Latin scholars excel in regional competition

By Richard Rosenthal, Latin Teacher

On Saturday, March 27, twelve Latin scholars represented University School of Nashville in the 2022 Tennessee Mid-State Junior Classical League Tournament at Montgomery Bell Academy.

After a long day of competition, students from all over Middle Tennessee gathered for the awards ceremony. USN students demonstrated dominance across the six academic categories with numerous top-five victories listed below: 

Grammar: 
Coco Shepard '27, First Place (Latin 1/2)
Aaron Raney '27, Second Place (Latin 1/2)
Flora Li '27, Third Place (Latin 1/2)
Lexa Drewry '27, Fourth Place (Latin 1/2)
Lucia Gellert '27, Fifth Place (Latin 1/2)
Lin Zheng '26, Second Place (Latin I)
Evan Giles '26 & Alice Littlehale '26, Fourth Place Tie (Latin I)
Jaya Somayaji '26, Fifth Place (Latin I)
Collin Chan '25, Second Place (Latin II)
Greta Li '22, First Place (Latin V)

Vocabulary:
Lucia Gellert '27, Second Place (Latin 1/2)
Coco Shepard '27, Third Place (Latin 1/2)
Charlie Blau '27 & Lexa Drewry '27, Fourth Place Tie (Latin 1/2)
Evan Giles '26, First Place (Latin I)
Alice Littlehale '26 & Lin Zheng '26, Second Place Tie (Latin I)
Jaya Somayaji '26, Fifth Place (Latin I) 
Collin Chan '25, Third Place (Latin II)
Greta Li '22, Third Place (Latin V)

Derivatives:
Lexa Drewry '27, First Place (Latin 1/2)
Charlie Blau '27 & Lucia Gellert '27, Third Place Tie (Latin 1/2)
Aaron Raney '27, Fourth Place (Latin 1/2)
Flora Li '27, Fifth Place (Latin 1/2)
Evan Giles '26, Second Place (Latin I)
Alice Littlehale '26, Fifth Place (Latin I)
Collin Chan '25, Second Place (Latin II)
Greta Li '22, Second Place (Latin V)

Roman History:
Charlie Blau '27, Lexa Drewry '27 & Aaron Raney '27, First Place Tie (Latin 1/2)
Coco Shepard '27, Second Place (Latin 1/2)
Flora Li '27, Third Place (Latin 1/2)
Evan Giles '26 & Alice Littlehale '26, Fourth Place Tie (Latin I)
Collin Chan '25, Fourth Place (Latin II)
Greta Li '22, Third Place (Latin V)

Roman Life:
Lexa Drewry '27, First Place (Latin 1/2)
Aaron Raney '27, Fifth Place (Latin 1/2)
Jaya Somayaji '26, Third Place (Latin I)
Alice Littlehale '26, Fourth Place (Latin I)
Collin Chan '25, Third Place (Latin II)
Greta Li '22, Third Place (Latin V)

Roman Mythology: 
Flora Li '27, First Place (Latin 1/2)
Lexa Drewry '27, Second Place (Latin 1/2)
Lucia Gellert '27, Third Place (Latin 1/2)
Greta Li '22, Third Place (Latin V)

USN's multitalented scholars excelled in art categories as well. The following students placed top five in arts contests and games: 

Graphic Arts: 
Lin Zheng '26, First Place (Charcoal)
Evan Giles '26, First Place (Maps)
Lexa Drewry '27, Third Place (Digital Photography)
Lucia Gellert '27, Fourth Place (Digital Photography)
Coco Shepard '27, Fifth Place (Digital Photography)

Creative Tweets:
Alice Littlehale '26, Fourth Place (Latin I)
Jaya Somayaji '26, Fifth Place (Latin I)

Kahoot:
Evan Giles '26, Fifth Place (Latin I)
Greta Li '22, Third Place (Latin V)

Impromptu Art: 
Charlie Blau '27, Third Place (Realistic Structure)
Coco Shepard '27, Second Place (Abstract)

Lexa and Greta were USN's high point scorers with 75 points each. Congratulations to each exemplary Latin student on a job well done.