Ohio Latin Convention Results

Every year Latin students from across Ohio gather in Columbus for a 3 day convention where they compete in a number of academic, graphic arts, and creative contests. The event is planned by a combination of state chairs (including our own Magistra Frodge!), club sponsors, and elected student officials under the national organization of the Junior Classical League.

On the state executive board, Casey deBlank proudly served as South Gubernator in charge of service, and Arpad Lalliement served as the state Historian.

Overall, our combined points placed us 3rd out of 22 schools from all over the state!

Seniors Casey deBlank, JC Chen, and Sophie Tindale

Club Awards

One tradition of Convention is the selection of a Latin quote to serve as the theme of the event. This year's theme was

"gutta cavat lapidem", meaning "a drop of water hollows out a rock."

Indian Hill's banner was designed and completed by Casey de Blank and Lottie Henz. It depicts a rose overcoming the harsh diversity of craig through nourishment. Our banner was awarded a Good ranking.

Indian Hill's Latin T-Shirt Design

All schools attending this year were challenged to create a commercial advertising a product themed around the inventor Archimedes. Our High School students created a commercial for Rent-a-Genius, an overly intelligent romantic partner. Our Commercial was ranked Excellent.

For Music Video, we were tasked with to explain Superlatives. Joey O'Shaughnessy wrote and edited a parody of Taylor Swift's Shake It Off. The Indian Hill Middle School students starred in this video. Our Music Video was ranked Good.

Indian Hill Won Spirit

On each day of convention, assemblies are kicked off with a Spirit Competition! Indian Hill students joined 22 schools from Ohio in filling the convention hall with screams and chants!

Indian Hill was awarded the Overall Spirit Award for Large Schools!

Xavier Sharif returns with David to lead the cheers for Indian Hill.

7th Graders preparing for the first Spirit Competition.

Roller Coaster!

Indian Hill engaged in a Cheer Off with Madeira students!

Certamen

Certamen (Latin for Competition) is a quiz bowl style contest that challenges students' knowledge of mythology, history, grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and quick reflexes.

All three levels of our certamen teams advanced to Semi-Finals.

Our Upper team (Casey deBlank, Sophie Tindale, Arpad Lallement, and Michael Miller) came in 6th place in the state tournament

Our Novice Team (Ryan Frey, Zachary Wu, Sophie Lei, Reed Muncy, J Chen, and Roe Brodbeck) came in 4th place.

Our Intermediate Team (Darcy McMahon, Isha Jha, Alex Sharringhausen, and Sophie Buse) came in 2nd place!

Intermediate Team celebrates winning 2nd Place in the State!

Novice Team poised to answer!

Individual Awards

Between our 50 students who participated from both the MS and HS, we received 195 individual awards. These awards not only recognized academic achievement but also creativity and artistic talent.

The total efforts received 1064 points! This is the highest ranking and point total the school has achieved since 2018.

If you see any of these students, be sure to congratulate them on receiving state recognition!

Sophia Lei, grade 8

Overall Sweepstakes: 7th place with 106 points

Graphic Arts: 9th overall

Preconvention: 6th overall

Zachary Wu, grade 7

Creative Arts: 8th overall

Kaz On, grade 9

Creative Arts: 9th overall

Darcy McMahon, grade 9

Overall Sweepstakes: 15th place with 80 points

Creative Arts: 5th overall

Ajax Wegenhart, grade 7

Best in Show -

Latin Recitation (Lower)

Olivia Zhao, grade 9

Best in Show - Pencil Drawing

Preconvention: 15th Overall

Kiran Athota (7th)

1st Place in Roman Life

3rd Place in Pentathlon

4th Place in Literature

4th Place in Costumes

5th in Sight Latin Reading

6th in Reading Comprehension

8th in Roman History

9th in Mythology

9th Derivatives

Ben Bramlage (7th)

10th Place in Literature

Roe Brodbeck (7th)

