Event: IAC Elementary & Middle School Nationals, 2022
Tournament: International Geography Bee
Division: 8th Grade Schedule

Welcome to the International Geography Bee at IAC EMS 2022 Nationals

Playoff Information

*IGB Playoffs are going to begin at approximately 8:00PM - please be in or outside your Octo-Final or Tiebreak room at 7:55PM *

Qualifiers will have a (Q) in their name after playoffs are prepared, and will have rooms assigned for the Tiebreak and Octo-Final Rounds.

When there are ties, Tiebreaks will be played immediately before Octo-finals, and victors will move on to their Octo-final room assignment.

For more information, please view: The Playoff Schedule and Results Grid

In the event players lose their cards, the card table can be referenced here

General Information

Reminder that we are using block scheduling for preliminary rounds of this competition. Blocks will begin precisely at the specified time for their first rounds, and the second rounds will proceed immediately after. Please show up to the appropriate room during the appropriate block or you may not be able to play!

For the International Geography Bee, the block times are:

Playoff Qualifiers

In the International Geography Bee, the top 72 players in each division will qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs will follow this structure:

Prelims

Name School Grade Round A1 Room Round A2 Room Round B1 Room Round B2 Room Round C3 Room Round C4 Room Round D3 Room Round D4 Room Tiebreak Room Octofinal Room
Akarsh Kollu (Q) William R Satz MIddle School (NJ) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 46 ... ... ... Discovery 43
Nithish Jayaraj (Q) Timothy Edwards Middle School (CT) 8 Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... ... ... Discovery 44
Shouryan Dharm Sirsi (Q) Homeschool (NY) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... Discovery 45
Evann Tu (Q) BASIS Independent Silicon Valley (CA) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... Discovery 46
Ray Dai (Q) Fredonia Middle School (NY) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... ... ... Discovery 47
Will Zhang (Q) Odle Middle School (WA) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 52 ... ... ... Discovery 48
Maximilian Lin (Q) Eastchester Middle School (NY) 8 ... ... ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 Winter Park 50 ... Florida A
Tejomay Rao (Q) Cedar Valley Middle School (TX) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... Winter Park 53
Samanyu Ganesh (Q) The Westminster Schools (GA) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... Florida C
Nathaniel Schmidt (Q) Moravian Academy (PA) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... Winter Park 50
Grant Nichols (Q) Jones Middle School (OH) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 51 Winter Park 50 ... Winter Park 51
Jacob Aronow (Q) Ransom Everglades School (FL) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... Winter Park 52
Rylan Leonoudakis (Q) Thomas Hart Middle School (CA) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... Winter Park 52
Logan Szymanski (Q) Homeschool (IL) 8 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 46 ... Winter Park 51
Alexander Collell (Q) Thomas L. Sims Middle School (FL) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... Winter Park 50
Alan Marhic (Q) The Westminster Schools (GA) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 47 ... Florida C
Ethan Li (Q) Longfellow Middle School (VA) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... ... Winter Park 53
Levi Mirkis (Q) Acera School (MA) 8 Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... ... ... Florida A
Eli Musicar (Q) Plum Grove Junior High School (IL) 8 Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... Discovery 48
Thomas (Teddy) Fellrath (Q) New Albany Middle School (OH) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 51 ... Discovery 47
Derek Paterson (Q) Roscoe Middle School (IL) 8 Winter Park 52 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... Discovery 46
Souryashubhra Chatterjee (Q) Crossroads North Middle School (NJ) 8 ... ... Discovery 46 Discovery 48 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... Discovery 45
Hagop (Jack) Devejian (Q) Cavallini Middle School (NJ) 8 Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... ... Discovery 44
Kirin Cowell-Shah (Q) ACCESS Academy (OR) 8 Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... ... Discovery 43
John Andrews (Q) Stallings Island Middle School (GA) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 46 Discovery 45 ... Discovery 43
Randy Cooper (Q) Franklin Road Academy (TN) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 46 ... Discovery 44
Yash Shelar (Q) The Academy of the Sacred Heart (MO) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 48 ... Discovery 45
Brian Zhang (Q) Richard Garvey Intermediate School (CA) 8 Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... ... Discovery 46
Neev Sahgal (Q) Middlesex Middle School (CT) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... Discovery 47
Henry Beason (Q) Prairie Star Middle School (KS) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 52 ... Discovery 48
Tejas Yermalkar (Q) Aptakisic Junior High School (IL) 8 Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... ... ... Florida A
