The

the 26th annual national

competition Monday night.

It is the second year in a row an Oregon team has won the contest.

The competition brought together 1,400 high school students from 45 states and the District of Columbia to test their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The last time a Grant team went to nationals, in 2011, the team placed seventh in the nation.

Last year, Grant finished second in the state to Lincoln High School, which went on to win the national competition.



The 2013 Grant team includes: Leah Alpern, Claire Eldredge-Burns, Dylan Tingley, Nina Greene, Jacob Sutter, Jake Stein-Ross, Kendall Wynde, Kathleen Kohl, Lauren Meininger, Jane Crabtree, Anna Learn, Emily Turner, Gaelen Snell, Mac Larsen, Miriam Kohn, Alan Chan, Madeleine Kaczmarowski, Ada Harris, Austin Shaff, Nate Grein, Anayeli Nieves-Alvez, Emily Olson, James Knudsen, Morgan Grover, Annelies Cowan, Daniel Thatcher, Grace Williams, Ricky Rojas-Echenique, Adam Penrose, Halley Steiner, Parkes Kendrick, Ella Ben-Zaken, Mariah Shriner, and Simon Swifter.

The team is taught and coached by Grant teacher David Lickey.

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-- Larry Bingham