Olympian High Wins First Ever County Title
The Sweetwater Union High School District has had a long history of champions in the annual San Diego County Academic Decathlon. This year, Olympian High became the newest Sweetwater District school to win the title. Since 2000 the title has been held by Hilltop High-4 time champion, or Southwest High-6 time champion.
Competing against 16 other teams, Olympian emerged as the winner after 10 different academic events scoring 40,472.2 points and winning in 9 out of the 10 subject areas. The subject areas included Art, Economics, Interview, Language/Literature, Mathematics, Music, Science and the Super Quiz Relay.
In addition to the team winning the overall title, Olympian won 43 individual medals – 17 gold, 18 silver and 8 bronze. Standouts for the team included Seniors David Pulido, Allie Echevarria, Alex Beltran-Silva, Celina Barr, Colin Grylls and Gerald Bregg; Juniors Louis Calderon and Josh Rodriguez; and Ben Mendler.
Coached by Social Science teacher, Ken Boulton,who led Southwest High to their 6 wins. Additional support was provided by fellow Olympian teachers Dr. Ben Fabian, Steve Rodriguez and Eric Mabrey.
The team is now in Sacramento for the State Academic Decathlon Championship from March 11-15.