{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mannion.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-mannion-ny-22-announces-2025-congressional-app-challenge", "Representative Mannion (NY-22) Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winners", "2025-12-23", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "John W. Mannion", "M001231", "mannion.house.gov", "mannion", "https://mannion.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "SYRACUSE, NY \u2014 Representative John W. Mannion (NY-22) today announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge, a nationwide competition that encourages middle and high school students to explore computer science by designing and coding original software applications.\n\nThe first-place winner for NY-22 is Mikyal Mobeen, a student at Jamesville-DeWitt High School, for his app \u201cPhosTrack.\u201d The quiz-style app helps dialysis patients identify phosphate levels in common foods, making it easier to manage and maintain healthy diets. It also includes a journal for patients to track symptoms and other resources.\n\nRepresentative John W. Mannion said, \u201cThe Congressional App Challenge provides hands-on STEM education, giving students the opportunity to address real-world problems through technology. Mikyal\u2019s app is a great example of creativity, skill, and purpose coming together to improve health outcomes for the community. I\u2019m proud of every student who stepped up, expanded their understanding of computer science to help others, and took part in this fun and rewarding program.\u201d\n\nThe Congressional App Challenge is an annual competition hosted by Members of Congress across the country. Students compete individually or in teams to build an original app using any platform or programming language. The winning app was selected by Representative Mannion from student app submissions from across NY-22.\n\nResults for NY-22:\n\n1st Place:\n\nMikyal Mobeen, Jamesville-DeWitt High School \u2014 \u201cPhosTrack,\u201d a quiz-based app that helps dialysis patients recognize phosphate levels in common foods.\n\n2nd Place:\n\nHenry Glade, Haoyu Wang, Haoxuan Wang, and Noah Kopiasz, Fayetteville-Manlius High School \u2014\u201cTurtle Miner,\u201d an educational video game designed to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of mining.\n\nRepresentative Mannion congratulates all participants and thanks the educators who supported students throughout the challenge.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mannion.house.gov/media/press-releases/representative-mannion-ny-22-announces-2025-congressional-app-challenge"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8876901119947433, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}