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100 Students Qualify For National Geographic State Bee
Good luck to these 100 Wisconsin students later this month!
WISCONSIN -- One hundred Wisconsin students in grades four through eight have qualified to compete in the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee for a chance to win college scholarships and the glory of being the National Geographic GeoBee Champion.
These 100 students have won their school's respective geography bees and will now compete at the state competition, which will be held later this month at the American Family Insurance Corporate Headquarters in Madison.
One champion from each state and territory will advance to the National Geographic GeoBee Championship, which will be held May 19-22 at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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| City | School | First Name | Last Name | Grade | |
| Antigo | Peace Lutheran | Gordon | Lucht | 6 | |
| Appleton | Magellan Middle | Benjamin | Krebsbach | 8 | |
| Baraboo | Jack Young Middle | Brady | Johnson | 7 | |
| Beaver Dam | Beaver Dam Middle | Warrick | Gochenaur | 8 | |
| Bloomer | Bloomer Middle | Brooke | Wittrock | 8 | |
| Brookfield | Brookfield Academy-Middle Sch | Krish | Sharma | 7 | |
| Brookfield | Brookfield Christian | Will | Duimstra | 8 | |
| Brookfield | Wisconsin Hills Middle | Ram | Vaidhyanathan | 8 | |
| Brussels | Southern Door Elem Middle Sch | Josie | Kennedy | 8 | |
| Burlington | Randall Cons Elementary | Bradley | Becker | 8 | |
| Cedarburg | Webster Middle | Mikael | Olsen | 8 | |
| Chilton | Chilton Middle | Logan | Platner | 6 | |
| Cottage Grove | Glacial Drumlin | Noah | Thwing | 7 | |
| Cross Plains | Glacier Creek Middle | Aditya | Kamat | 8 | |
| De Forest | De Forest Area Middle | Bennett | Morrison | 6 | |
| De Pere | De Pere Middle | Riley | Tomlinson | 7 | |
| De Pere | West De Pere Middle | Brady | Kamler | 7 | |
| Edgerton | Edgerton Cmty Elem | Lucas | Huber | 5 | |
| Elm Grove | Pilgrim Park Middle | Akshat | Channashetti | 8 | |
| Elm Grove | St Mary Visitation | Max | Mindy | 7 | |
| Fall Creek | Fall Creek Middle | Jeffrey | Ritger | 8 | |
| Fond Du Lac | Faith Lutheran | Logan | Poch | 7 | |
| Franklin | Ben Franklin Elementary | Fayzaan | Virk | 6 | |
| Franklin | Forest Park Middle | Adhav | Ravikumar | 7 | |
| Franklin | Robinwood Elementary | Nehan | Sajeeth | 6 | |
| Franksville | Raymond Elementary | Christian | Demarest | 8 | |
| Green Bay | Edison Middle | Preston | Schenk | 8 | |
| Green Bay | Holy Cross | William | Vincent | 8 | |
| Green Bay | Pilgrim Lutheran | Kyler | Handrich | 8 | |
| Green Bay | Red Smith | Ian | Hoppe | 8 | |
| Green Bay | St Mark Lutheran | Keely | Adrian | 8 | |
| Greendale | St Alphonsus | Zachary | Nagel | 7 | |
| Hartford | Central Middle | Richard | Glidden | 8 | |
| Hartland | Lake Country | Maxime | Venon | 7 | |
| Hartland | Swallow Elementary | Aine | Thomas | 8 | |
| Hudson | Hudson Middle | Graeme | Pearson | 7 | |
| Janesville | St Paul Lutheran | Andrew | Kent | 8 | |
| La Crosse | Aquinas Middle | William | Grob | 8 | |
| La Crosse | Lincoln Middle | Roman | Westrich | 8 | |
| La Crosse | Logan Middle | Jeffrey | Brandt | 7 | |
| Lake Geneva | Traver Elementary | Timothy | Geils | 8 | |
| Lake Geneva | Woods Elementary | Timothy | DeVries | 8 | |
| Lake Mills | St Paul Evang Lutheran | Joseph | Metzger | 6 | |
| Lodi | Lodi Middle | Walter | Beld | 7 | |
| Madison | Hamilton Middle | andrei | chiruta | 8 | |
| Madison | Shorewood Elementary | Steven | Kuemmel | 5 | |
| Madison | St James | Ben | Eithun | 6 | |
| Madison | St Maria Goretti | Olivia | DeFever | 8 | |
| Marshall | Marshall Middle | Grayson | Armstrong | 7 | |
