# Any Former Academic Decathlon Participants?

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**Created:** [March 26, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-former-academic-decathlon-participants/296315 "2005-03-26T04:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-former-academic-decathlon-participants/296315/1 "2005-03-26T04:26:27Z")

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And, if so, list 1) the years you participated, 2) how far your team advanced, and 3) any medals won.

Going first…

1. 2001-2003
2. Never left the locals.
3. Around a dozen medals: two apiece in 2001 and 2002, and around eight or so in 2003, including a Super Decathlete (Silver) medal.

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**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-former-academic-decathlon-participants/296315/2 "2005-03-26T18:21:11Z")

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1. 99-00
2. State both times where we would get slaughered every time. Texas is super competitive and who ever wins it usually becomes national, unless California has a good team. We’d always go in ranked around 15th and end up falling ten places because most of us concidered state as a school paid hotel party. But damn was it fun losing horribly.
3. Around 8 the first time and 10 the second at regionals. 1 at State for social sciences. Of course, when I tell you that I only competed against other C students it seems a whole lot less impressive. Actually reading the material puts you far above most other c students. Still, at regionals I beat the second placed B student at regionals. She later became my wife. I never let her forget that fact.

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**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-former-academic-decathlon-participants/296315/3 "2005-03-26T18:23:05Z")

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Its also not suprising from my horribly worded posting, that essay killed my score every year.