Raaghav Chakravarthy (Q) Challenger School - Strawberry Park (CA) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... ... Winter Park 53
Ian Kiely (Q) Mahtomedi Middle School (MN) 8 Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... ... ... Florida C
Phillip (Enzo) Davis (Q) Fort Settlement Middle School (TX) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... Winter Park 50
Edward Lin (Q) Longfellow Middle School (VA) 8 Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 46 ... ... ... Winter Park 51
Alex Steppe (Q) River Trail Middle School (GA) 8 Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 50 ... ... ... Winter Park 52
Spencer Paterson (Q) Roscoe Middle School (IL) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 51 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... Winter Park 52
Keshav Vedanth Tekalur (Q) Alston Ridge Middle School (NC) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... ... Winter Park 51
Sriram Susarla (Q) The Honor Roll School (TX) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... Winter Park 50
Pierce Arora (Q) Nysmith School for the Gifted (VA) 8 Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... Florida C
Nirmay Gupta (Q) South Middle School (MA) 8 Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... ... Discovery 46 Discovery 45 ... ... ... Winter Park 53
Theo Ferrara (Q) Freeport Middle School (ME) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 45 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... Florida A
Jack Bigman (Q) Caruso Middle School (IL) 8 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... Discovery 48
Hunter Cabral (Q) Hillview Middle School (CA) 8 Discovery 48 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... ... ... Discovery 47
Anand George (Q) University School of Milwaukee (WI) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 47 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... Discovery 46
Ekaksh Bansal (Q) Nelson Middle School (TX) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 47 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... ... Discovery 45
Patrick Keedy Brown (Q) Ransom Everglades School (FL) 8 Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... ... Discovery 44
Liam Schumacher (Q) Willard Middle School (VA) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... Discovery 43
Vonn Dudek (Q) Nichols Middle School (NY) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 50 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... Discovery 43
Taarak Mohan (WB) (Q) Thurgood Marshall Fundamental Middle School (FL) 8 Discovery 46 ... Discovery 46 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... Discovery 44
Thomas Duggar (Q) Midtown Classical (FL) 8 Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 50 ... ... ... Discovery 45
Jack Guyett (Q) Elgin Academy (IL) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... ... Discovery 46
Thomas del Rio (Q) Snowy Range Academy (WY) 8 Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 47 ... ... ... Discovery 47
Aaden Nguru (Q) Liberty Bell Middle (TN) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 45 ... ... ... Discovery 48
Naman Sinha (Q) Thornton Junior High School (CA) 8 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... Florida A
Elijah LaRosa (Q) Westfield Middle School (IN) 8 Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... ... Winter Park 53
Asher Franz (Q) Midtown Classical (FL) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... Florida C
Zachary Papper (Q) Out of Door Academy (FL) 8 Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... ... ... Winter Park 50
Ethan Brooks (Q) Westside Middle School (NE) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... Winter Park 51
Brad Cao (Q) Burleigh Manor Middle School (MD) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 47 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... Winter Park 52
Luke Olsen (Q) Wamego Middle School (KS) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... Winter Park 52
Layla Befidi (Q) Mahtomedi Middle School (MN) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 47 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... Winter Park 51
Vedant Mehta (Q) South Forsyth Middle School (GA) 8 Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 45 ... ... ... Winter Park 50
Brandon Gallo (Q) Cavallini Middle School (NJ) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... Florida C
Kamalesh Motamarri (Q) Wayzata West Middle School (MN) 8 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... Winter Park 53
Graham Kokas (Q) Great Valley Middle School (PA) 8 Discovery 47 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ... ... Florida A
Cooper McCloskey (Q) St. Mary’s School (CA) 8 Discovery 48 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... ... Discovery 48
Sofia Cardoso-Noriega (Q) Athlos Leadership Academy (MN) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 45 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... Discovery 47
Joel Drees (Q) Christ the King School (OH) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... ... ... Discovery 46
Preston Kuhn (Q) Yellow Breeches Middle School (PA) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... Discovery 45
Varun Kartick (Q) Great Valley Middle School (PA) 8 Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... ... Discovery 44
