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 5.

Fourteen schools and 200 students participated. Monmouth finished as the State Runner-up School and as the State Champion in the Small School Division (schools with under 650 students).

By finishing as the first place small school, Monmouth can compete nationally, with computers on-line, Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29, against the other small school winners from each state.

The top five schools in this year’s State Academic Decathlon Championship were the following: Scarborough High School, Monmouth Academy, Bangor High School, Calais High School and Oak Hill High School.

In the past 13 out of 14 years, the Monmouth Academy Decathlon Team has placed as either the state champion or the state runner-up team. Three times in the last 14 years, the team has represented Maine in the National Academic Decathlon Championships.