Washington High School’s Academic Challenge team (ACES) participated in the Academic Challenge in Engineering and Science District Competition on Wednesday, February 5, at East Central College.

Washington’s varsity team took first place in the event and will move on to sectional competition in March.

“Our ACES team had a good day and represented Washington High School very well,” said WHS Academic Challenge Advisor Melissa Mauchenheimer. “Even if you didn’t medal, your points counted toward the team advancement. So it took everyone on the team to help get first place.”

Washington’s individual medalists from the district competition are as follows:

Biology

Second place - Cooper Guss

Chemistry

First place - Eleanor Raeker and Nathan Oreskovic

Computer Science

First place - Adam Kassebaum

Second place - Phineas Schneider and Brennan Sullivan

Engineering Graphics

Second place - Peter Bush

English

Second place – Nathan Oreskovic

Third place - Cooper Guss

Mathematics

First place - McLaine Graham

Second place - Joel Eckelkamp

Physics

Third place - McLaine Graham

WHS Academic Challenge Team

Washington High School’s Academic Challenge took first-place honors at the Academic Challenge in
Engineering and Science District Competition on Wednesday, February 5, at East Central College.
Front row, from left, are Christian Potter, Eleanor Raeker, Grace Gargrave, Olivia Jensen, Sarah Stewart
and Advisor Melissa Mauchenheimer. Middle row, from left, are Brennan Sullivan, Thomas Enkvetchakul,
Daniel Hotra, Peter Bush, McLaine Graham, Christian Rennick, Adam Kassebaum and Nathan Oreskovic.
Back row, from left, are Phineas Schneider, Artie Nieman, Andrew Elbert, Landon Kriete, Colton Warnecke,
Aidan Hopfensperger, Jack Henderson, Joel Eckelkamp, Cooper Guss and Luke Mauchenheimer.