21st National Geographic Bee
2009 state champions

21st National Geographic Bee

Section Title: 2009 state champions
Table Section Text: None

State	Winner's Name	School	City/Town	Grade	Notes	Place

Alabama	Jonathan Hess	Tuscaloosa

Alaska	Bethany Lee	Anchorage

Arizona	Nicholas Farnsworth	Flagstaff	Top 10

Arkansas	Zacharay Safley	Beebe

Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands Atlantic Territories	?

California	Samuel Bressler	Fullerton

Colorado	Alden Savoca	Debeque

Connecticut	Robert Chu	Woodbridge

Delaware	Varun Wadhwa	The Independence School	Newark	6th

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District of Columbia	Michael Laskowski	Washington

Florida	Shiva Kangeyan	Miami	Top 10

Georgia	Pranav Bhandarkar	Malcom Bridge Middle School	Bogart	7th

Hawaii	Alex Fager	Our Savior Lutheran School	Aiea	7th

Idaho	Karthik Mouli	Hillside Junior High School	Boise	5th

Illinois	Siva Gangavarapu	Aurora	Top 10

Indiana	Ian Markham	Nativity of Our Savior Catholic School	Portage	7th

Iowa	Luc Moisan	Grinnell

Kansas	Trevor Eggenberger	Bel Aire

Kentucky	Michael Kamer	Lexington

Louisiana	Amal De Alwis	Hammond

Maine	Conor Millard	Old Town

Maryland	Michael Laskowski	University Park

Massachusetts	Zaroug Jaleel	Lexington	Top 10

Michigan	Kenji Golimlim	Summit Academy	Flat Rock	8th	Top 10

Minnesota	Cody Baird	Jackson Middle School	Champlin

Mississippi	William Johnston	Diamondhead

Missouri	Eric Matthews	El Dorado Springs Middle School	El Dorado Springs

Montana	Thomas Culver	Helena

Nebraska	Erik Ingram	Bellevue

Nevada	Alexander Wade	Davidson Academy	Reno	5th

New Hampshire	Cooper Lecza	Bedford

New Jersey	Roey Hadar	Fair Haven

New Mexico	Nicholas Anderson	Albuquerque

New York	Aidan Langston	Brooklyn

North Carolina	Shantan Krovvidi	Ligon Middle School	Raleigh	3rd

North Dakota	Casey Murphy	Carrington

Ohio	Nick Merchant	Dublin

Oklahoma	Nathan Thompson	Edmond

Oregon	Arjun Kandaswamy	Meadow Park Middle School	Beaverton	2nd

American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Pacific Territories	?

Pennsylvania	Henry Glitz	St. Bernard School	Pittsburgh

Rhode Island	Oliver Lucier	Curtis Corner Middle School	Wakefield	7th

South Carolina	Luke Porter	Columbia

South Dakota	Alex Kimn	George S. Mickelson Middle School	Brookings	6th

Tennessee	Joseph Peterson	Memphis

Texas	Eric Yang	Griffin Middle School	The Colony	Champion

Utah	Kennen Sparks	Kaysville	Top 10

Vermont	Roger Danilek	Norwich

Virginia	Sidharth Verma	Herndon

Washington	Benjamin Salman	Seattle

West Virginia	Jacob Ramthun	Athens

Wisconsin	Vansh Jain	Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Elementary	Minocqua	5th	Top 10

Wyoming	Kirsi Anselmi-Stith	Rock Springs

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The 2nd-place winner was Arjun Kandaswamy of Meadow Park Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon.

final_sentence: The 2nd-place winner was Arjun Kandaswamy of Meadow Park Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon.