Congrats to Shreya Mangalam!

And Vikram Oberai, Owen Zhang, and Anshul Shetty.

All four are now Illinois state champions thanks to their stellar performances at the 2017 Illinois K-8 Championships completed March 12 in Normal, IL.

By a slender tiebreak differential, Avery Coonley School won the Junior High team championship over Chiddix Junior High. Both had 19.5 tallies based on the top four scores, with ACS earning a 121.0 Solkoff to Chiddix 118.0.

Aidan Carey contributed 5.5 to the ACS total while Alex Turk (5.0), Ojas Vasisht (4.5) and Annika Geiersbach (4.5) contributed to the team tally.

Jason Daniels lead the Chiddix team with 5.5, supported by 5.0's from Joseph Suh and Saisuhas Nelaturi, and a handful of 4.0's.

Wilmette Junior High was just a half-point behind, lead by Justin Weinzweig's 6.0 and 4.5's from Roger Li and Sarah Lin and a 4.0 from Ethan Salazar-Sobin.

In the Elementary (Grades 4-5) section, three teams tied with 18.5 points while two more posted 18.0's.

Once again, tiebreaks helped Avery Coonley win the top team prize, edging Evanston's Lincoln and Normal's Glenn Elementary.

In the (Grades 2-3) Upper Primary, Westbrook denied ACS a sweep of team championships, with a 21.0 tally, a point better than Colene Hoose and ACS, both with 20.0's.

In the Lower Primary (Grades K-1), ACS edged Colene Hoose 19.0 to 18.5 to win the top team award.

More results -- and photos -- will be added soon.

Thanks to the BNASC for running another fantastic event. Complete results are posted here. If players or the parents have any feedback on the event they would like included in the ICA liaison report, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

    Lower Primary   Upper Primary    
    Grades K-1   Grades 2-3    
1   Anshul Shetty 7.0   1st   Owen Zhang 7.0   1st   1
2   Lucas Prainito 6.5   2nd   Kaya Turgut 6.5   2nd   2
3   Liam Scott 6.0   T-3rd   Michael Li 6.0   T-3rd   3
4   David Liu 6.0   T-3rd   Ekansh Mehrotra 6.0   T-3rd   4
5   Jake Izhaky 6.0   T-3rd   Adam Elgat 6.0   T-3rd   5
6   Nandini Prakash 5.5   6th   Liam Murray 6.0   T-3rd   6
7   Hudson Lutifyya 5.0   T-7th   Ryan Kong 6.0   T-3rd   7
8   Akshith Narava 5.0   T-7th   Sohum Mehta 5.5   T-8th   8
9   Pragyan Misra 5.0   T-7th   Max Drees 5.5   T-8th   9
10   Christopher Sakaliyski 5.0   T-7th   Alex Popham 5.5   T-8th   10
11   Harshvardhan Bhangale 5.0   T-7th   Harshal Joshi 5.5   T-8th   11
12   Henry Shirley  5.0   T-7th   Mohit Bayyarapu 5.0   T-12th   12
13   Ren Lutfiyya 5.0   T-7th   Ria Raj 5.0   T-12th   13
14   Siddharth Krishnan 5.0   T-7th   Yuvraj Chennareddy 5.0   T-12th   14
15   Eliot Ash 5.0   T-7th   Nisha Salian 5.0   T-12th   15
16   Shane Asbra 5.0   T-7th   Dimitrios Deligiannis 5.0   T-12th   16
17   Simon Hunter 5.0   T-7th   Anthony Tsyganov 5.0   T-12th   17
18   Ajitesh Ramamurthy 4.5   T-18th   Wiliam Khazen 5.0   T-12th   18
19   Ken Yang 4.5   T-18th   Rajeeth Ganesan 5.0   T-12th   19
20   Jackson Caruso 4.5   T-18th   Lily Meegoda 5.0   T-12th   20
21   Cruz Martin 4.5   T-18th   Jacob Plotnick 5.0   T-12th   21
22   Sukhi Doddi 4.0   T-22nd   Benjamin Newman 5.0   T-12th   22
23   Will Geiersbach 4.0   T-22nd   Alex Daniels 5.0   T-12th   23
24   Jacob Myers 4.0   T-22nd   Vincent Fang 5.0   T-12th   24
25   Eric Gorokhovsky 4.0   T-22nd   Saatvik Kailasj 5.0   T-12th   25
                         
    Also tying for 22nd place with 4.0:   Also tying for 12nd place with 5.0:    
    Colin Wicks, Nihal Mallipudi,
Animish Amaravadi, Yutesh Ammu,
Julian Norton, Anya Liu, Zachary Borne,
Vamsi Munaganuri, Kristen Hou,
Victor Kirchev, Lucas Means, Michael Rusu,
Prapanj Suresh, Siddhartha Thuppal
  Journey Jackson,
Benjamin McKendall,
Austin Lok,
Ronak Potnis,
Aya Yasumoto,
Nikhil Kavutarapu
   
