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Annika Coberly, an eighth-grade student at Upton Middle School, won the state Geography Bee Friday, March 27, at the University of Wyoming.
She defeated 36 students from around the state and will represent Wyoming at the 27th annual National Geographic Bee at National Geographic Society headquarters May 11-13 in Washington, D.C. The national winner receives a $50,000 scholarship.
The winning question: The city of Sochi, which hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, is located on what large sea? Answer: The Black Sea.
Joshua Hansen, a sixth-grade student at Jackson Middle School, placed second, and Keyan Mefford-Owens, a fifth-grader at Cheyenne’s Pioneer Park Elementary School, placed third. To qualify for state competition, school winners took a qualifying written test that was scored by the National Geographic Society.
Other students in the top 10 were:
Afton -- Robert Choma, Star Valley Middle School.
Evanston -- Juan Cerda, North Evanston Elementary; Hannah Lindford, Evanston Middle School.
Green River -- Levi Hren, Lincoln Middle School.
Lander -- Conrad Keevert, Lander Valley Middle School.
Laramie -- George Yost, Laramie Junior High School.
Rock Springs -- Michael Newman, Rock Springs Jr. High School.
The UW Department of Geography and the Wyoming Geographic Alliance hosted the state bee.
Institutional Communications
Bureau of Mines Building, Room 137
Laramie
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2929
Email: cbaldwin@uwyo.edu