Mount Vernon placed first at the WaMaC Conference individual speech meet at West Delaware High School Monday, Feb. 19.
Placing in the event and receiving Division I ratings included: Anna Vavricek in poetry “hands and other forms of connection” (first), Charlie Krob in acting “Hurricane Diane” (first), Eva Bishop in reviewing “Slaughterhouse Five” (first), Kayleigh Kirton in radio news announcing (first), Kevin Zehms in spontaneous speaking (first), Penelope Vig in after dinner speaking “Don’t Settle” (first), Summer Bowie-Smith in prose “Bread” (first), Cait O’ Connor in solo improvisation (second), Mae Krapfl in after dinner speaking “How to Holiday from Your Hound” (second), Natalie Thuerauf in literary program “The Desire to be Perfect” and public address “Violence Against Women” (both second place), Norah Weber in expository address “Swift Preparation” (second), Claire Thuerauf in poetry “Space” (third), Kylie Pyatt in literary program “Pocket-Sized Feminism” (third) and Summer Bowie-Smith in public address “The Helsinki Bus Station Theory” (third place.
Earning additional Division I ratings for Mount Vernon were: Ashlynn Carter-Shook original oratory “Girls’ Wrestling” and prose “It’s Okay to Like Pink,” Audrey Tucker in expository address “Family Game Night,” Bella Hasley, radio news announcing and acting in “Avocado,” Ellah Shook in original oratory “Spiraling Thoughts,” Korah Jo Robinson in solo musical theatre “I’m Your Man,” Kylie Pyatt in original oratory “Get Involved, but Breathe,” Lillian Bishop in acting “A Note,” Norah Weber in poetry “TBD,” Penelope Vig in solo musical theatre “Woman of the World,” Skye Rodman in solo musical theatre “The Birthday Song,” Chester Rood in poetry in “The The Impotence of Proofreading” and solo improvisation, Charlotte Woosley in acting “The Broom You Rode In On,” and Natalee Glaister in poetry “When You Realize.”
Earning Division II ratings were: Audrey Tucker in after dinner speaking “Older Sibling Support Group,” Carrington Bybee in reviewing “Fried Green Tomatoes,” Cyrus Johnson in expository address “How to Be Like a Penguin,” Edith Dawson in spontaneous speaking, Grant Tucker in spontaneous speaking, Mae Krapfl in solo improvisation, Meg Dye in reviewing “Beauty and the Beast,” Megan Teague in literary program “To Live Fully,” Owen Francois in storytelling “The Man Who Loved Flowers,” Sierra Snyder in storytelling “Tell-Tale Heart,” and Natalee Glaister in solo improvisation.
Earning Division IV ratings were: Cyrus Johnson in public address “What Do I Know” and Kayleigh Kirton in solo improvisation.