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Pranay Sanwal of Lewes crowned Worcester Prep Geography Bee winner
January 17, 2017
After multiple rounds of intense questions, Pranay Sanwal was announced the winner of the 2017 Worcester Prep Lower and Middle School Geography Bee. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Out of 208 WPS Lower and Middle School students competing, the top three finalists of the 2017 annual Geography Bee included (l-r) Pranay Sanwal, Lewes; John Arrington, Salisbury, Md.; and Hunter Simons, Seaford.
Pranay Sanwal of Lewes won first place in the annual Worcester Preparatory School Lower and Middle School Geography Bee for fourth through eighth grades Jan. 11. He is the son of Drs. Pankaj and Vibha Sanwal. Eighth-grader John Arrington of Salisbury, Md., came in second, and fifth-grader Hunter Simons of Seaford finished in third place.
The semifinalists who advanced from the preliminary rounds, out of 63 Lower School students and 145 Middle School students, included the following: Sanwal; Arrington; Simons; fourth-grader Danielle Carr, Lewes; sixth-grader Brody Bushnell, Berlin, Md.; sixth-grader Ian Lewis, Onancock, Va.; seventh-grader Brooke Emeigh, Seaford; and eighth-grader Adison Browne, Dagsboro.
