Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Monday, February 28, 2011

Dixie and Meadowthorpe won their respective district contests in the first round of the 2011 Governor’s Cup elementary school competition, which concluded Feb. 26.

The Governor’s Cup was founded in 1986 as a way to promote and recognize outstanding achievement. Kentucky’s premier academic competition, it consists of five written assessment exams, composition (on-demand writing), future problem-solving and quick recall (also known as quiz bowl).  

Here are the top results from Fayette County Public Schools.

District 73:

• Overall: 1^st Dixie Elementary Magnet; 3^rd Maxwell Elementary; 4th Booker T. Washington Academy.
• Math: 1^st Garrett Lockwood, 2^nd Ryan Landry, 3^rd John Felty, all of Dixie.
• Science: 1^st Braxton Funk, Maxwell; T 2^nd Seth Cook, Dixie; T 2^nd William Blitch, Maxwell.
• Composition: 1^st Myana Carter, T 2^nd Katelyn Gentry, T 2^nd Jazlyne Harriston, all of Dixie.
• Social Studies: 1^st John Felty, Dixie; 3^rd Enio Kuvliev, Maxwell.
• Language Arts: 2^nd Daisy Helmuth, Maxwell; 3^rd Suzana Caudill, Dixie.
• Arts & Humanities: 1^st Ryan Landry, 2^nd Suzana Caudill, both of Dixie.
• Future problem-solving: 1^st Dixie.
• Quick recall: 1^st Dixie; 3^rd Maxwell.
• Hume Sportsmanship Award: Dixie.

District 74:

• Overall: 1^st Meadowthorpe Elementary; 2^nd Garden Springs Elementary; 3^rd Ashland Elementary.
• Math: 1^st Zsombor Gal, Meadowthorpe; T 2^nd David Ma, Meadowthorpe; T 2^nd David Thomas, Garden Springs.
• Science: 1^st Sheridan Wagner, Ashland; 2^nd Zack Wang, Meadowthorpe; 3^rd Hannah Wang, Meadowthorpe.
• Composition: 1^st Hanmir Jeong, Meadowthorpe; 2^nd Carrie Littleton, Garden Springs; T 3^rd Carly Littleton, Garden Springs; T 3^rd Hannah Wang, Meadowthorpe.
• Social Studies: 1^st Gus Carlson, 2^nd Will Andrews, 3^rd Kevin Liao, all of Meadowthorpe.
• Language Arts: 1^st Hanmir Jeong, Meadowthorpe; 2^nd David Ma, Meadowthorpe; 3^rd Andy Du, Ashland.
• Arts & Humanities: 1^st Zsombor Gal, Meadowthorpe; 2^nd Helen Pang, Meadowthorpe; 3^rd Savanna Dudek, Garden Springs.
• Future problem-solving: T 1^st Garden Springs, T 1^st Meadowthorpe.
• Quick recall: 1^st Meadowthorpe, 2^nd Garden Springs, 3^rd Ashland.
• Hume Sportsmanship Award: Ashland.

District 75*:

• Overall: 3^rd Clays Mill*
• Math: 3^rd Joshua Ku, Clays Mill*
• Composition: 1^st Olivia Zastro.
• Social Studies: 1^st Drew Herald, 2^nd J.J. Hayek.
• Language Arts: 1^st Rachel Wagers.
• Arts & Humanities: 2^nd Ben Stone.
• Quick recall: 2^nd Clays Mill.
• * Clays Mill was the only FCPS school competing in District 75.

District 76:

• Overall: 2^nd Athens-Chilesburg Elementary; 3^rd Southern Elementary; 4th Millcreek Elementary; 5th Julius Marks Elementary.
• Math: 1^st Austin Booth, Athens-Chilesburg.
• Composition: 1^st Kate Joseph, Athens-Chilesburg; 2^nd Rachel Powers, Southern; 3^rd Leccys Smith, Millcreek.
• Social Studies: 3^rd Austin Booth, Athens-Chilesburg.
• Language Arts: 3^rd Alex Welch, Athens-Chilesburg.
• Arts & Humanities: 2^nd Anna Owens, Athens-Chilesburg Elementary.
• Future problem-solving: 1^st Athens-Chilesburg.
• Quick recall: 2^nd Athens-Chilesburg; 3^rd Millcreek.
• Hume Sportsmanship Award: Millcreek.

Complete results from the Kentucky Association for Academic Competition

In the elementary division of Governor’s Cup, students participate in a district and a regional contest. The middle grades and high school divisions include a district, regional and state competition.

The 2011 elementary regionals are set for March 15 and 19.