Team USA notched a very impressive overall performance at the 2022 International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) which was held online in July 2022. Coaches Jason Flowers and Steve Muench led the team to an 8th place finish out of 54 teams that competed from around the world. The team performance was highlighted by the Gold Medal won by Max Yang of Ladue Horton Watkins High School (MO), and the Silver [...]
The 2021 National Championships of the US Geography Championships for the Varsity and Junior Varsity Divisions took place on Friday, April 23. After a two hour long, three-part exam, the Varsity champion was Dylan Rem of Southhampton High School (NY) and the Junior Varsity champion was Miles Kottler of Beverly Hills High School (CA). The top three other Varsity students in order were Max Yang, Ladue Horton Watkins High [...]
International Academic Competitions is happy to announce that registration for our National Qualifying Exams, including the US Geography Championships/International Geography Bee, is now open! For more information, including how to register, head to our registration website. IAC is also proud to announce that registration for our International Geography Bee Winter League is now available! For more information, including how to sign up, check out our link here.
International Academic Competitions is pleased to announce the start of the new academic year for the US Geography Championships. In fact, the new academic year will also feature the culmination of the previous one with the 2020 USGC National Championships now scheduled for Fri., November 13 (Middle & Elementary School) and Fri., November 20 (Varsity & Junior Varsity). These are open to anyone who qualified for USGC Nationals prior [...]
The US Geography Championships and International Geography Bee are pleased to announce that through the end of February 2020, 23 Varsity and 16 JV students have taken the A Set National Qualifying Exam. As we now calculate the National Median Scores earlier in the academic year to give everyone more lead time to prepare to attend the National Championships, we can now announce that the official A Set National [...]
The US Geography Championships and International Geography Bee are pleased to announce that through the end of January 2020, 38 Varsity and 46 JV students have taken the B Set National Qualifying Exam. As we now calculate the National Median Scores earlier in the academic year to give everyone more lead time to prepare to attend the National Championships, we can now announce that the official B Set National [...]
The US Geography Championships and International Geography Bee are pleased to announce that through the end of December 2019, 86 Varsity and 108 JV students have taken the C Set National Qualifying Exam. As we now calculate the National Median Scores earlier in the academic year to give everyone more lead time to prepare to attend the National Championships, we can now announce that the official C Set National [...]
Team USA 2019 from L to R at iGeo in Hong Kong: Coach Jason Flowers, Albert Zhang, Elys Anaya, Kevin Lu, Daniel Ma, Coach Steve Muench The 2019 International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) recently concluded in Hong Kong with Team USA's best ever performance at any iGeo: 2nd place out of 43 teams! This marks the third year in a row that Team USA has finished among the [...]
International Academic Competitions, the parent organization of the US Geography Olympiad, regrets to inform its participants, their schools, and their families that we have been forced to rename the US Geography Olympiad the US Geography Championships. This is due to the decision of the US Olympic Committee to enforce a heretofore little-known provision of the Ted Stevens Act which claims that the US Olympic Committee has the sole right [...]
A statistics table for the top students is shown below. Congratulations to the top 4 finishers in Varsity who qualify for Team USA at the 2019 International Geography Olympiad in Hong Kong! Full results will be available at http://nhbbstats.com/indiv/ shortly. Varsity Name Multiple Choice Exam Rank Written Exam Rank Map Exam Rank Total Rank Points Final Rank Qualifies for... Albert Zhang 1 1 1 3 1 iGeo ! Daniel [...]