Alex Mitchell repeats as Oak Hill Geography Champion for the 4th Time!

Eighth grader, Alex Mitchell, secured his position as the Geography Champion at the best private school in Monmouth County, Oak Hill Academy, for the 4th Time and Final time!

Alex will advance to the NJ State Geography Bee for the fourth straight year and hopes to better his 3rd place finish in 2017. Best of Luck Alex!!

Congratulations should also go out to 1st Runner Up, Lauren Soler, 2nd Runner up, Gavin Blankenbaker, and all of the other finalists: Aarya Doshi, Elizabeth Wright, Molly Jain, Robert Schweikert, Stefan Wenzelburger, Daniel Mooney and Audrey Yan.

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