EL CAMINO WINS\Decathlon champs bound for Atlanta.Byline: Terri Hardy Daily News Staff Writer Woodland Hills' El Camino High kept alive Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Unified's five-year winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" Sunday with a first-place finish Noun 1. first-place finish - a finish in first place (as in a race) win - a victory (as in a race or other competition); "he was happy to get the win" at the state 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. . "It was pretty stressful. But we pulled it off and I'm really proud of my team," said Eldar Brodski, 17, among the tired-but-happy El Camino teens arriving home Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. after a four-hour bus ride. El Camino will head to the U.S. Academic Decathlon in Atlanta on April 19. The second-place finisher was Laguna Hills La·gu·na Hills A city of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Population: 33,600. High. The nine-student El Camino team was the odds-on favorite and swept several individual events at the competition, held at Fresno State University. Still the Woodland Hills brain squad was "sweating bullets" in the moments before the winners were announced, said coach Dave Roberson. "When we realized we'd won, we went ballistic," Roberson said. "Right now, we're on a runner's high," said Kasra Torabi, 17."It was very much worth it - eight months of hard labor HARD LABOR, punishment. In those states where the penitentiary system has been adopted, convicts who are to be imprisoned, as part of their punishment, are sentenced to perform hard labor. ." "I think they have a very good chance of going all the way," said Judy Combs, executive director of the California Academic Decathlon. "They have the determination, the excitement and the support." The win was the fifth in a row for 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. , and the second first-place finish for El Camino since 1992. National title holders include two Los Angeles Unified winners - last year's first-place finisher, John Marshall High in Los Feliz, and Taft High in Woodland Hills. At Sunday's ceremony, El Camino team members, relatives, and school officials got a thunderous, standing ovation from hundreds of audience members when they stepped to the stage. "I actually started crying," Combs said. The competition featured 450 students from 41 California high schools. Brodski's father,Ruben, was so excited he called relatives in Israel, France and Uruguay to spread the happy news. El Camino parlayed impressive individual performances and a strong second-place showing in the team Super Quiz to rack up 49,239 points out of a possible 60,000 in the two-day event. Laguna Hills earned 48,419. El Camino students said the awards ceremony was a nail-biter because of Laguna Hills' Super Quiz win, which sometimes foreshadows the overall winner. "We didn't even know about Laguna Hills. It was like a dark horse came out of nowhere," Brodski said. Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. High placed third, followed by Leland High in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. County, fourth; and Simi Valley High, fifth, with 44,112. Alemany High was ninth with 42,278. El Camino competitors took home medals in each individual category - mathematics, science, fine arts, economics, social science, language, and literature. The team also captured the top prize in the individual speech and essay competitions. Justin Weaver claimed a bronze overall medal with 8,566 out of 10,000 points, just a few points ahead of fourth-place teammate Dale Shuger, who scored 8,525. The El Camino team members are Shuger, Weaver, Matthew Backes, Eldar Brodski, Arabella David, Isis Okowita, Sarah Sabolek, Jenny Stefanotty, and Kasra Torabi. The team comprises three students each with A, B and C grade averages. Also coaching was teacher Sharon Markenson. On the bus ride back home, team members, relaxed, plotted strategy for the national competition, and kept an eye on the 4-foot-high trophy. "We gave a lot of our life to get that trophy," Torabi said. Today, El Camino's competitors begin a 10-day break from decathlon studies to catch up on regular school work. Afterward, they'll begin their quest for the national title in earnest. "They're ready," Roberson said. "They don't need any motivation, they have the ultimate goal, the prize in front of them." After the competition wrapped up Saturday night, team members unwound un·wound v. Past tense and past participle of unwind. unwound unwind at a Fresno hotel. "It was total chaos, I just closed my door and stayed away," Roberson said with a chuckle. "It sounded like cattle stampeding through the hallways." And how will Roberson celebrate the end of the state competition? "I'm going to sleep," he said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO (1 -- color) Isis Okowita, left, and Arabella David celebrate winning the academic decathlon. Thor Swift/Special to the Daily News (2) El Camino High School "El Camino High School" may refer to:
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