Midwest High School Chinese Speech Contest Final Results

Outstanding Individual Award

Level 4:

• First place - Kiri Werner, Highland Park Senior Highschool, MN
• Second place - Ava Tuohy, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Third place - William Watson, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI

Excellent Chinese Learner Award

Heritage level:

• First place - Minhao Chen, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Second place - Allison Lei, Minnetonka High School, MN
• Third place - Qiqi Lai, George Westinghouse College Prep, IL

Level 3:

• First place - Ayleen Jondrow-Qian, Canton High school, MI
• Second place - Anna Gonzales, Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, MI

Level 2:

• First place - Isaac Fandakly, Stoney Creek High School, MI
• Second place - Vincent Pan, Whitney Magnet High School, IL
• Third place - Gary Tan, Whitney M. Young, IL

Level 1:

• First place - Chloe Lesselroth, Booker T. Washington High School, OK
• Second place - Samanjas Atre, Canton High, MI
• Third place - Xavier Castillo, Stoney Creek High School, MI

Excellent Performance Award

• Max McGrath, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Tanay Shenoy, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Henry Mahler, East Lansing high school, MI
• Hailey Jia, Walter Payton College Prep, IL
• Ashley Mei, Walter Payton College Preparatory Highschool, IL
• Sophia Wegner, , Stoney Creek High School, MI
• Luca Popp, University high school, IL
• Natalie Sapp, Stoney Creek High School, MI
• Christian Kim, Whitney M. Young, IL
• Timothy Minfield, Stoney Creek High School, MI
• Jose Izquierdo, Stoney Creek High School, MI

Successful Participation Award

• Christina Lee, Whitney M. Young, IL
• Kajiha Reed, Noble Street - Gary Comer College Prep, IL
• Kean Hui, Canton High School, MI
• Lek Gjolaj, Stoney Creek High School, MI
• Reuben Wagenius, Apollo High School, MN
• Christian Granstrom, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Ethan Han, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI

Outstanding Individual Award

Level 4:

• First place - Richael Saka, St. Francis Desales High School, OH
• Second place - Alexander Kuplicki, University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, MI
• Third place - John Lee, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI

Excellent Chinese Learner Award

Heritage level:

• First place - Theeya Chen, Upper Saint Clair High school, PA
• Second place - Matthew Zhao, Troy High School, MI
• Third place - Carissa Schultz, North Shore Country Day School, IL

Level 3:

• First place - Skye Flowers​, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL
• Second place - James Sohigian, Loyola Academy, IL
• Third place - Will Manning, Upper Saint Clair High school, PA

Level 2:

• First place - Reuben Wagenius, Apollo High School, KY
• Second place - Zakia Pruitt​, Lindblom HS, IL

Level 1:

• First place - Sophia Payne​, Whitney M Young Magnet Highschool, IL
• Second place - Lucile Carter​, Whitney Young Magnet High School, IL
• Third place - Faith Lee​, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI

Excellent Performance Award

• Abigail Neton, Barrington High School, IL
• Gabriella Liang, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL
• Ava Hamilton, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Libby Kurt​, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Celina Du, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Boshi Dong​, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA
• Ashton Kearns​, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA
• Justin Bailey​, St. John’s Jesuit High School, OH
• Nathan Allen​, St. John’s Jesuit High School, OH
• Aidan Richardson, University High School, IL
• Reese Copenhaver, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA
• Zinaida Kirsopp, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA

Successful Participation Award

• Anna Lao, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA
• Sophia Wegner, Stoney Creek High School, MI
• Soo-yeon Kim, Troy High School, MI
• Charles Rollman, St. John’s Jesuit High School, OH
• Judy Wang, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA
• Jenny Wang, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA
• Colin Liang, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA
• Sherry Ren, Upper Saint Clair High School, PA

Outstanding Individual Award

Level 4:

• First place - William Rechner, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Second place - Axel Hinz, Whitney Young High School, IL
• Third place - Sophia McGrath, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI

Excellent Chinese Learner Award

Heritage level:

• First place - Leeland Zhang, Hinsdale Central High School, IL
• Second place - Celina Du, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Third place - Nancy Zhao, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, IL

Level 3:

• First place - Tess McGrath, Forest Hills Northern High School, MI
• Second place - Soo-yeon Kim, Troy High School, MI
• Third place - Nathan Leong, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, IL

Level 1:

• First place - Serena Chan, William Fremd High School, IL
• Second place - Ellie Trost-Rekich, William Fremd High School, IL
• Third place - Gauri Menon, James B. Conant Highschool, IL

Excellent Performance Award

• High school heritage level - Gabrielle Yuan, Columbus School for Girls, OH
• High school level 1 - Ngozi Ndukwe, Arbor Preparatory High School, MI
• High school level 1 - Lillianah Olatunji, Wayne Memorial High School, MI