 860

2. Dina Fayer, Estancia: 840

3. Abby Bridge, Foothill: 800

3. Conrad Kanno, Foothill: 800

Varsity 1. Lori Baker, Woodbridge: 800

2. Robin Lee, University: 780

3. Don Berry, Foothill: 720

3. Michelle Brown, Edison: 720

3. Jeff Gima, Los Alamitos: 720

3. Jeff Lubetkin, Trabuco Hills: 720

MATHEMATICS

Honor 1. Paul Cash, Foothill: 1,000

2. Peter Lo, Loara: 900

3. Jason Black, Edison: 850

3. Horace Lin, Foothill: 850

Scholastic 1. David Hsu, Sunny Hills: 975

2. Jason Garner, University: 925

2. Conrad Kanno, Foothill: 925

3. Ken Coleman, El Toro: 825

Varsity 1. David Esslinger, Foothill: 775

2. Show Kitagami, Sunny Hills: 700

2. Jeff Lubetkin, Trabuco Hills: 700

3. Jeff Gima, Los Alamitos: 675

3. Sharon Wragg, Sunny Hills: 675

SCIENCE

Honor 1. Peter Mardahl, Katella: 660

2. John Bryant, Saddleback: 620

3. Ted Carson, El Dorado: 600

3. Omar Figueroa, Woodbridge: 600

Scholastic 1. Mike Landis, Laguna Hills: 720

2. David Hsu, Sunny Hills: 620

3. Timothy Davis, El Dorado: 600

Varsity 1. Jeff Gima, Los Alamitos: 580

2. Sharon Wragg, Sunny Hills: 540

3. Danny Gullo, Laguna Hills: 500

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Honor 1. Todd Habblitz, Pacifica: 920

2. Ken Yuen, Loara: 900

3. Horace Lin, Foothill: 840

3. Peter Lo, Loara: 840

Scholastic 1. Laurene Harding, Los Alamitos: 780

2. Matt Leibel, University: 760

3. Miriam Burstein, Los Alamitos: 740

Varsity 1. Kurt Spurgin, Los Alamitos: 760

2. Matt Carter, Los Alamitos: 700

3. Jeff Gima, Los Alamitos: 680

SPEECH

Honor 1. Nancy Kedzierski, Laguna Hills: 1,000

2. R. M. Mastracci, Brea-Olinda: 950

3. Laura Johnson, Edison: 940

Scholastic 1. Jonathan Payne, Trabuco Hills: 955

2. Steve Woods, Los Alamitos: 910

3. Michael Tomita, Troy: 873

Varsity 1. Joe Gobar, Sunny Hills: 950

2. Scott Goffman, Dana Hills: 857

3. Jeff Gima, Los Alamitos: 853

SUPER QUIZ TEAM WINNERS

1. Dana Hills: 3,800

1. Loara: 3,800

2. Foothill: 3,600

2. Katella: 3,600

2. Los Alamitos: 3,600

3. Sunny Hills: 3,400

4. Edison: 3,200

4. El Toro: 3,200

4. Westminster: 3,200

5. Brea-Olinda: 3,000

5. Estancia: 3,000

5. Laguna Hills: 3,000

5. Marina: 3,000

5. University: 3,000

5. Woodbridge: 3,000