Brady Vicknair (Q) D'Iberville Middle School (MS) 8 Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 43 ...
Devan Brown (Q) Campbell Middle School (GA) 8 Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 43 ...
Will Staas (Q) Epiphany Cathedral (FL) 8 Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 43 ...
Sam Pitchford (Q) Alston Ridge Middle School (NC) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 43 ...
Yana Malpani Daniel Wright Junior High School (IL) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... ...
Faolan Dougherty Horizons K-8 (CO) 8 Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... ... ...
Abhijit Dingari Hillsborough Middle School (NJ) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ...
Annabella Shenoy River Trail Middle School (GA) 8 ... ... Discovery 46 Discovery 48 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... ...
Julian Cisek Mahtomedi Middle School (MN) 8 Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... ...
Samendu Manoj East Middle School (MI) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 52 ... ...
Aven Wirth Trinity Klein Lutheran School (TX) 8 Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ... ... ...
Joseph Snyder Northridge Middle School (IN) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 50 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ...
Harshul Neelam Wayzata West Middle School (MN) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... ...
Aidan Miller Foothills Community Christian School (MT) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 45 ... ...
Manuel E. Estela Galis-Menendez Dorado Academy (PR) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... ...
Connor Cheung Richard Garvey Intermediate School (CA) 8 Discovery 45 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... ...
Zavier Taff Homeschool (OH) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 46 ... ...
Sreekrishna Chintareddy Pizitz Middle School (AL) 8 Discovery 47 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ... ... ...
Charles Dahlke Somerset Lone Mountain (NV) 8 Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ... ... ...
Bennett Johnston Lausanne Collegiate School (TN) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 50 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ...
Lucas Askew Russell Middle School (NE) 8 Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ... ... ...
Noor Bhatti The Islamic Academy for Peace (MA) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 46 ... ... Winter Park 52 Discovery 47 ... ...
Neeta Yechoor Winchester Thurston (PA) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ...
Hays Wilson Out of Door Acedemy (FL) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 50 ... ...
Vincent McGuire Spring Branch Academic Institute (TX) 8 ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 47 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... ...
Aalif Hoque Bethel Middle School (CT) 8 ... ... Discovery 46 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 50 ... ...
Samarth Gautam River Trail Middle School (GA) 8 Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... ... Winter Park 51 Winter Park 50 ... ... ... ...
Rachel Huth Long Island School for the Gifted (NY) 8 ... ... ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ...
Emmett Aho Eaglebrook School (MA) 8 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 46 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 51 ... ...
Corley Whetstone Dutch Fork Middle School (SC) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 46 Winter Park 50 ... ...
Camden Hailey Sandcreek Middle School (ID) 8 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 47 Winter Park 52 ... ...
Sophie Ochiai Nysmith School for the Gifted (VA) 8 ... ... ... ... Discovery 48 Discovery 47 Discovery 47 Discovery 45 ... ...
Harry Gregg Concordia Lutheran School (IL) 8 Discovery 48 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 51 ... ... ... ...
Miraya Latchamsetty Greenhills School (MI) 8 Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 47 ... ... ... ...
Pranav Etta Crossroads South Middle School (NJ) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 52 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... ...
Brooklyn Hall Sandcreek Middle School (ID) 8 ... ... Winter Park 52 Winter Park 51 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 47 ... ...
Rajiv Purohit Great Valley Middle School (PA) 8 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 47 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ...
Monroe Township Middle School (NJ) 8 ... ... ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 Discovery 46 ... ...
Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School (FL) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 52 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 45 ... ... ... ...
Foothills Community Christian School (MT) 8 ... ... Discovery 45 Winter Park 52 ... ... Winter Park 51 Discovery 48 ... ...
Natchitoches Magnet School (LA) 8 Discovery 46 Winter Park 51 ... ... Winter Park 50 Discovery 48 ... ... ... ...
Phelps Middle School (WI) 8 Winter Park 52 Discovery 48 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 46 ... ... ... ...
Duniway Middle School (OR) 8 Discovery 47 Winter Park 51 ... ... Discovery 47 Discovery 45 ... ... ... ...