The Churchill, Madison and Reagan High School Latin Clubs attended the 2008 National Junior Classic League from July 29 through August 2 at the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Close to 1,500 students from across the country competed in a wide variety of activities, seminars and competitions.

"I do whatever I can to help prepare our students," said Randy Thompson, Churchill Latin teacher. "But the work is done on their own time--they're pretty amazing.

Churchill students brought back the following awards:

THIRD PLACE
Dominic Delgado: Greek Derivatives
Chelton Myers: Vocabulary

FIFTH PLACE
Dominic Delgado: Reading Comprehension

SEVENTH PLACE
Lauren Johnson: Greek Derivative IV

EIGHTH PLACE
Dominic Delgado: Grammar

TENTH PLACE
Dominic Delgado: Academic Heptathlon
Joey Begin: Latin Literature

Reagan students brought back the following awards:

FIRST PLACE
Kevin Arteaga: Dramatic Interpretation Boys III
Alessandra Fairchild: Mythology III; Reading Comprehension III
Kirsten Gardley: 100-yd freestyle; 100-yd medley, 200-yd freestyle; 50-yd breaststroke
Sean Kelliher: Roman Life IV
Alex Kendall: Ludi Chess
Brandon Shaw: Greek Life and Literature II

SECOND PLACE
Caroline Beck: Latin Literature III
Kaitlin Bennett: Dramatic Interpretation Girls II
Stephanie Cruz: Sight Recitation IV
Alessandra Fairchild: Academic Heptathlon III
Ricky Fink: Sculpture (12th grade)
Jenna Gaska: Latin Literature IV; Open Certamen Advanced
Julia Liken: Latin Vocabulary III
Sarah Norton: Latin Literature II
Domonique Ramos: Dramatic Interpretation Girls I
Christian Spendlove: Dramatic Interpretation Boys V
Jay Sullivan: Ancient Geography II; Ludi Chess
Rachel Wang: Open Certamen Advanced

THIRD PLACE
Clint Anderson: Roman History I
Caroline Beck: Open Certamen Advanced
Stephanie Cruz: Reading Comprehension Prose IV
James Davidson: Roman Life IV
Alessandra Fairchild: Latin Literature III; Roman Life III
Ricky Fink and Rachel Wang: Costume – couples
Jordan Garcia: Sight Recitation III
Kirsten Gardley: 50-yd freestyle
Maarten Janssens: Mottoes & Abbreviations I
David Knott: Ancient Geography IV
Domonique Ramos: 200-meter run

FOURTH PLACE
Kirsten Gardley: Dolls (11th grade); 100-yd backstroke; 50-yd butterfly
Robert Han: Roman Life II
Reuben Perez: Mythology IV
Rachel Wang: Roman History IV

FIFTH PLACE
Kevin Arteaga: Sight Recitation III
Jason Benoit: Reading Comprehension I
Alessandra Fairchild: Roman History III; Latin Vocabulary III
Ricky Fink: 50-yd Freestyle; 50-yd Breaststroke
Kirsten Gardley: 200-meter run

SIXTH PLACE
Jason Benoit: Latin Derivatives I
Kirsten Gardley: 50-yd backstroke

SEVENTH PLACE
Melissa Jarmel: Local Club Scrapbook
Kaitlin Bennett: 50-yd Freestyle
Alessandra Fairchild: Ancient Geography III; Mottoes & Abbreviations III
Sean Kelliher: Latin Literature IV
Julia Liken: Reading Comprehension Prose III

EIGHTH PLACE
Clint Anderson: Ancient Geography I
Alessandra Fairchild: Latin Derivatives III; Latin Grammar III
Kirsten Gardley: 100-meter run
Alex Kendall: Ancient Geography III
Julia Liken: Academic Heptathlon III; Latin Derivatives III; Roman Life III
Christian Spendlove: Ancient Geography V

NINTH PLACE
Kaitlin Bennett: 50-yd Butterfly
Simon Chun: Roman Life III
Stephanie Cruz: Latin Vocabulary IV; Reading Comprehension Poetry IV
Julia Liken: Reading Comprehension Poetry III
Austin Smith: Reading Comprehension Prose III

TENTH PLACE
Rochelle Chen: Dramatic Interpretation Girls IV

SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL AWARD
Kirsten Gardley placed 4th overall in Olympika (Swimming & Track)