For sixth consecutive year, US forensics team finishes first in state

For the sixth year in a row, the Greenhills upper school forensics team finished first in the C & D Division at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association (MIFA) Individual Events State Tournament, held May 3-4 at Oakland University.

“The students performed exceptionally well, and this entire group gave its absolute best in terms of performance, behavior, and team spirit,” said Coach Barb Ebeling. “This is truly one of the finest teams with which I have ever worked.”

Finalists

1st Sabrina Wu – Drama
1st Sarah Ceccio, Amar Nigham, Emma Rickman, Alaina Riker, Jordan Pesci-Smith, Tristan Lopus, Gunner Streitzel – Multiple: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2nd Chang Che – Storytelling
2nd Anya Parampil – Broadcasting
2nd Alex Reeves – Extemporaneous
3rd Astra Tucker – Sales
4th Lalitha Ramaswamy – Sales
4th Sarah Barber, Allie Chatas, David Groden, Danny Markel, Janie Mortell, Gus Nordheilm, Florence Rivkin – Multiple: Little Shop of Horrors
5th John Lazarsfeld – Impromptu Open
5th Elisia Ceballo-Countryman and Delaney Feldeisen – Duo
6th Derek Heitman – Broadcasting
6th Kayla Mandel – Informative

Semi-finalists

Andrew Gitlin – Impromptu
Adrian Karnani – Poetry
Francesca Lupia – Informative
Maggie McMillin – Poetry
Will Krause – Impromptu 9/10
Anne Snabes – Impromptu 9/10
Nikita Bazaj – Storytelling 9/10
Ian Harris and Rohan Shrimankar – Duo
Siani Woods – Drama

Medalists

Ally Hogikyan – Storytelling
Josh DeGraff – Prose
Tiffany He – Prose