EL CAMINO HAS SUPER TIME IN CHICAGO VALLEY ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAM SEEKING NATIONAL TITLE.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer CHICAGO - El Camino Real High School El Camino Real High School (also known locally as "ECR" and by some more recently as "ELCO") is a public secondary school located in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California. emerged victorious Friday in a key portion of the 24th annual U.S. Academic Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. - keeping hopes alive that the team will bring home the school's fourth national title. The team gathered for a group hug group hug is a website that publishes anonymous confessions. Readers of the site are encouraged to "confess" using a simple form. All confessions go through a lengthy public screening process before appearing on the main page. after winning the oral relay in the decathlon's Super Quiz, marking the end of two days of grueling competition. ``I can relax now,'' said Lindsay Gibbs, 17, of Woodland Hills, sighing. ``When I was up there (competing), I felt so dizzy and tense, and now I feel like I'm on cloud nine.'' Because the quiz counts for only 4 percent of a team's total score, the El Camino team won't know whether it will take the top title until results are announced at tonight's championship banquet at the Palmer House This article is about the hotel in Chicago. For the Sauk Centre hotel, see The Palmer House (Sauk Centre). For Potter Palmer's mansion, see Palmer Mansion The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in downtown Chicago. Hilton Hotel in downtown Chicago. No final scores in the oral relay were revealed, but teams from Wisconsin and Texas tied for second place, followed by one from Mississippi. ``It feels wonderful, but we can't celebrate too hard until we find out how the other subjects went,'' said Christian Cerone, a team coach with Lissa Gregorio. ``We have a lot of respect for the teams from Arizona, Texas, Wisconsin Texas is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,703 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 116.7 km² (45. and Illinois. But I am so proud of these guys. They did a phenomenal job and they always come through for me.'' In addition to Gibbs, the nine-member team includes: Lindsey Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , 17, of West Hills; Laura Descher, 18, of West Hills; Ben Farahmand, 18, of Woodland Hills; Sean Follmer, 17, of Woodland Hills; Brian Hwang, 17, of West Hills; Jihwan Kim, 17, of Canoga Park; Kevin Rosenberg, 17, of West Hills; and Micah Roth, 17, of West Hills. During the oral relay, team members each answered five questions on astronomy topics such as black holes, spiral nebulae and red giants. About 500 people turned out to watch the 355 decathletes from 40 states compete. ``It's the experience of a lifetime: being in Chicago with all of your friends, competing for a national title,'' Kim said. Members of the El Camino team arrived in Chicago on Tuesday to prepare for the contest, spending most of their time studying, often in the hotel lobby adorned with chandeliers and an elaborately painted Beaux beaux n. A plural of beau. Arts ceiling. Team members often lobbed questions back and forth with teams from Texas and Indiana. Decathlon competition began Thursday. Team members wrote essays and took written exams in language and literature and math and science. They also gave speeches and were interviewed. On Friday, they took art, economics and music exams, and the written portion of the Super Quiz. If El Camino wins, it will give the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. its eighth national championship and California its 12th national title. El Camino won the nationals in 1998, 2001 and 2004. J.J. Pearce, a Richardson, Texas, high school, has the most national titles, winning in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1991. Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
(2) As their teammates compete, from front, Ben Farahmand, Brian Hwang, Micah Roth and Lindsey Cohen cheer them on. Brian Kersey/Associated Press |
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