Stratford sent 28 students to  the GJCL’s state Latin Convention, also known as LatinCon, the weekend of April 21.

It is the second consecutive year Stratford students have attended the convention at Rock Eagle.

There were 35 schools from across the state. Stratford placed fourth overall in the medium school division, which included 17 schools. 

Team Awards

Open Certamen (5^th Place) — Manasa Vemuri, Sai Pagadala, Rosalee Spivey, Kenzie Muenzer

Girls’ Chariot (5^th Place) — Meredith Fuchs, Morgan Mathis, Carlin Weinberg, Ellie Wangerin, Nathan Dummitt

Boys’ Chariot (5^th Place) — Stephen Durso, Mark Barrow, Preston Kennedy, Thomas Thwaite, Tripp Vaughn, Rosalee Spivey

Individual Awards

Middle School

Gavin Martin — 1^st in Softball Throw Junior Division, 2^nd in Fricus Junior Division, 3rd Overall in Convention Olympika Points

Rohan Patel — 3^rd on The Roman Daily Life Exam

Nathan Dummitt — 5^th in Distance Run Junior Division

Upper School

Carlin Weinberg — 2^nd in Medium Sized Models

Riley Davis — 3^rd in Modern Myth Creative Writing

Grace Deedrick — 2^nd in Vocal Latin Performance, That’s Entertainment Finalist

Meredith Fuchs — 1^st in Mosaics

Carson Greene — 4^th in Latin Oratory,  4^th on the Greek History and Culture Exam,  5^th on the Roman History Exam

Morgan Mathis — 1^st in Large Scale Models., 3^rd in Softball Throw Senior Division

Isabel McSwain — That’s Entertainment Finalist

Kenzie Muenzer — 1^st in Female Costume Senior Division

Shawn Shivdat — 1^st on the Reading Comprehension Prose Exam,  2^nd on the Reading Comprehension Poetry Exam

Rosalee Spivey — 5^th in Greeting Cards

Tripp Vaughn — 4^th on the Ancient Geography Exam

Manasa Vemuri — 4^th in Medium Scale Models