The USAD National competition took place in Des Moines, Iowa on May 1-3.

• Our state champion, Walden Grove, placed 4th in Division I (highest scoring teams across the US) with a score of 48,949.3. Team members: Liliana Gutierrez, Zeph Aguilar, Paola Amaro, Charlie Cockrell, Ashaunti Myles, Cullen Larkins, Lewis Harvey, Joseph Nuttall, and Sarah Devine; Coach: John Borja
• Hamilton placed 11th in Division I with a score of 45,422.5 points and their team members were: Claire Zhan, Katheryn Chan, Elaine Huang, Bruce Shen, Audrey Zhang, Akshay Krishna, Thi Nguyen, Srijay Kalavena, and Abigail Kim; Coaches: Yi Lily Chen and Esther Bateson.
• Mountain View (Mesa) placed 13th in Division I with a score of 44,827.8 points and their team members were: Brynn Goodmansen, Abram Clarkson, Bentley Halvorsen, Chip Foote, arcus Rogers, Mia Sweador, Lydia Crider, Mason Badgett, and Serenity Mann; Coaches: Corey Helsel and Freeman Pruett.
• Canyon del Oro placed 14th in Division I with a score of 42,479.6 points and their team members were: Lily Weleck, Evan Lehner, Noah Spaeth, Julia Smith, Chad Butterbrodt, Elijah Bartruff, Zoe Guymon, Henry Anicker, and Ethan Hosack; Coach: Chris Yetman.
• BASIS Scottsdale placed 6th in Division II with a score of 42,222.1 and their team members were: Evangeline Clarke, Ethan Cho, Maddie Mitchell, Aydin Daniel, Shriyans Narsingam, Matthew Morozov, Tanush Karumuru, Benito Hernandez, and Srija Vegesna; Coach: Michelle Clarke.

Arizona was also represented by three teams in the USAD Online Competition.

• BASIS Chandler placed 1st in small schools. Team members: Prisha Yelamanchili, Xavier Ko, Karthikeya Kodali, Jisan Huda, Smriti Sunil Kumar, Saanvi Sharma, Varunika Voleti, Khush Zaveri, and Aiden Wang; Coaches: Curt Canaday and Beth Cox.
• Snowflake placed 9th in medium schools. Team members: Zach Duenas, Lydia Tucker, Nick Duenas, Sammy Simpson, Gia Goaziou, Riley Mabus, Jay Cadwell, and Josh Mathewson; Coach: Nancy Ruffell.
• Cesar Chavez placed 3rd in large schools. Team members: Alexander Ewell, Benita Rodriguez, Ken Do, Chloe Flood, Shiloh Hernandez, Moises Medina, Juanita Ortega, Alejandro Saenz, and Victoria Araujo; Coach: William Kibler.

Finally, 48 students from 11 Arizona high schools competed as individuals either in person or online:

• Arizona College Prep – Allyson Gerard, Brad Wu, Dylan Bagley, Hunter Bannon, Kenji Leung, and Siyaa Poddar
• Basha – Carter Thompson, Hunter Brown, and Jaabir Monzur
• BASIS Chandler – Aadhrit Peram, Meera Bhakta, Poorva Sridhar, Pranshu Agarwal, and Zohair Ashraf
• BASIS Peoria – Chinmay Bhat and Ganeshsai Talluri
• BASIS Scottsdale – Emmanuel Puchakayala, Mete Adli, Sebastian Clarke, Sophia Dumitrascu, and Vikhyath Narwani
• Boulder Creek – Nicholas Solla
• Casteel – Kay Davis, Lundyn Smith, and Nadia Harris
• Hamilton – Angela Chen, Carol Zhang, Claire Guo, Daniel Gu, Daniel Kim, Daniel Zhang, Kelvin Ye, Megan Chen, Prisha Khemka, Rishi Musti, Rishit Kashyap, Saranya Sistla, Swasthi Arasaiah, Tanishq Iyer,  and Zhenrui Gu
• Mountain Ridge – Erik Potts and Juliana Straub
• Mountain View – Evelyn Helseth, Jacqueline Rivera, Marah Knighton, Rylee Bradley, and Rylie Lowinger
• Walden Grove – Kavya Lilley

All together, Arizona students won a total of 196 medals at the 2025 USAD National competition. Congratulations to our decathletes!

