Condit UIL takes first place

After competing against a group of 460 students from 27 regional schools at the fourth HISD elementary-school University Interscholastic League (UIL) competition, Condit Elementary’s UIL team won 28 individual medals and two team trophies, earning them an overall First Place Team Sweepstakes Award. The competition was held at Carnegie Vanguard High School. Led by parents Sharmila Ghanta, Jean Lee, Amy Hassan, and Jessica Hassid, the team battled it out with other students in spelling, writing, impromptu speaking, and number-sense events. The big winners are (top row, from left): Lakshmi Rajan, Sathya Korivi, Avighna Ghanta, Ashwin Ghanta, Adam Wollner, Jay Korivi, Mia Bloom, Savannah Beinart, Eliana Munro, Sajan Mathew, Zoe Cheng, Taijus Mathew, Rani Rajan, Rayan Bhardwaj, Nikhil Kadia, Ari Spelkin, and William Vaughan; (middle row, from left): Kush Kalra, Logan Wienert, Edita Sage-Bitner, Charlie Skalak, Landry Long, Aiden Bhardwaj, Doug Skalak, Eli Nguyen, Logan Chang, Layla Chang, Charlotte Duncan, Elena Chaudhury, Noah Lazard, Connor Crow, Parker Cheng, and Avery Beth Crow; (bottom row, from left): Saisha Bhardwaj, Eddie Li, Ryan Griffith, Dylan Doucet, Sanjay Nagamani, Jaeron Mathew, Sebastian Sitton, Ben Bloom, Evan Chow, Jacob Chow, Madeline Melville, Jory Palmer, Maryam Kharisova, Hrisha Jagushte, and Reva Pawaskar; not pictured: Ben Lee, Joseph Hassid, Arda Cepni, David Wride, Ravi Patel, Mili Shroff, Devon Dobbs, Ari Staller, Jamie Wollner, Emaan Khalid, and Krish Beniwal.

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