Seneca Valley Academic Decathlon Team members, left to right, hold awards after winning first place at the United States Academic Decathlon State Competition in Harrisburg: Roshini Umesh, Ashley Kemp, Heath Lyon, Rohin Jayaraman, Zachary DeVault, Shivani Umesh, Gavin Cress, Kaia Satory and Ophelia Crano. Submitted photo 3/20/24

Members of Seneca Valley School District’s Academic Decathlon team will advance to the national competition in April after recently winning first place at the state-level competition in Harrisburg.

The following students were awarded medals in various subjects:

Essay: Rohin Jayaraman (Gold), Ashley Kemp (Gold), Ophelia Crano (Bronze) and Zachary DeVault (Bronze)

Music: Heath Lyon (Gold), Rohin Jayaraman (Silver), Zachary DeVault (Silver), Gavin Cress (Bronze) and Ashley Kemp (Bronze)

Art: Ophelia Crano (Gold), Heath Lyon (Gold), Ashley Kemp (Bronze) and Zachary DeVault (Bronze)

Literature: Heath Lyon (Gold), Rohin Jayaraman (Silver), Ophelia Crano (Bronze) and Ashley Kemp (Bronze)

Economics: Zachary DeVault (Gold), Rohin Jayaraman (Bronze) and Gavin Cress (Bronze)

Science: Heath Lyon (Gold), Ashley Kemp (Gold), Kaia Satory (Bronze) and Zachary DeVault (Bronze)

Interview: Shivani Umesh (Gold), Zachary DeVault (Gold) and Rohin Jayaraman (Silver)

Speech: Shivani Umesh (Gold) and Rohin Jayaraman (Silver)

Mathematics: Heath Lyon (Silver)

Social Science: Zachary DeVault (Gold), Ashley Kemp (Gold), Gavin Cress (Gold), Heath Lyon (Silver), Ophelia Crano (Bronze) and Rohin Jayaraman (Bronze)

Individual overall medalists include: Heath Lyon (Gold), Rohin Jayaraman (Silver), Zachary DeVault (Bronze) and Ashley Kemp (Bronze).