Troy High DECA Students Shine in District Competition

Troy MI

19 January, 2022

1:33 PM

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Troy High DECA competed this past Saturday at Lake Orion High School for DECA District Competition. (DECA stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America). Out of the 89 students competing from Troy High, 74 students qualifying for state competition, which will be held in March in Detroit. Of these students, 44 received test medals, and 53 students who received role play medals. In total, Troy High received 171 medals on Saturday. During DECA competitions, members are focused on improving their leadership and professional skills, in hopes of making their way to the finalist stage. It is a time and effort commitment, according to Elena Wollborg Marketing Teacher & DECA Advisor "We start the second week of school and meet every single week for about an hour to prep together for competition." Students work alongside their peers, studying for their DECA test and listening to other presentations and sharing constructive feedback to other members. At the upcoming State competition, Troy High students will have an opportunity to meet DECA members from around the state, interact with important business representatives, and last but not least, compete for a chance to represent Michigan DECA at the International Career Development Conference in April. The DECA members listed below are advancing to states; students with an * beside their name also "swept" their category, which means that they placed first in every event possible for district competition. Troy High State Qualifying Students: (* = swept category) Meera Manek* Ananya Ramanan Elaina Rondeau Amay Baweja Ellen Latysh* Bessiana Shaska Erin Jeong* Vienna Thieu* Sravya Kankatala Sriyan Madagula* Varun Sukhavasi Neha Sil* Mlahat Mahmood Siddarth Akalankam Raghav Sivakumar Michael Hsiao Fida Rahman Sharanya Swaminathan* Angela Xu* Jungmin Ahn Dean Vichitpap Nishit Palepu* Athrv Siriki Mark Haerens Linsey Chen Anshul Singh Riley Lennon Caitlin Dawson Ingrid Huang* Charlotte Worrel* Divya Prassana Jennifer Bricker* Sameer Khed* Aditya Shankar Arush Alapati Sarah Harrison Dina Ni* Ayushi Gupta* Jayanth Batti Ajitesh Venkatesh* Pranav Bellad* Dilan Swami* Noelle Kwok Amy Tian Abby Cremers* Vandhana Purushathaman* Bethanie Joy Muhammad Qureshi Harry Wang* George Perakis* Matthew Zhao* Shreyanna Keeta Vinati Donthireddy Yuktha Puluvarthi* Jesse Chang* Joe Kleimann Sparsh Shrivastava* Katie Morris Kaustubh Siriki Julia Mowrey* Aleena Malik Sarayu Bethamcherla* Alexa Michalec* Cynthia Wang* Elise Hsiao* Pranav Atyam Aryan Gupta* Miranda Siegan* Max Falk Krish Gupta* John Palomino* Olivia Xu* Charitha Meda Simrun Sharma For many returning students involved this year, it was their first in-person competition, since everything was in a virtual format last year. Concluded Wollborg: "It was great to be back in person and feel that energy at awards when their name is called and they rush up to the stage to receive their medallion, sometimes plural." Photo courtesy of the Troy School District