A student team from Tahoma High School was named the winner of a top honor in the Washington Economics Challenge.

Tahoma was named the winner of the David Ricardo Division, which is for students who have only taken a single-semester economics course. A team from Saint George’s School in Spokane won the top prize for the Adam Smith Division — for advanced placement, international baccalaureate and honors students.

According a press release, this year’s state winners have outpaced more than 10,500 students nationwide, which included more than 2,600 teams from 40 states in the preliminary round of state competitions across the country.

As the top-scoring teams in the state, Tahoma and St. George’s will compete in the National Semifinals for the chance to advance to the 14th Annual National Economics ChallengeSM Finals in New York City, hosted by the Council for Economic Education.

“While winning the Challenge is an important accomplishment, in a very true sense, every student who competes in the event is a winner,” said Pam Whalley, Washington Council for Economic and Financial Education President, in the press release.

The winning team members from Tahoma were Viviana Salazar, Madison Silverman, Sara Wheeler and Austin Whittendale. Their teacher advisor is Debra Wood.