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.