Latin students place 2nd at Mid-State Latin Convention

By Richard Rosenthal, Mock Trial, MS Quiz Bowl & Latin Faculty Advisor 

USN Latin students placed second in AAAA (highest division) of the Tennessee Junior Classical League Mid-State Tournament at the Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet High School on Wednesday, February 12. Led by High School Latin Teacher Diane Sorrel, 33 Latin students scored 876 points competing in Academic, Creative Arts, Graphic Arts, and Certamen (Latin Quiz Bowl).

After a weather delay, the tournament finished up with the Certamen (Latin Quiz Bowl) Competition on Saturday, February 22 at Montgomery Bell Academy. USN’s Novice Certamen Team of Maya Guha '24, Laney Drew Hirt '24, Laura Grace Hirt '24, and Sarah Page-McCaw '24 won its competition. The Intermediate Certamen Team of Adeolu Ajayi '22, Sam Barocas '23, and Philip Feaster '23 made it to the finals and placed third.

Caroline Keiper '25 led all USN students scoring 90 points. She had the second most number of points on the academic competitions of any student from any school. Laney and Sarah each scored 62 points. And David Luffman '20 scored 60 points. Emma Vogeli '22 placed third among all students in the Creative Arts competitions.

Adeolu, Sarah, Mason Lee '20, Sam Luffman '25, and Neha Saggi '21 were recognized for having the highest score on an Academic Test among all competitors at any level (not just at their own level).

Caroline, David, Laney, Collin Chan '25, Esha Karam '21, Greta Li '22, and Sheeline Yu '21 also won Academic Competitions at their level.

Maya won the Costume Female Mythological Competition. Emma placed first in the Miscellaneous Category of the Graphic Arts Competition. She was third among all students in the Creative Arts competitions.

Students who place in the top five score points. In the Academic Competitions, students compete against other students at their level of Latin. In the Creative and Graphic Arts, they compete against students from all levels. The following students placed in the following competitions:

Academics

Latin Grammar
1 Mason Lee '20
1 Greta Li '21
1 Sam Luffman '25
1 Sarah Page-McCaw '24
1 Neha Saggi '21
2 Collin Chan '25
2 Laura Grace Hirt '24
2 Esha Karam '21
2 David Luffman '20
2 Wesley Smail '22
2 Sheeline Yu '21
3 Caroline Keiper '25
4 Laney Drew Hirt '25
5 Carolyn Raney '25
5 Nandan Sarkar '22

Derivatives
1 Caroline Keiper '25
2 David Luffman '20
2 Carolyn Raney '25
3 Collin Chan '25
3 Olivia Morrison '22
4 Laney Drew Hirt '24
4 Mason Lee '20
5 Greta Li '21
5 Luca Smith '22
5 Natalie Wright '21

Geography
1 David Luffman '20
1 Sam Luffman '25
3 Drew Brackett '24
4 Greta Li '21
5 Caroline Keiper '25

Heptathlon
2 Caroline Keiper '25
3 David Luffman '20
3 Sarah Page-McCaw '24
4 Maya Giles '23
4 Esha Karam '21
4 Mason Lee '20
5 Sheerea Yu '23

Latin Literature
1 Laney Drew Hirt '24
2 Laura Grace Hirt '24
4 Ainsley Moore '24

Mythology
1 Caroline Keiper '25
1 Greta Li '21
2 Laura Grace Hirt '24
3 Maya Guha '24
3 Sheerea Yu '23
4 Natalie Wright '21

Reading Comprehension
1 Adeolu Ajayi '22
1 Collin Chan '25
1 Esha Karam '21
1 Caroline Keiper '25
1 Sheeline Yu '21
2 Mason Lee '20
2 Sheerea Yu '23
3 Olivia Morrison '22
3 Carolyn Raney '25
4 Beckett Dahir '25
4 Oscar Fox '21
4 David Luffman '20
4 Sarah Page-McCaw '24

Roman History
3 Philip Feaster '23
3 Sam Luffman '25
4 Drew Brackett '24
4 Caroline Keiper '25
5 Beckett Dahir '25
5 Sarah Page-McCaw '24

Roman Life
1 Mason Lee '20
2 Carolyn Raney '25
3 Beckett Dahir '25
4 Adeolu Ajayi '22
5 Drew Brackett '24
5 Greta Li '22
5 Somya Singh '21
5 Wesley Smail '22
5 Natalie Wright '21

Vocabulary
1 Sam Luffman '25
2 Collin Chan '25
2 Oscar Fox '21
3 Sarah Page-McCaw '24
3 Neha Saggi '21
3 Emma Vogeli '22
4 Laura Grace Hirt '24
4 Caroline Keiper '25
4 Wesley Smail '22
4 Natalie Wright '21
5 Maya Giles '23
5 Carolyn Raney '25

Creative Arts

Costume Female Mythological
1 Maya Guha '24

Classical Tweets
3 Lydia West '21
5 Neha Saggi '21

Graphic Arts

Miscellaneous
1 Emma Vogeli '22
2 Maya Guha '24

Acrylics and Oils
2 Emma Vogeli '22

Sculpture
3 Ella Cheek '24