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Competition Results: Academic Decathlon Spring 2006

The results are in and they're amazing!
 
Those that broke 5,000!
 
Efrain Jimenez       5, 041
Almarie Cavinta     5, 064
Desiree Robles      5, 303
T.J. Gintjee           5, 421
Paramjit Singh       5, 467
Tali La Porte          5, 509
Youri Yoon             5, 811
Monika Hartman      5, 947
Van Pham              5, 980
 
and breaking 6,000!...
 
Jose Lepe              6, 064
David Anderson     6, 197
Theresa Pia           6, 216
 
 
and breaking 7,000!!!
 
Susan Hakes           7, 262
Patrick Carlson        7, 506
Kevin Chow             7,540
 
and, with the insane 8,000+ score:
 
Dylan Service           8, 353
 
(and while I'm at it... might I add - that everyone who competed in both days of events broke at least 3,000!  Niiiice work!)

Now the Top Five Scores in ANY Category...  Unlike last year where it was just Interview, this time we scored high in both Interview AND Speech!  And because of ties it turns out to be seven peeps, not just five!
 
Patrick Carlson      980    Speech
Jose Lepe             972     Speech
Susan Hakes and Patrick Carlson (tie!) 960     Interview
Kevin Chow and Dylan Service (tie!) 955     Interview
Van Pham (Interview) and Tali La Porte (Speech)
950 (tie in different categories!)
 
And now the Subjective Supremacy List!  All these peeps scored OVER 600 in ALL THREE Subjective events!  (Essay, Speech - with Impromptu and Interview)
 
Breeanna Garcia
Claudia Grande
Efrain Jimenez
Van Pham
Jose Lepe
Tali La Porte
Almarie Cavinta
Theresa Pia
Monika Hartman
David Anderson
Dylan Service
Patrick Carlson
Susan Hakes
Kevin Chow
 
Wow!  Way to schmooze and impress!  Great job guys on those subjective events!

And now - the Top Three Lists!  In competition sequence...
 
Math (our team favorite) - yet... we were SECOND IN COUNTY THIS YEAR!!! Holy Moly!!!!  Amazing!!!!  (Thank you Moorpark!)
 
Kevin Chow - Math Whiz Extrordinaire       657
Patrick Carlson - Math Professor Emeritus  571
Van Pham - Math Whiz with a Vengeance   485
 
 
Language and Literature
 
Susan Hakes and Dylan Service          860
Kevin Chow                                    760
Paramjit Singh                                720
 
Music
 
Dylan Service                      900
Kevin Chow                         840
Susan Hakes                       800
 
 
Economics - Holy Moly Again!  One of our two WORST subjects last year - and now we come out second in County!!!!
 
Dylan Service                       880
Patrick Carlson                      660
Kevin Chow                          620
 
Science
 
Kevin Chow                          760
Dylan Service                       740
Patrick Carlson                     640
 
Art
 
Susan Hakes                          900
Dylan Service                         860
Kevin Chow                           800
 
Super Quiz (The Renaissance)
 
Dylan Service                         930
Patrick Carlson                      855
Kevin Chow and Susan Hakes   730  

Kevin, Susan and Dylan all got #1 rankings on Superquiz!  That means the three of them had the HIGHEST combined totals in their oral + written Superquiz scores - even though they did not get medals!

Top Freshman Score - just imagine what she'll be scoring in their senior year!:
 
Emily Tobey         4,068!   Great Work Emily!

Team Awards:
 
Congratulations to the Oxnard High 2005 - 2006 Academic Decathlon Team!  Scoring higher than any team in the history of Oxnard, scoring higher than any team in the history of the entire Oxnard Union High School District, our 27 students competed alongside 250 students from around the county, as well as against the national champs from Moorpark and, staying right on Moorpark's heels, we locked in a solid second place  in every single one of the 10 divisions county-wide, shutting out all other schools in the county for any second place awards.  As featured in the Ventura County Star, county wide, our A-Team tied for first place with Moorpark in the Super Quiz Relay, and came in second place overall in the county.  Our B-Team also came in second place against Moorpark, and our C-Team scored first place against all other C-Teams in the county competition! Congratulations to all the Aca Deca competitors for a great job - second in county and undisputed chapmions in the district, laying waste to Hueneme, Rio Mesa, Channel Islands, Pacifica, and Camarillo!  Great job team!  (More to come on individual awards scored by our decathletes ...)  GO OXNARD!!!

More Amazing Statistics....
 
The top 6 scores among all 26 competing teams!
 
Moorpark A             49,280
Oxnard A                43,076
Westlake A             35,556
Moorpark B             35,394
Thousand Oaks A     34,370
Oxnard B                33,128
 
Wow!  Oxnard's B-Team was sixth in county!!!  (Oxnard C-Team was at 24,804 - ahead of the next C-Team at 24,223 - so a close call!)  And Oxnard's A-Team was 6,000 points away from Moorpark... but 8,000 points ahead of Westlake!  Niiiice!

Team Awards -  
 
B-Team placed 2nd out of all 26 teams in Speech!
B-Team placed 3rd out of all 26 teams in Art!
 
Way to go B-Team!!!!
 