3rd Place in Photography, Enhanced

4th Place in Meme

7th Place in Pentathlon

Sophie Buse (9th)

2nd Place in Model, Small

5th Place in Constructed Chart

7th Place in Jewelry

Jixuan Chen (12th)

5th Place in Literature

5th Place in Pentathlon

6th Place in Roman Life

9th Place in Roman History

10th Place in Derivative

10th Place in Reading Comprehension

10th in Vocabulary

Jizhong Chen (7th)

1st Place in Roman Life

2nd Place in Pentathlon

3rd Place in Modern Myth

6th Place in English Oratory

8th Place in Roman History

8th Place in Sight Latin Reading

9th Place in Literature

Ryan Claus (7th)

5th Place in Pencil Drawing

9th Place in Ink Drawing

9th Place in Pentathlon

Emily Davis (7th)

2nd Place in Ink Drawing

3rd Place in Digital Art

Casey deBlank (12th)

2nd Place in Photography, Enhanced

3rd Place in Photography, Traditional

6th Place in Roman History

9th Place in Roman Life

9th Place in Literature

Charlie Duda (7th)

6th Place in Mosaic, Tile

Glenn Ernest (7th)

5th Place in Sticker

Ryan Frey (7th)

1st Place in Literature

1st Place in Mythology

1st Place in Roman History

4th Place in Roman Life

5th Place in Vocabulary

7th Place in Derivatives

7th Place in Reading Comprehension

8th Place in Grammar

10th Place in Derivatives

Drew Gailey (10th)

3rd Place in Grammar

6th Place in Mythology

8th Place in Roman Life

8th Place in Reading Comprehension

Lottie Henz (10th)

4th Place in Drawn Poster

5th Place in Illustrated Quotations

5th Place in Jewelry

7th Place in Roman Life

8th Place in Drawn Chart

Zoie Hutton (10th)

8th Place in Vocabulary

9th Place in Colored Pencil Drawing

Isha Jha (9th)

3rd Place in Vocabulary

3rd Place in Sight Latin Reading

5th Place in Derivatives

5th Place in Literature

8th Place in Roman Life

Arpad Lallement (11th)

4th Place in Poetry

5th Place in Sight Latin Reading

6th Place in Derivatives

7th Place in Reading Comprehension

Zoe Lee (8th)

1st Place in Literature

1st Place in Pencil Drawing

2nd Place in Mixed Media

3rd Place in Derivatives

3rd Place in Reading Comprehension

4th Place in Grammar

4th Place in Pentathlon

6th Place in Vocabulary

6th Place in Mythology

8th Place in Roman History

Chloe Luther (9th)

7th Place in Literature

3rd Place in Reading Comprehension

10th Place in Mythology

Sophie Lei (8th)

1st Place in Constructed Chart

1st Place in Drawn Chart

1st Place in Pentathlon

3rd Place in Roman History

3rd Place in Illustrated Quotations

3rd Place in Model, Small

4th in Reading Comprehension

4th Place in Mythology

4th Place in Sticker

4th Place in Literature

4th Place in Pentathlon

4th Place in Poetry

5th Place in Meme

5th Place in Derivative

6th in Roman History

6th in Sight Latin Reading

7th in Vocabulary

9th in Poetry

10th Place in Modern Myth

10th Place in Grammar

10th Place in Literature

Matthew Mantarro (10th)

5th Place in Pentathlon

7th Place in Reading Comprehension

8th Place in Roman History

8th Place in Roman Life

9th Place in Vocabulary

Darcy McMahon (9th)

2nd Place in Pentathlon

2nd Place Roman Life

2nd Place in Vocabulary

3rd Place in Latin Recitation

4th Place in Sculpture, Ceramic

4th Place in Reading Comprehension

5th Place in Literature

6th Place in Derivatives

6th Place in Grammar

7th Place in Photography, Enhanced

8th Place in Mosaic, Tile

Alex Miller (9th)

6th Place in Pentathlon

9th Place in Drawn Map

Michael Miller (11th)

