The Dayton High School UIL Academics Team competed on Saturday at Porter High School and Tuesday at Stephen F. Austin State University in the District 16-5A Academic Competition. Several Dayton students placed in the competition and will be advancing to the Regional Competition.
Here are the results:
- Number Sense Team – Placed first in District and will advance to Region Competition; Team members are David Coll, Jimmy Rivera and Azlyn Narvaez.
- Madison Beathea placed third in Poetry Interpretation and will advance to the Regional Competition.
- Placing in Poetry Interpretation were Shelby Berry in 4th place and Aaron Sells in 5th place.
- Eric Silva placed 4th in Extemporaneous Informative Speech.
One Dayton student, David Coll, had an exceptional day and placed in numerous events:
- Calculator Applications – 1st Place Overall
- Number Sense – 1st Place Overall
- Science – 2nd Place Overall
- Chemistry – 1st Place
- Biology – 2nd Place
- Physics – 2nd Place
- Mathematics – 3rd Place Overall
- Social Studies – 3rd Place Overall
Coll is advancing to Regional Competition in all of these events.
The Regional Competition will be held at the University of Texas at Arlington campus next month.