The following students took home medals in their specific divisions (Honors, Scholastic, or Varsity):

• Aadhrit Peram (BASIS Chandler) – Silver Literature; Bronze Art
• Abby Kim (Hamilton) – Silver Interview
• Abram Clarkson (Mountain View) – Silver Interview
• Aiden Wang (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Varsity Overall, Economics, and Essay; Silver Art, Literature, Math, and Social Science
• Alexander Ewell (Cesar Chavez) – Silver Art, Economics, and Science
• Allyson Gerard (Arizona College Prep) – Gold Essay; Silver Music Bronze Literature
• Angela Chen (Hamilton) – Silver Art
• Aydin Daniel (BASIS Scottsdale) – Silver Economics
• Bentley Halvorsen (Mountain View) – Bronze Speech
• Brynn Goodmansen (Mountain View) – Silver Economics; Bronze Science
• Carter Thompson (Basha) – Gold Music; Silver Honor Overall, Art, Economics, and Social Science; Bronze Literature, Science, and Speech
• Chad Butterbrodt (Canyon del Oro) – Bronze Math
• Charlie Cockrell (Walden Grove) – Silver Art and Social Science; Bronze Economics and Essay
• Chinmay Bhat (BASIS Peoria) – Silver Math, Music, and Science; Bronze Honor Overall and Economics
• Chloe Flood (Cesar Chavez) – Silver Essay; Bronze Economics
• Claire Zhan (Hamilton) – Gold Music; Silver Art and Science
• Daniel Gu (Hamilton) – Silver Math; Bronze Art
• Daniel Zhang (Hamilton) – Silver Math
• Dylan Bagley (Arizona College Prep) – Bronze Science
• Ethan Cho (BASIS Scottsdale) – Silver Math
• Evangeline Clarke (BASIS Scottsdale) – Bronze Interview
• Evelyn Helseth (Mountain View) – Silver Art; Bronze Essay
• Ganeshsai Talluri (BASIS Peoria) – Gold Scholastic Overall, Essay, Math, Music, Science, and Social Science; Silver Art and Economics
• Hunter Brown (Basha) – Silver Social Science; Bronze Scholastic Overall, Art, Music, and Science
• Jaabir Monzur (Basha) – Bronze Economics
• Jaqueline Rivera (Mountain View) – Gold Music; Silver Literature; Bronze Varsity Overall, Art, Economics, Essay, and Math
• Jisan Huda (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Math; Silver Social Science
• Joseph Nuttall (Walden Grove) – Gold Essay; Silver Economics and Speech; Bronze Varsity Overall and Music
• Juliana Straub (Mountain Ridge) – Silver Essay, Literature, and Social Science; Bronze Scholastic Overall, Art, Economics, and Science
• Karthikeya Kodali (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Honor Overall, Art, Economics, Essay, and Music; Silver Literature, Math, Science, and Social Science
• Katie Chan (Hamilton) – Gold Essay; Bronze Science
• Kay Davis (Casteel) – Gold Art, Economics and Literature; Silver Varsity Overall, Essay, Math, and Social Science; Bronze Music and Science
• Kelvin Ye (Hamilton) – Gold Essay; Silver Interview and Social Science; Bronze Art
• Ken Do (Cesar Chavez) – Gold Art; Silver Literature and Science; Bronze Music and Social Science
• Khush Zaveri (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Math, Music, and Science; Silver Varsity Overall and Economics; Bronze Art and Social Science
• Lewis Harvey (Walden Grove) – Gold Music; Silver Art and Social Science; Bronze Economics
• Liliana Gutierrez (Walden Grove) – Gold Science; Silver Essay; Bronze Art
• Lundyn Smith (Casteel) – Silver Literature; Bronze Science
• Lydia Crider (Mountain View) – Bronze Interview
• Marcus Rogers (Mountain View) – Gold Essay
• Meera Bhakta (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Varsity Overall, Essay, Math, and Science; Silver Art and Economics; Bronze Literature and Social Science
• Megan Chen (Hamilton) – Silver Interview
• Mia Sweador (Mountain View) – Gold Speech
• Moises Medina (Cesar Chavez) – Bronze Science
• Nadia Harris (Casteel) – Gold Art; Bronze Literature
• Nick Solla (Boulder Creek) – Gold Scholastic Overall, Art, Economics, Literature, Music, Science, Social Science, and Speech; Silver Essay and Interview
• Poorva Sridhar (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Social Science; Bronze Art and Science
• Prisha Yelamanchili (BASIS Chandler) – Silver Music; Bronze Social Science
• Rylie Lowinger (Mountain View) – Gold Varsity Overall, Essay, Interview, Literature, Science, and Social Science; Silver Art, Math, Music, and Speech; Bronze Economics
• Saanvi Sharma (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Math; Silver Economics; Bronze Essay
• Saranya Sistla (Hamilton) – Silver Essay
• Shiloh Hernandez (Cesar Chavez) – Bronze Art
• Shriyans Narsingam (BASIS Scottsdale) – Gold Essay; Silver Economics
• Siyaa Poddar (Arizona College Prep) – Gold Science; Silver Essay
• Smriti Sunil Kumar (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Economics; Silver Essay; Bronze Literature, Math, Science, and Social Science
• Sophia Dumitrascu (BASIS Scottsdale) – Silver Economics
• Thi Nguyen (Hamilton) – Silver Music
• Victoria Araujo (Cesar Chavez) – Gold Art
• Xavier Ko (BASIS Chandler) – Gold Literature and Social Science; Silver Art and Music; Bronze Honor Overall