5th Place in Derivatives

7th Place in Roman History

8th Place in Roman Life

9th Place in Mythology

Reed Muncy (7th)

5th Place in Pentathlon

9th Place in Meme

9th Place in Game

Kaz On (9th)

2nd Place in English Oratory

4th Place in Reading Comprehension

4th Place in Constructed Poster

5th Place in Dramatic Interpretation

7th Place in Constructed Chart

Joey O'Shaughnessy (7th)

7th Place in Digital Art

7th Place in Pentathalon

8th Place in Sticker

John Roudabush (7th)

2nd Place in Literature

Alex Scharringhausen (9th)

1st Place in Illustrated Children's Book

1st Place in Illustrated Quotations

1st Place in Sculpture, Non-Ceramic

10th Place in Derivatives

10th Place in Reading Comprehension

Xavier Sharif (11th)

9th Place in Dramatic Interpretation

Ollie Spence (8th)

3rd Place in Dramatic Interpretation

Josephine Tindale (10th)

3rd Place in Jewelry

5th Place in Illustrated Children's Book

8th Place in Poetry

8th Place in Model, Large

Sophia Tindale (12th)

2nd Place in Mythology

3rd Place in Literature

3rd Place in Sculpture, Ceramic

5th Place in Pentathlon

6th Place in Poetry

9th Place in Derivatives

10th Place in Roman Life

10th Place in Sight Latin Reading

G Viscione (7th)

7th Place in Pentathlon

Abe Walkiewicz (7th)

3rd Place in Meme

Ajax Wegenhart (7th)

1st Place in Latin Recitation

2nd Place in Sticker

4th Place in Constructed Chart

4th Place in Photography, Enhanced

Maddox Wegrzyn (7th)

3rd Place in Sticker

5th Place in Digital Art

5th Place in Pentathlon

Zachary Wu (7th)

2nd Place in Grammar

3rd Place in Drawn Map

3rd Place in Pencil Drawing

3rd Place in Monologue

4th Place in Sight Latin Reading

4th Place in Model, Large

6th Place in Modern Myth

7th Place in Model, Small

10th Place in Poetry

Victor Zhang (10th)

10th Place in Roman Life

Olivia Zhao (9)

1st Place in Oil and Acrylic

1st Place in Sticker

2nd Place in Digital Art

2nd Place in Pencil Drawing

5th Place in Vocabulary

6th Place in Derivatives

7th Place in Reading Comprehension

Cole Compton performed Frank Sinatra's My Way. Xavier Sharif (Grade 12) performed Modern Major General from Pirates of Penzance.

IH Has Talent

Latin Convention also features a talent show called OJCL's Got Talent. Students all over the state bring their singing, dancing, acting, and any other hidden talents to the stage as a variety show.

This year Indian Hill had 4 acts featured in OJCL's Got Talent. Cole Compton won 1st Place!

Roe Brodbeck (Grade 7) and Sophia Lei (Grade 8) performing a comedy routine.

Glenn Ernest (Grade 7) provided Security against Geese and Madeira Boys at the Talent Show!

State Officers

Convention is also where students are elected to state office in the Junior Classical League. These students will not only be responsible for planning next years state convention, but they will also plan a number of events for students across Ohio as well as lead the state delegation at the National Latin Convention. Campaigning is a rigorous process involving developing a platform, delivering several speeches, and networking with other schools.

This year Indian Hill had two students serving on the board of executive officers. Arpad Lalliement (Grade 11) served as the State Historian and Casey deBlank (Grade 12) as the South Gubernator.

We are pleased to report back that Kaz On (Grade 9) has been elected as next year's First Vice President, and Arpad Lalliement will be the Ohio Junior Classical League President.

Community!

Latin Convention is just not for competition, but also for building community among our students! Whether it was playing categories in the hall, prepping for the toga banquet, or late night fellowship, our Latin club had fun getting to know each other and other Latin students from schools across the state.

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