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A Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø student geography team has won second place in a Geography Bowl contest at the annual conference of the New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society (NESTVAL), a regional division of the Association of American Geographers (AAG). This year’s conference was held at Framingham State University in Massachusetts.

The Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø team won the GeoBowl in both 2017 and 2018 but was beat out this year by Salem State.

Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø team members were geography majors Seth Chevalier ’23, Abbey Coe ’22, Stephen Geis ’20 and Michael Harris ’22; COLA undeclared student Ben Montgomery ’22; history major Ryan Saputo ’22; and civil engineering major Seamus Quinn ’22. Jennifer Brewer, associate professor of geography, was the organizer.

The highest scoring students from all teams are invited to join a NESTVAL team to compete against the other AAG regions at the national conference in the spring. Harris qualified for the second year in a row and has been invited to the World Geography Bowl in Denver, Colo.

The Geography Bowl is a geography trivia competition for students, which starts with a round-robin tournament culminating in a head-to-head match between the final two teams. Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø students have taken part in this competition for 12 years, placing second three times, and winning twice.