Congratulations to Team USA – 4th out of 47 teams at the 2025 International Geography Olympiad!
The United States Geography Championships was founded in order to provide American students with a way to qualify for the International Geography Olympiad (iGeo). The 2026 International Geography Olympiad will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on August 10-17.
The International Geography Olympiad is an international tournament for high school students from around the world, which is organized by the International Geography Union, a global professional organization of geographers. The first iGeo was held in The Hague, Netherlands in 1996 – other iGeos have since been held in Portugal, Korea, South Africa, Poland, Australia, Tunisia, Taiwan, Germany, China, Russia, Serbia, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, and Thailand. Subsequent iGeos will be held in Latvia (2027), and Melbourne, Australia (2028).
For more information on the International Geography Olympiad in general, see the iGeo homepage as well as the iGeo Wikipedia page.
Team USA 2025
L to R : Ray Dai (NY), Ishaan Pusuluri (NY), Coach Steve Muench, US Ambassador to Thailand Robert Godec, John Augustyn (IL), Alan Marhic (GA)
More Info on the International Geography Olympiad
Coaches
Jason Flowers
Jason Flowers, a teacher and academic team coach at the Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy in Austin, TX, who has coached Team USA since 2015 will return as head coach in 2026.
Steve Muench
Steve Muench, a social studies teacher in Leonia, NJ who has coached since 2017 will return to co-coach in 2026. Steve is also a board member of the Steering Committee of the International Geography Olympiad.
Gallery
Past International Geography Olympiad Medalists from the USA and overall team finish
Full results from previous iGeos can be found here.
2025 – Bangkok, Thailand (179 total students): 4th out of 47 teams – Final Results
Team Photo Album (including meeting with US Ambassador to Thailand, Robert Godec)
iGeo 2025 Website (with additional photos and videos in the Gallery section)
Gold – Ray Dai, Fredonia High School, New York (2nd Place overall)
Gold – Alan Marhic, Riverwood International Charter School, Georgia (4th Place overall)
Bronze – John Augustyn, Benet Academy, Illinois (73rd Place overall)
2024 – Dublin and Maynooth, Ireland (183 total students): 1st out of 46 teams – Full Results
Gold – Julian Huang, Stuyvesant High School, New York (3rd Place overall)
Silver – Ray Dai, Fredonia High School, New York (21st Place overall)
Silver – Gideon Ong, A&M Consolidated High School, Texas (22nd Place overall)
Silver – Daniel Meyer, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Mathematics, Virginia (29th Place overall)
2023 – Bandung, Indonesia (177 total students): 7th out of 45 teams
Silver – Sumukh Venkatesh, Evergreen High School, California (29th Place overall)
Silver – Benjamin Tytell, Brookline High School, Massachusetts (36th Place overall)
Silver – Gideon Ong, A&M Consolidated High School, Texas (40th Place overall)
Silver – Daniel Meyer, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Mathematics, Virginia (42nd Place overall)
2022 – Online (206 total students): 8th out of 54 teams
Gold – Max Yang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri (12th Place overall)
Silver – Dylan Rem, Malibu High School, California (23rd Place overall)
Silver – Miles Kottler, Beverly Hills High School, California (44th Place overall)
2021 – Online (179 total students): 12th out of 46 teams
Silver – Max Yang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Missouri (27th Place overall)
Silver – Alex Mitchell, Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts (35th Place overall)
Silver – Dylan Rem, Southampton High School, New York (48th Place overall)
Bronze – Elijah Conklin, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pennsylvania (96th Place overall)
2019 – Hong Kong (165 total students): 2nd out of 43 teams
Gold – Albert Zhang, F.W. Buchholz High School, Florida (Overall World Champion)
Silver – Kevin Lu, Richard Montgomery High School, Maryland (17th Place overall)
Bronze – Daniel Ma, Hunter College High School, New York (5oth Place overall)
Bronze – Elys Anaya, Archimedean Upper Conservatory, Florida (56th Place overall)
2018 – Quebec City, Canada (165 total students): 3rd out of 43 teams
Gold – Kyle Yu, Westlake High School, Ohio (7th Place overall)
Gold – Benjamin Benjadol, Trinity High School, Texas (14th Place overall)
Silver – Kevin Lu, Richard Montgomery High School, Maryland (34th Place overall)
Silver – Daniel Ma, Hunter College High School, New York (40th Place overall)
2017 – Belgrade, Serbia (159 total students): 3rd out of 41 teams
Gold – Martin Rakowszczyk, Wootton High School, Maryland (12th Place overall)
Silver – AJ Manning, Bartow IB High School, Florida (20th Place overall)
Silver – Kyle Yu, Westlake High School, Ohio (22nd Place overall)
Silver – Jakob Myers, Naperville North High School, Illinois (40th Place overall)
2016 – Beijing, China (173 total students): 7th out of 45 teams
Gold – AJ Manning, Bartow IB High School, Florida (8th Place overall)
Gold – Eugene Wang, BASIS Tucson North, Arizona (9th Place overall)
Silver – Matthew Janson, Providence High School, North Carolina (20th Place overall)
2015 – Tver, Russia (159 total students): tied for 12th out of 40 teams
Gold – James Mullen, Monta Vista High School, California (3rd Place overall)
Gold – Kevin Li, Westview High School, California (7th Place overall)
2014 – Krakow, Poland (144 total students): 10th out of 36 teams
Gold – James Mullen, Monta Vista High School, California (Overall World Champion)
Silver – Anton Karpovich, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Illinois (36th Place overall)
Bronze – Tine Valencic, Grapevine High School, Texas
2013 – Kyoto, Japan (128 total students): 14th out of 32 teams
Bronze – Joe Kiernan, Moorestown Friends School, New Jersey
Bronze – Nirav Ilango, Chattahoochee High School, Georgia
Bronze – Anton Karpovich, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Illinois