Danielle Bellefeuille
WILBRAHAM —The quest continues for Wilbraham & Monson Academy.
For the second time in four years, the Academy’s team won the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts Academic WorldQuest Competition, with host WMA topping a field of eight schools to advance to the national event.
The Academy team of Westfield’s Danielle Bellefeuille ’16, Emily Carson ’15 of Somers, East Longmeadow’s Brian Popovich ’15 and Hampden’s Emily Zeno ’15 and will participate with teams from throughout the country at the 2014 Academic WorldQuest National Competition at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center in Washington D.C. April 26.
“We’re thrilled to have the chance to represent the school once again at the national competition,” said WMA WorldQuest Coach Gina Markowski, whose 2011 team also won the regional match.
The event also included teams from Central High School, Chicopee High School, Hampden Charter School of Science, High School of Commerce, High School of Science and Technology, Longmeadow High School and Renaissance High School.
WMA was tied at the halfway point with Sci-Tech. The second round, however, included more difficult questions and the Academy team initially wasn’t sure how it performed overall.
Once the answers of the second round were read, though, the WMA team knew it had a good chance to win the match and move onto the national competition.
“The first half was exceptionally good, but the second half we were uncertain and what the final outcome would be,” Danielle said. “But we still won.”
