Ten semifinalists announced for the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee. They will advance to the semifinals held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Top (from Left to Right): Vaibhav Hariram (North Carolina), Dylan Rem (New York), Rishi Kumar (Maryland), Nihar Janga (Texas) and Lakshay Avi Sood (New Mexico).
Bottom (from Left to Right): Atreya Mallanna (Massachusetts), Kaylan Patel (Florida), Jishnu Nayak (California), Aarush Tutiki (Michigan) and Omkar Gadewar (Illinois) #NatGeoBee
This morning, 54 state champions competed in the National Geographic GeoBee Preliminaries. Ten students are moving on to the 2019 Geo Championships Semifinals tomorrow, 5/21 from 1:00 – 3:15 p.m. ET.
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Alana Belle Tirado of Alaska answers questions during the preliminary rounds of the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2019. #NatGeoBee
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Atreya Mallanna of Massachusetts talks after the preliminary rounds of the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee. He will advance to the semifinals held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. #NatGeoBee
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(Left to Right) Warren Huang of Washington, William Chen of Hawaii and Nihar Janga of Texas waiting for the top 10 announcement after the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee preliminary rounds. Nihar Janga will advance to the semifinals held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. #NatGeoBee
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Rishi Kumar of Maryland talks with his parents after the preliminary rounds of the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee. He will advance to the semifinals held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. #NatGeoBee
Tune in live with your students to learn alongside our Semifinalists and see the National Geographic GeoChallenge Semifinalist solutions to the Tackling Plastic! challenge.
Read more about the #NatGeoBee Top 10 here.