Indian American student placed second in National Geography bee

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5 million initial participants

June 18, 2007

 

Twelve-year-old Suneil Iyer of Indian Trail Junio High in Olathe, Kansas, was second place winner in the prestigious National Geography Bee. The 2007 National Bee that began with some 5 million children at schools around the country and got narrowed down to 55 semi-finalists and then the 10 finalists who jousted in the capital, Washington D.C., on May 23.

Iyer bagged $15,000 toward a college scholarship. The 2007 National Geographic Bee was sponsored by JPMorgan Chase. Fifty-five state and territory winners took part in the preliminary rounds of the 2007 National Geographic Bee on Tuesday, May 22. Five of the State Level winners were of South Asian origin including Iyer, Devi Swamy, 8th Grade, Madison Middle School in Madison, Mississippi; Milan Sandhu, 7th Grade, McKelvie Middle School, Bedford, New Hampshire; Tahsin Zaman, 8th Grade, Daniels Middle School, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Partha Narasimhan, 6th Grade, Mercer Middle School, Aldie, Virginia.

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