A-Team placed 3rd out of all 26 teams in Speech (heh, heh - B-team snuck it out from 'em!)
A-Team also placed 3rd out of all 26 teams in Math (Moorpark's B-Team placed 2nd)
 
and... swept the rest of the subjects with 2nd place right behind Moorpark's A-team in:  Essay, Interview, Language and Lit., Music, Econ., Art, and Science!  Way to go A-Team!!!
 
Overall A-Team won the 2nd place trophy for Superquiz.
 
A-Team and B-Team each took the 2nd place for their respective divisions - Red and Blue!  Even C-Team, when stacked up with the other C-Teams came in 1st place!
 
WooooHooooo!  We are awesome!
 
Team Spirit Awards:
 
These awards were chosen by both Mr. Borneman and the class to the three peeps who contributed greatly (each in different ways!) to making our team come together!
 
A-Team - Susan Hakes
B-Team - Paramjit Singh
C-Team - Matt Kim
 
Additionally there were three winners for the three teams: Highest Score on Each Team!
 
A-Team - Dylan Service
B-Team - Jose Lepe
C-Team - Breeanna Garcia
 
Great work!

Special Report: B and C Team Rankings

While the peeps in the top three spots nab the medals, there were great scores for lots of the rest of all our teammates.  Here's a smattering for the B and C teams...

Some B-Team Accomplishments:
 
Almarie #8 in Art
Tali  #8 in Essay, #9 in Speech
T.J. #5 in Language and Lit., #7 in Econ.
Jose #5 in Music and Art and Speech!, #7 in Language and Lit, #9 in Science - and Overall, #7 for ALL Scholastic students  
Van #2 in Essay, #6 in Math, #7 in Art, and #8 in Music
David H. #3 in Speech
Efrain #9 in Music
Paramjit #3 in Language and Lit., #6 in Music and Art
 
And the C-Team pulled a few great rankings as well!
 
Claudia #9 in Interview
Breeanna #10 in Math!
Candice #10 in Math too!
Brent #5 in Math, #9 in Science
and even Ben....  #10 in Language and Lit, Music, AND Science
 
Remember, those scores are compared to ALL students in the same category (Honors, Scholastic, Varsity).    Great job all!

C-Team Top Three Scores:
 
1. Breeanna Garcia  
2. Claudia Grande
3. Brent Swainston
 
Top C-Team Score in Each Category (data on SuperQuiz and Interview is momentarily incomplete...)
 
Language and Lit, Art, as well as Econ.: -  
Breeanna Garcia  
 
Music:
Ben Larios (wow, Ben!)
 
Science and Math:
Brent Swainston

COMMENTARY:

The good news is obvious:  we are awesome!  Thanks so much to Moorpark, Mr. McCrory and Mr. Conte for the work they put in to help us!     We swept second place royally!  Team scores ran as follows:
 
A-Teams:
1st - Moorpark 49,280
2nd - Oxnard    43,076
3rd Westlake 35,556
 
As you can see - our A-Team was definitely closer to Moorpark (a mere 5 questions per person per test).  Then an 8,000 point drop to third place and the rest of the 26 teams fall behind that...
 
B-Teams
1st - Moorpark 35,556
2nd - Oxnard   33,128
3rd - Westlake 30, 416
 
in other words, our B-Team scored 6th place over ALL in county, regardless of division!  And our C-Team even amped up the victory with a first place-ranking among C-Teams!
 
1st (among C-Teams) - Oxnard 24,804
2nd     - Newberry Park  24,223
3rd      - Westlake    16,375
 
That's awesome news.

Another untrophied triumph: On the A-Team, Patrick didn't have a single ranking below 8 (his lowest)!   Theresa and Dylan tied next in the rankings game with their lowest rankings at an 11!

This year, I am happy to announce that there is NO Hall of Shame.  Okay, so as not to disappoint you all - I will create one:

Our Hall of Shame Award goes to Matt Kim who scored 140 on Economics....  Yes... less than the random statistical average. Come on Matt!  How COULD YOU? You were supposed to use our secret team technique: "A-C-A-D-E-C-A" - which might have scored you a 200!)  But other than the deep and abiding sorrow I feel over Matt's Econ. scores, there's nothing I could find to be ashamed of... (and even then - I am proud of what Matt did on the rest!)

Still, since I am naturally cynical and pessimistic, here's what I can dredge up from the dark side...  
 
 
OHS will probably not make it to state.  This year CAD (California Academic Decathlon) is accepting 11 division 1 schools for at-large bids. (We are division 1.)  Though Lompoc is not competing this year, there is an additional at-large bid open.  It will be opened up for a division 2 school (since their district is division 2, so it makes sense), and not open to any division 1 teams.  That places the cut-off at 43,600 - though our A-Team scored 43,076.  On the other hand, if the at-large bid for Lompoc had been thrown open for any division, our A-Team would still be ineligible.  We were just behind one of the teams from Fresno that also got cut short.  
 
BUT...
 
You know what?  What we achieved is freakin' AWESOME!  We ran against Moorpark, national champions (albeit with their help) and came in a solid second place across the board and scored the highest in the history of our school and our district!!!!!  

Not only that... we still came in the top 20 in the state and the top 35 in the NATION!!!  State or no state - we ARE champs!  WOOOOHOOOOO - Way to go Team!!!!!

- B.