| Marshfield | Marshfield Middle | Monet | Veers | 8 | |
| Mauston | Gordon Olson Middle | Brody | McCluskey | 8 | |
| Mauston | St Patrick | Graham | Hallwood | 8 | |
| Menomonee Fls | North Middle | Luke | Booher | 7 | |
| Menomonee Fls | Riverside Elementary | Nishanth | Suthan | 5 | |
| Menomonie | Menomonie Middle | Kieran | Bignell | 6 | |
| Mequon | Lake Shore Middle | Isaac | Bloomgarden | 8 | |
| Mequon | Lumen Christi Catholic | Luke | Running | 6 | |
| Middleton | E G Kromrey Middle | Harry | Jin | 6 | |
| Milwaukee | St Jude The Apostle | August | Conradson | 6 | |
| Milwaukee | St Sebastian | Katherine | Knapp | 8 | |
| Milwaukee | Univ Of Milwaukee | August | Neumann | 7 | |
| Mondovi | Mondovi Middle | Sofia | Sandberg | 8 | |
| Muskego | Lake Denoon Middle | Matthew | Kouba | 8 | |
| New Berlin | New Berlin West Mid High Sch | John | Thomas | 8 | |
| New London | New London Middle | Will | Hoover | 8 | |
| New Richmond | New Richmond Middle | Elva | Crist | 8 | |
| Oconomowoc | St Jerome | Samuel | Ganos | 6 | |
| Oconto Falls | Green Bay Area Homeers | Josiah | Olinski | 7 | |
| Onalaska | Onalaska Middle | Arthur | Wu | 7 | |
| Pardeeville | Pardeeville Middle High | Ruby | Payne | 8 | |
| Pewaukee | Asa Clark Middle | Nicholas | Frank | 8 | |
| Pewaukee | Christian Education Leadership Academy | Mathew | Chu | 8 | |
| Prt Washingtn | Thomas Jefferson Middle | Logan | Williams | 6 | |
| Pulaski | Pulaski Cmty Middle | Tyler | VanBoxtel | 8 | |
| Racine | Gifford Elementary | Yashovardhan | Patil | 8 | |
| Racine | St Rita | Mary | Weisensel | 7 | |
| Richfield | Richfield Middle | Nathan | Schmitt | 8 | |
| Ripon | Ripon Middle | Jayden | Hiemstra | 8 | |
| Saint Francis | Deer Creek Intermediate | Calvin | Bolze | 7 | |
| Sheboygan | Farnsworth Middle | Agan | Ganija | 7 | |
| Sheboygan | Trinity Lutheran | Benton | Currey | 6 | |
| Shorewood | Shorewood Intermediate | James | Swenson | 7 | |
| Somerset | St Anne Catholic | Ellie | Schmitt | 6 | |
| Spooner | Spooner Middle | Andrew | Gothblad | 8 | |
| Sun Prairie | Prairie View Middle | Ian | Graves | 6 | |
| Superior | Superior Middle | Evelyn | Warring | 8 | |
| Sussex | Templeton Middle | Sophia | Heyn | 8 | |
| Tigerton | Tigerton Jr Sr High | Elizabeth | Steuck | 7 | |
| Tomahawk | Tomahawk Middle | Andrew | Samundsen | 7 | |
| Union Grove | Yorkville Elementary | Nicholas | Miller | 7 | |
| Viroqua | Viroqua Elementary | Dylan | Andersen | 8 | |
| Watertown | Riverside Middle | Emily | Page | 7 | |
| Waukesha | Waukesha Catholic | Calvin | Whitney | 7 | |
| Waunakee | Madison Country Day | Elsa | Moritz | 8 | |
| Waunakee | Waunakee Middle | Jackson | Empereur | 8 | |
| Waupaca | Waupaca Middle | Emily | Bauer | 8 | |
| Wauwatosa | St Joseph -Wauwatosa | Casey | Brophey | 8 | |
| West Bend | Badger Middle | Samantha | Struhar | 8 | |
| Weyauwega | Weyauwega-Fremont Middle Sch | Victor | Kiedrowski | 7 | |
| Whitefish Bay | Holy Family | Megan | Curran | 7 | |
| Whitefish Bay | Whitefish Bay Middle | Sarah | Dyer | 7 | |
| Wisc Dells | Spring Hill Middle | Mikolaj | Amaya | 8 | |
| Wrightstown | Wrightstown Middle | Drew | Skaletski | 7 |
The 2019 national champion will receive a $25,000 college scholarship, $1,000 in cash, a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and an all-expenses-paid Lindblad expedition to the Galápagos Islands aboard the National Geographic Endeavour ll.
The second-place finisher will receive a $10,000 college scholarship and $1,000 in cash; the student finishing in third place will receive a $5,000 college scholarship and $1,000 in cash; and seven runners-up will each receive $1,000 in cash.
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