Jamestown LifeSmarts team advances to semifinals at nationals

The Jamestown High School LifeSmarts team has advanced to the semifinals at the national competition in Miami.

The team is comprised of seniors Spencer Kamoni, Garth Allen, Chris Lane, Jennifer Neva and Jamen Windish. It is coached by economics and social studies teacher Marchel Krieger.

LifeSmarts is a competition that tests the consumer and marketplace knowledge of students in five categories: personal finance, health and safety, consumer rights and responsibilities, technology and the environment.

North Dakota joins, Kansas, Arizona and Maryland in the final four in a field that consisted of 32 teams at the start.

The competition starts Tuesday at 8 a.m., with North Dakota taking on the first-seeded Arizona after Kansas and Maryland battle.

The competition can be seen live online at www.lifesmarts.org.

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