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2004 GEOGRAPHIC BEE | California State Finalists
Sacramento Bee Article: The right place at right time wins this bee

Congratulations to this year's Geographic Bee California State Finalists!
WINNING QUESTION:
In the 1770s, Captain James Cook sailed through the treacherous strait that separates New Guinea and the Cape York Peninsula. Name this strait. Answer: Torres Strait
First-place
Ryland Lu
Pressman Academy, Los Angeles

Second-place
Jeremy Patashnik
Thurgood Marshall Middle School, San Diego

Third-place
Thomas Smerik
Twin Peaks Middle School, Poway

Fourth-place
Aaron Wong
Cupertino Middle School, Sunnyvale

Fifth-place
Ryan Tesluk
Lakewood Elementary, Modesto

Sixth-place (two-way tie)
Will Hughes
Bret Harte Middle School, San Jose
and
Avinash Joshi
Newhart Middle School, Mission Viejo

Eighth-place
Yanran Lu
Marguerite Hahn, Rohnert Park

Ninth-place (two-way tie)
Michael Diaz
Cubberly, Long Beach
and
Almario Javier
Canyon Hills Junior High, Chino Hills

2004 GEOGRAPHIC BEE | California State Finals - 101 Winners
Congratulations to California's 101 Geographic Bee Finalists!
Amha Abebe, San Diego
Robert Ainsworth, Davis
David Alexander, Los Gatos
Michael Ament, Santa Monica
Aick Arrowsmith, Red Bluff
Timothy Bare, Berkeley
Edan Ben-Moshe, Woodland Hills
Fletcher Berryman, Laguna Beach
Jared Bertoli, Santa Rosa
Johanne Boulat, Arcadia
Nathan Braunfeld, San Rafael
Megan Broughton, Monrovia
David Brown, Palo Alto
William Burgren, Woodland
Nashville Burrola, Lakewood
Kyle Burtis, Carlsbad
Rachel Canalita, Buena Park
Derek Chang, Claremont
Christopher Cheadle, Saratoga
Akiba Chonoles, Los Alamitos
Jacqueline Chu, Fremont
Henry Clock, Mill Valley
Joshua Cohen, Mountain View
Jacob Cohn, Oakland
Sean Cray, Los Alamitos
Michael Diaz, Long Beach
Sean Dixon, Long Beach
Isaac Domagalski, Carmichael
John Elhardt, Newbury Park
Rebecca Farris, San Diego
Aaron Flores, San Jose
Everett Frost, Los Angeles
Amisha Gandhi, Newark
Cameron Goodman, Carmichael

Michael Guia, San Marcos
Jessica Harmon, Crescent City
Timothy Hausler, Sunnyvale
Hayden Higgins, Danville
Henry Houskeeper, Encinitas
Will Hughes, San Jose
Robert Hutton, San Andreas
Matt Janowski, Woodland Hills
Rhys Jansen, Atascadero
Almario Javier, Chino Hills
Victoria Johnson, San Jose
Peter Johnston, Los Altos
Avinash Joshi, Mission Viejo
Michelle Kang, San Jose
Rahul Khurana, Newark
Edward Kong, San Francisco
Lawrence Ku, Fremont
Xiao Li, San Diego
Stephen Liu, San Diego
Ryland Lu, Los Angeles
Yanran Lu, Rohnert Park
Brandon Maleski, Cupertino
J. D. Marasigan, San Pedro
Hampig Mazian, Canoga Park
Nathan McCurley, Orangevale
Matthew Mercado, San Ramon
Jeffrey Mihalik, San Diego
Jeremy Miles, Orange
Nathan Mizrachi, San Diego
Alan Niku, San Luis Obispo
Stephen Nnodim, Antelope
Diego Nunez, South Pasadena
Nick Olson, Tuolumne
Teresa Ortega, Anaheim
Jeremy Patashnik, San Diego
Christina Pushaw, Malibu
Pablo Rabasa, Berkeley
Akhill Rajan, Carmichael
Matt Samson, Fountain Valley
Chris Santiago, Diamond Bar
Cole Satterfield, Corona Del Mar
Monica Seaney, Burlingame
Daniel Silver, Pasadena
Sean Slattery, Half Moon Bay
Thomas Smerik, Poway
Bayle Smith, Corona Del Mar
Taylor Somers, Lakeport
Andrew Song, Aliso Viejo
Daniel Soto, San Diego
Daniel Stevens, North Hills
James Stratton, San Luis Obispo
Charles Su, Ventura
Ron Taitz, Laguna Hills
Robert Taverna, Petaluma
Christine Tedijanto, Cupertino
Ryan Tesluk, Modesto
Kavin Tjhan, Cupertino
Kyle Ueyama, Poway
Carolyn Vinnicombe, San Mateo
James Wakefield, San Ramon
Marc Washington, San Francisco
Jack Weller, Rancho Santa Fe
Elizabeth Wille, Redwood City
Aaron Wong, Sunnyvale
Steven Wood, Auburn
Phillip Wu, Palo Alto
Raymond Zhong, Fremont

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