On July 14, Michael Klecheski, Chargé d’affaires, met with the 2014 U.S. Physics Team, who came to Astana to participate in the 45th International Physics Olympiad (IPHO), held July 13 – 20, 2014. Five high school students are representing the United States at IPHO 2014: Alexander Bourzutschky, of Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD; Kevin Fei, of Carmel High School, Carmel, IN; Calvin Huang, of Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA; Vikram Sundar, of the Harker School, San Jose, CA; and Michael Winer, of Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD. IPHO is a nine-day competition among pre-university students from more than 85 countries. The U.S. Embassy congratulates these students on their impressive achievements and wishes them excellent results in the competition.