St. Andrew’s Upper Certamen Team Wins Third State Championship; Andrew Rist Makes History By Being Named Latin Student of the Year for Third Time
On Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2 the St. Andrew’s Upper School Latin Club attended the Texas State Junior Classical League Convention at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas. The Upper certamen team composed of Tito Kohout, Allison Portnoy, Westlake’s Kyle Scheiffer, Captain Andrew Rist, alternates Alison Hight and Sarah Miller, and team manager Jenna Albert represented the Austin area in the competition and won the state championship. All of us who watched the final round were treated to a great round of certamen with the team dominating the competition.
Senior Andrew Rist, a member of the winning Upper certamen team, was named the Latin Student of the Year for the state of Texas for his high score on the most difficult test given, the Decathlon. The award comes along with a $1,500 scholarship. This is Andrew’s third year in a row to be named Latin Student of the Year. It is the first time in TSJCL history that a student has won the award three times.
Andrew Rist also achieved high scores on the Mythology and Pentathlon tests. Alison Hight won the trophy for the high score on the Latin Literature test.
Academic Contests
First Place
Alison Hight Latin Literature
Allison Portnoy Vocabulary
Andrew Rist Decathlon
Andrew Rist Mythology
Megan Rouch Sight Recitation
Second Place
Jessica Roper Reading Comprehension - Poetry
Megan Rouch Dramatic Interpretation
Alex Walsh Reading Comprehension - Prose
Third Place
Tito Kohout Decathlon
Fourth Place
Clark Miller Dramatic Interpretation
Kiran Rao Mythology
Fifth Place
Nik Gilmore Sight Recitation
Tito Kohout Mythology
Alison Hight Roman Life
Allison Portnoy Latin Derivatives
Philip Swanger Latin Literature
Chris Sweat Greek History
Classical Civilization
Second Place
Jenna Albert Sculpture/Pottery
Jenna Albert Scrapbook
Andrew Butler Play
Nik Gilmore Play
Grace Kago Research Paper
Sarah Miller Play
Jessica Roper Play
Megan Rouch Play
Stephanie Williams Play
Third Place
Andrew Butler Vocal Ensemble
Ava Cole Vocal Ensemble
Anna Kooris Photography
Andrew Rist Vocal Ensemble
Megan Rouch Vocal Ensemble
Pentathlon
Summa Cum Laude
Will Cardwell Stacia Damron
Mason Heath Tito Kohout
Anna Kooris Jack Lynch
Sarah Miller Allison Portnoy
Andrew Rist Kiran Rao
Jessica Roper Marcus Roper
Philip Swanger
Maxima Cum Laude
Jenna Albert Avery Cowden
Chris George Kyle Heidtman
Alison Hight Anna Kooris
Kathryn Moldenhauer Will Rice
Chris Sweat Alex Walsh
Chris Walsh
Magna Cum Laude
Andrew Butler Anna Butler
Ava Cole Jessica Comola
Nik Gilmore Amanda Greenwell
Harris Greenwood Haley Heath
Lily McCall Sydney McCarthy
Jane McMurrey Clark Miller
Megan Rouch
Cum Laude
Callie Clemons Kevin Heidtman
Grace Kago Nina McAllister
Brett McClure Adair Townsend
Olympika
Second Place
Harris Greenwood 400 M Relay
Ryan Holody 400 M Relay
Brett McClure 400 M Relay
Megan Rouch Long Jump
Chris Sweat 400 M Relay
Third Place
Callie Clemons Frisbee Throw
Sydney McCarthy 40 M Dash
Sydney McCarthy 100 M Dash
Fourth Place
Megan Rouch 200 M Dash
Fifth Place
Harris Greenwood 200 M Dash
Overall, St. Andrew’s won second place in the Latin Club of the Year contest and sixth place in sweepstakes.
Junior Jenna Albert was elected treasurer for TSJCL.
Many of these students are headed to the National Junior Classical League Convention at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri August 2-6.