Our Latin Scholars Succeed at TSJCL Competition
On March 27 and 28, St. Andrew’s Upper School students competed in academic, artistic, and athletic contests at the Texas State Junior Classical League (TSJCL) convention at Amarillo High School.
The Austin-area Advanced Certamen Team (which included students from St. Andrew’s) competed in the state tournament. The advanced division team, composed of St. Andrew’s students captain Bryce Deskins, team manager William McKinnerney, Rachel Nezzer, Katherine Salinas, Walton Schmidt, and Jonathan Zornio, won second place and missed tying for first place by 5 points. Several of those students will combine with the San Antonio team to represent Texas at the National convention this summer at Trinity University. Congratulations to these Certamen players!
Overall, the Upper School placed ninth in Advanced Division Sweepstakes. Additionally, the Upper School Club was awarded the second runner-up prize in the Latin Club of the Year contest.
Every year at the TSJCL convention, the member schools elect a board of student officers to lead the organization for the following year. This year two St. Andrew’s students have served as officers: Katherine Salinas as Area F Chair and William McKinnerney as Webmaster. At the convention this year, Walton Schmidt was officially sworn in as the new 2015-2016 TSJCL Historian after a successful campaign at the convention. Bryce Deskins won an award for having the highest score for his individual contest (Classical Art) in any level.
Good luck to our Latin scholars as they prepare for Nationals this summer at Trinity University in San Antonio!
Academic and Classical Civilization Results
First Place
Bryce Deskins - Classical Art
Robbie Li - Essay
Second Place
Bryce Deskins - Roman History
Christian Erben - Club T-shirt
Will Josowitz - Classical Art
Rachel Nezzer - Mythology
Zack Osborne - Latin Derivatives
Katherine Salinas - Mosaics
Katherine Salinas - Poetry
Jonathan Zornio - Advanced Grammar
Third Place
Henry Erlinger - Mottoes level 1/2 A
Caroline Graves - Sight Recitation
Walton Schmidt - Mottoes level 3
Fourth Place
Walton Schmidt - Sight Recitation
Fifth Place
Layne Alam - Mythology level 2
Noelle Brimble - Roman Life
Tristram Coffin - Mythology level 1/2 B
Robbie Li - Grammar I
Katherine Salinas - Latin Literature
Pentathlon Results
Summa cum laude - Alex Bradley, Bryce Deskins, Henry Erlinger, Tom Hogan, Will Josowitz, and Jonathan Zornio
Maxima cum laude - Zack Osborne
Magna cum laude - Layne Alam, Tristram Coffin, Nolan McNearney, and Janson Shrock
Cum laude - Harrison Boyt and Tres Allen
Olympika Events
First Place
Long Jump - Tres Allen
4x100 Relay - Tres Allen, Harrison Boyt, Tom Hogan, Fletcher Lowin
