MONMOUTH — The Monmouth Academy Decathlon Team, coached by Cathy Foyt and Scott Foyt, competed in the State Academic Decathlon Championship at Deering High School on March 3. Twelve schools and 150 students participated.

Monmouth finished as the Maine Runner-Up School and as the Maine Champion in the Small School Division (schools with under 650 students). By finishing as the first place small school, Monmouth will compete nationally, with computers on-line, Wednesday, April 4, and  Friday, April 27, against the other small school winners from each state.

The top five schools in this year’s decathlon were: first, Scarborough High School; second, Monmouth Academy, first in small school division; third, Oak Hill High School, Wales; fourth, Bangor High School; fifth, Calais High School.

In the past 14 out of 15 years, the Monmouth Academy Decathlon Team has placed as either the state champion or state runner-up team. Three times, the team has represented the state in the National Academic Decathlon Championships: 1999, California, fifth; 2002, Arizona, sixth; and 2004, Idaho, fifth.

This year’s topic is the “Age of Imperialism.”

The following students participated for Monmouth and won the following medals:

Alternate team members, Jordyn Mann, Emily Barnett, Tammy Cushman, Sabrina Beck, Sarah Record, Natalie Young, Danielle Bumann, Margaret Cummings, Tim Gates, Amy Nacca, Kerstin Schkrioba (silver medal, music), Cameron Copeland (bronze medal, math), Crystal Blair (silver medal, economics, gold medal, art), Brian Nugent (bronze medal, essay, bronze medal, economics).

Competition team members: Mackenzie Kelley, Kelsey Goentzel (bronze medal, interview), Angela Bechard (silver medal, speech), Kristine Kahl (bronze medal, essay), Justin Knaus-Tucker (bronze medal, economics, bronze medal, music), Hayden Koller (bronze medal, economics, gold medal, science), Julia Destafano (silver medal, interview, gold medal, speech), Marinna Smith (bronze medal, language/literature, bronze medal, economics, silver medal, music, silver medal, art), Matt Bryant (bronze medal, music silver medal, language/literature, silver medal, math, gold medal, interview, second highest honors division scorer, second highest individual scorer, first highest team scorer).