Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Monday, January 24, 2011

Winburn, Lexington Traditional Magnet and Beaumont middle schools flew out of the gates in the 2011 Governor’s Cup, topping their respective fields in district-level competition that wrapped up Jan. 22.

The Governor’s Cup was founded in 1986 as a way to promote and reward outstanding academic achievement. It has since become Kentucky’s premier academic competition.

A Governor’s Cup contest consists of eight events: five written assessment exams, composition (on-demand writing), future problem-solving and quick recall (also known as quiz bowl).

Elementary students participate in district and regional contests. The middle grades and high school divisions include district, regional and state competition.

Top results in District 56: (all from Winburn Middle School)

• Math – 1^st Kathleen Yang; 2^nd Angela Tseng; 3^rd Theodore Livas.
• Science – 3^rd Alaap Patil.
• Social studies – 1^st Daniel Ma.
• Language arts – 1^st Sydney Smith; 2^nd Erin Holbrook; 3^rd Max Morris.
• Arts & humanities – 1^st Daniel Ma.
• Composition – 2^nd Sydney Smith.
• Future problem-solving (team) – 1^st Winburn.
• Quick recall (team) – 1^st Winburn.
• Hume Sportsmanship Award: Winburn.

Top results in District 57:

• Math – 1^st Eric Xiong, Lexington Traditional Magnet School; 2^nd David Stevens, Morton Middle; T 3^rd Nima Mahmoudi, LTMS; T 3^rd Jack King, Edythe J. Hayes Middle.
• Science – 1^st Elliot Beach, LTMS; 2^nd Will Walters, LTMS.
• Social studies – 1^st Eric Xiong, LTMS; 3^rd Drew Sorenson, Edythe J. Hayes.
• Language arts – 1^st Will Walters, LTMS; 2^nd Alice Li, LTMS.
• Arts & humanities – 1^st Grace Goulson, LTMS; T 3^rd Angela Maske, LTMS.
• Composition – 1^st Alice Li, LTMS; 2^nd Angela Maske, LTMS; 3^rd Hunter Nelson, Morton.
• Future problem-solving (team) – T 1^st Morton; T 1^st LTMS.
• Quick recall (team) – 1^st LTMS; 3^rd Edythe J. Hayes.

Top results in District 58:

• Math – 1^st Elaine Lin, Beaumont Middle; 3^rd Sahil Nair, Beaumont.
• Science – 1^st Taha Husain; 2^nd Hannah Pulley; 3^rd George Simpson, all of Beaumont.
• Social studies – 2^nd Benjamin Bossert, Jessie Clark; 3^rd Taha Husain, Beaumont.
• Language arts – 1^st Elaine Lin, Beaumont; 2^nd Miranda Rojas, Jessie Clark; 3^rd Lauren Miller, Southern Middle.
• Arts & humanities – 1^st Kyra Seevers, Beaumont; 2^nd Ben Thornton, Jessie Clark.
• Composition – 1^st Joanna Slusarewicz, Beaumont; T 3^rd Celine Chea, Jessie M. Clark Middle; T 3^rd Linda Zhang, Beaumont.
• Future problem-solving team – 1^st Jessie Clark; 2^nd Beaumont.
• Quick recall team – 1^st Beaumont; 2^nd Jessie Clark.

Visit http://www.kaac.com/ for more details.

The middle school regional contests are Feb. 1 and 5, and the state competition is scheduled for March 12-14.