Bringing home a sweepstakes award and their share of top-10 placings, Kingfisher High School students recently showcased their academic talents at the annual Southwestern Interscholastic Meet on the SWOSU campus.

Participating in the Class II division, 22 KHS students competed in various contest categories, with every student placing in the top-12 or better in their respective categories.

KHS also took home the sweepstakes award in the technology division, receiving a plaque for their accomplishment.

Over 53 schools competed in three classes which are based on the student enrollment size for grades 9-12 and over 1,800 tests were administered, Kingfisher High School Counselor Paula Leffingwell said.

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 less than 150 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 students are listed below with their respective contest category and placing: Emily Altizer American History, fourth place; Biology, ninth place Conner Askey- MS Office Skills Assessment, first place; Spreadsheets, first place; Algebra II, seventh place Jaden Bain - Geometry, seventh place Kiera Beecher - English Usage, twelfth place; Spelling, fifth place Chloe Blair - Chemistry, seventh place Kemper Britton - General Technology Ed II, second place Raiden Clarke - Algebra I, sixth place; Oklahoma History, fourth place Maria Delatorre - Native Spanish II, first place Lauren Dobrovolny - MS Office Skills Assessment, second place; Spreadsheets, second place Nathaniel Duncan - Accounting, first place; Chemistry, second place Harper Evans - General Science, eighth place; Geometry, eighth place Roger Freels - American Government, third place Gracie Fuksa - Spanish I, fifth place; General Science, tenth place Colton Livingston - Gen-eral Business, fourth place; Biology, seventh place Breona McConnell - Personal Financial Literacy, fifth place; Anatomy & Physiology, ninth place Dustyn McLean - English Literature, fourth place; Spelling, sixth place Taylor Mills - English Usage, second place; Modern Math, second place; Spanish II, seventh place David Owens - General Technology Ed I, fifth place Sara Stiner - Anatomy & Physiology, sixth place; General Business, second place Madelyn Takape - American Literature, fifth place Jay Turner - General Technology Ed II, first place; English Literature, eighth place Cooper Young - Civics, first place; General Technology Ed I, sixth place Also listed below are students from Lomega and Okarche high schools who placed in the top three of their respective test categories of the Class III division:

Lomega High School Sierra Johnson - General Business, third place Dafne Rivera - MS Office Skills Assessment, third place; Spreadsheets, second place Madi Myers - English Literature, third place; Geography, first place Austin Chestnut - Spelling, third place; American History, third place Aliana Lawson - Native Spanish I, second place Juan Penaran - Native Spanish II, first; Economics, third place Monse Rivera - Native Spanish II, second place Trevor Lentz - Algebra II, second place Claire Myers - Civics, second place

Okarche High School

Cody Stoner - Algebra I, second place