Showcasing their academic talents, Kingfisher High School students recently brought home another sweepstakes award, along with many top-10 placings, from the annual Southwestern Interscholastic Meet.

Participating in the Class II division, 39 KHS students competed in various contest categories, with every student placing in the top-10 or better in their respective categories, KHS Counselor Paula Leffingwell said.

With 58 schools competing in three classes, over 1,800 tests were administered in the competition held at Weatherford’s Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Classes are divided based on the student enrollment for grades 9-12.

Class I is comprised of schools with 600 or more students or homeschool students; Class II is for schools with 151 to 599 students; and Class III includes schools with 150 or fewer students.

Students have the opportunity to test their knowledge against their peers in academic categories including fine arts, biological sciences, business, computer science, language and literature, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences and technology.

KHS and Okarche High School students competed in the Class II division and Lomega High School was in the Class III division.

Plaques are awarded for each class division winner in the nine subject areas. KHS took home the top spot for Business, Computer Science and Technology and OHS won the Mathematics division.

“The results that our staff and students saw at SWIM are a reflection of the academic preparation the students receive,” said Andy Evans, Kingfisher Public Schools Superintendent.

“I was very happy for Mrs. (Sabrina) Nault, Mr. (Kurt) Kaya, Mrs. (Carina) Ponce, the entire Social Studies Department, the Language Arts Department, Mrs. (Jan) Swart and Mrs. (Morgan) Dutton to have multiple placers.

“Our performance in the sciences show strong work by both Mrs. Swart and Mrs. Dutton and the technology results give even more credence to our continuing growth in STEM and Technology Applications.

“Our results go right along with the other indicators we have had this year from our academic state championships in cross country, softball and girls basketball. Our staff and students did well.”

Students are listed below with their respective contest category and placing:

Kingfisher High School

Shilo Willingham - Music Fundamentals, seventh; Naomi Garcia - Biology I, ninth; Audrey Long - Biology I, seventh; Gracie Fuksa - Anatomy and Physiology, third; Abby Wallace - Anatomy and Physiology, fifth; Emily Altizer - Accounting, first place, General Business, third place, Personal Financial Literacy, first place; Joaquin Wallace - Accounting, first place, General Business, first place; Angela Munoz - Personal Financial Literacy, fourth place; Will Finley - Spreadsheets, first place, Microsoft Office and Word, first place; Scott Schellenberg Spreadsheets, second place, Microsoft Office and Word, fourth place; Brayden Osterholt - English Literature, sixth place, Chemistry, second; Olivia Tripp - English Literature, sixth place; Raiden Clarke - American Literature, ninth place, Algebra II, seventh place; Xavier Morkes - American Literature, seventh place; Rylee Long-Bush, English Usage, seventh place, Algebra II, seventh place; Savana Reherman - English Usage, second place, Spanish I, second place; Callie Blair - Spanish I, fifth place; Caleb Johnson - Spanish II, eighth place; Caroline Swafford Spanish II, seventh place; Dania Garcia - Native Spanish I, first place, General Science, seventh place; Yessenia Rivera - Native Spanish I, fourth place; Nicole Campos - Native Spanish II, second place; Amberlynn Gustafon Algebra I, ninth place; Bailey Williams - Algebra I, tenth place; Emma Gonzales - Geometry, 10th place; Addison Price - Geometry, seventh place; Colton Livingston Chemistry, third place, Economics, third place; Lily Voth - General Science, second place; Carson Swafford - Oklahoma History, third place; Madeleine Pope - American History, fifth place; Jeremiah Burpo - World History, eighth place; Vanessa Gomez - Civics, fifth place; Aryne Bollenbach American Government, second place; Angela Munoz - Psychology, ninth place; Natalia Orta - Pyschology, 10th place; Finley Harrison - General Technology Ed I, second place, Electricity/Electronics, third place; Landon Willms - General Technology Ed I - first place; Conner Askey - General Technology Ed II, first place; Vann Burgess - General Technology Ed II, second place; Logan Langdon - Electricity/ Electronics, second place

Okarche High School

Gabe Vogt -Advanced Music Theory, second place; Cody Stoner - Biology I, first place, Algebra II, first place, Geography, second place; Chloe Rother - English Usage, first place, Algebra I, first place; Sandra Woodland - Spanish I, first place; Christopher Uscanga - Native Spanish II, first place; Jackson Arnold - Geometry, first place, General Science, third place, Electricity/ Electronics, first place; Haiden Robinson - Geometry, second place; Maddie Vogt - Plane Trigonometry, second place; Arron Osborn - World History, second place, Civics, second place; Grant Alig - American Government, third place; Ben Weeres - General Technology Ed II, third place

Lomega High School

Jaxson Snowden - General Business, second place; Kamryn Turner - Management and Marketing, first place; Claire Myers - Microsoft Office and Word, third place; Chloe Meier - English Literature, third place; Brayli Walker - Spanish I, third place; Diego Rivera - Native Spanish II, second place; Ulises Aguilar - World History, third place; Cody Yost - Civics, first place