by Nick Kolega
The European History Bowl took place at Georgetown University this year. Urbana entered a star team which ended up doing very well. The History Bowl is a competition in which questions are asked about European history. The set up of the competition involves many schools from around the D.C. area. Two public schools, including Urbana, and twelve private schools were entered into the tournament. After the round –robin tournament, Urbana finished in second place with a 9 and 4 record. They also were the only team to beat one of the best schools, Yorktown High School, who finished in first place.
Oltan Akin, a member of Urbana’s team competed in the history bowl tournament.
“I took the AP Euro class last year and Mr. Kachur talked me into to joining the team. At first I went to the practices to practice for the AP test. The practice paid off for the AP test, and I have now been on the team just for fun the past couple years,” said Oltan.
Oltan’s strongest subject while competing is industrialization and naturalization. These subjects may never have popped into many peoples minds, however to Oltan it just comes naturally. The hardest questions for Oltan are those about famous European authors and leaders
One of Oltan’s teammates, Jasper Sachsenmeier, has many similarities to Oltan when it comes to the History Bowl. For example, he believes that the biggest rivals to Urbana are Georgetown Prep and Yorktown High. However when it comes to subjects, Jasper believes his strongest area surrounds questions about Germany. The hardest question that he ever received was about Aztec languages.
The European History Team has gone unnoticed to many around the school, but with winnings like this they are sure to become more recognized. There are many students at Urbana that are good at history and if you are one of these students, talk to one of the members of the team.