    93 entries   171 entries    
                         
    Elementary   Junior High    
    Grades 4-5   Grades 6-8    
1   Vikram Oberai 6.0   T-1st   Shreya Mangalam 7.0   1st   1
2   Rahul Bammidi 6.0   T-1st   Neel Jay 6.0   T-2nd   2
3   Avi Kaplan 6.0   T-1st   Justin Weinzweig 6.0   T-2nd   3
4   Jonah Chen 6.0   T-1st   Emmett Madigan 6.0   T-2nd   4
5   Chris Von Hoff 6.0   T-1st   Aidan Carey 5.5   T-5th   5
6   William Cahill 5.5   T-6th   Jason Daniels 5.5   T-5th   6
7   Samraat Zagade 5.5   T-6th   Nicholas Ladan 5.5   T-5th   7
8   Kaushal Khumal 5.5   T-6th   Jacob Davis 5.5   T-5th   8
9   Advait Vijay 5.5   T-6th   Shreyas Reddy 5.5   T-5th   9
10   Austin McMurtrie 5.5   T-6th   Aria Hoesley 5.0   T-10th   10
11   Sohan Bendre 5.0   T-11th   Harry Heller 5.0   T-10th   11
12   Jack Heller 5.0   T-11th   Nicholas Bruha 5.0   T-10th   12
13   Sam Fayn 5.0   T-11th   Kevin Ho 5.0   T-10th   13
14   Andrey Bovikov 5.0   T-11th   Benajim Chen 5.0   T-10th   14
15   Kamalesh Sureshkumar 5.0   T-11th   Anusha Nadkarni 5.0   T-10th   15
16   Junliang Liu 5.0   T-11th   Joseph Suh 5.0   T-10th   16
17   Brooklyn Li 5.0   T-11th   Casimir Kash 5.0   T-10th   17
18   Alice Fan 5.0   T-11th   Stefan Mueller 5.0   T-10th   18
19   Aditya Oberai 5.0   T-11th   Elijah Plantnick 5.0   T-10th   19
20   Avighnavn Vaudevan 5.0   T-11th   Layla Rodrigquez 5.0   T-10th   20
21   Jazz Anders 5.0   T-11th   Jim Nguyen 5.0   T-10th   21
22   Matthew Hunter 5.0   T-11th   Kai Dubauskas 5.0   T-10th   22
23   John Waldo 5.0   T-11th   Alex Turk 5.0   T-10th   23
24   Shlok Kinikar 5.0   T-11th   Saisuhas Nelaturi 5.0   T-10th   24
25   Keoni Osborne 5.0   T-11th   Roger Li 4.5   25th   25
                         
    Also tying for 11th place with 5.0:   Also tying for 25th place with 4.5:    
    Advaith Kodipparambil, Anisha Oberai,
Yash Desai, Kunal Karra, Max Gurinas, 
Saanvi Adusumalli, Sadkrith Malladi
  Deepak Salian, Spencer Vincent,
Ojas Vasisht, Sreyansh Mamidi,
Aswath Ramesh, Ivan Mitkov,
Annika Geiersbach, Sarah Lin
   
    171 entries   132 Entries    

 

In addition the top 25 finishers for each section, the ICA mandates that awards go to top finishers by grade and by ratings.

For the Lower Primary section:

Kindergarten: Zachary Borne, Anya Liu

Grade 1: Nihal Mallipudi, Thomas Liu

Ratings 500-699: Colin Wicks, Jack Kerr

Ratings 300-499: Yuktesh Ammu, Animish Amaravadi

Ratings Under 300: Lucas Means, Prapanj Suresh

For the Upper Primary section:

Grade 2: Austin Lok, Tucker Bowhall

Grade 3: Aya Yasumoto, Nikhil Kavutarapu

Ratings 600-799: Benjamin McKendall, Journey Jackson

Ratings 400-599: Evan Chui, Joshua Rariden

Ratings Under 400: Alex Ivascu, Mireya Maiewski 

For the Elementary section:

Grade 4: Saanvi Adusumalli, Sadkrith Malladi

Grade 5: Kunal Karra, Advaith Kodipparambil

Ratings 700-899: Anisha Oberai, Mengzi Yang

Ratings 500-699: Elton Huang, Alexander Lubinski

Ratings Under 500: Sujith Ramasetti, Stan Okesson

For the Junior High section:

Grade 6: Deepak Salian, Spencer Vincent

Grade 7: Ivan Mitkov, Siddharta Kyaw

Grade 8: Aswath Ramesh, Ojas Vasisht

Ratings 800-999: Donald Valencia, Mahabaleshwar Ammu

Ratings 600-799: Remo Khuri, Osita Achufusi

Under 600: Meris Goldfarb, Zachary Popham