Phelan Spence, a junior at Covington Latin, competed in the Junior Olympic fencing competition recently held in Memphis, TN. Spence, shown here getting a ‘touch’ against an opponent in the Junior (U 20) Foil competition, was ranked 42nd out of 205 fencers. In March, Spence will compete in the Arnold Tournament Cadet competition in Columbus, Ohio, where he won the Gold Medal last year in the Youth – 14 category.
The following Covington Latin students were honored to receive the Serra Club Servers Award at a Solemn Vespers Ceremony on February 28 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption. This award is given in recognition of the faithful service these young adults have provided as altar servers at their Northern Kentucky parishes:
Brendan Connelly, Alexandra Trunnell (Blessed Sacrament), Bridgette Hildreth, Nate Servier, Matthew Villareal (St. Joseph in Cold Spring), Mandy Paganetto, Travis Velkly (St. Patrick), Emily Noel (St. Paul), Aaron Buckley (St. Pius X), River Dixon (St. Timothy).
The 2010 Open House took place on February 14, 2010. Latin School is grateful to all participanting members of the CLS community, who ensured the event's excellence and to the 143 attending families, who made it the largest in recorded School history.
Prep Vance Perlmutter took third place in the 2010 Annual Cincinnati Fencing Club Tournament. Vance has been fencing a little over one year, taking lessons from for Olympian fencer, Master Ed Wright.
Prep Serena Amlie will be performing in the Cincinnati Ballet's performance of Cinderella. Tickets are discounted 20% to the CLS community as guests of Serena. Please click here to order.
Freshman Anna Matchinga was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Basketball Tournament in Louisville the weekend of December 11, 2009. In the two games played, Anna had a total of 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals. The girls' team was 1-1 for the tournament.
Freshman Andrea Halenkamp has won 2nd place overall for Robot Design and Programming, in a robotics competition offered through the First Lego League on December 5th. Andrea's team placed 5th in the NKY region out of 26 teams and has been invited to compete at the state level--a competition offering engineering scholarships to Western Kentucky University on January 9th in Bowling Green, KY.
Senior Kevin Clancy was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Basketball Tournament in Louisville the weekend of December 11, 2009.
Dan Hopkins was named to the JV Regional Boys Soccer All-Tournament Team.
On October 23 and 24th, Senior Elizabeth Ernst performed with the Cincinnati Ballet's production of Swan Lake. Though an impressive achievement unto itself, this is a particularly noteworthy accomplishment because less than a year ago, Liz underwent a comprehensive and highly invasive procedure to correct a worsening sciolsis condition. Though successful, surgery left Liz with severely limited physical capabilities, requiring extensive recovery with a back brace for three months and ambitious physical therapy extending well beyond that. Her journey has been a remarkable one, culminating in her fall performance with the Ballet.
Senior Beth Whitacre reached three milestones in the same soccer game on October 7. She scored her 100th career goal in a 10-0 victory at Newport, then scored goals 101 and 102 tying her with a Boone County grad as the top-scoring Northern Kentucky female soccer player in KHSAA history-and in a 9-0 victory over Ludlow on October 13, Beth scored three additional goals, pushing her total to 105 and securing the top-scorer award in Northern Kentucky!
Enquirer article on her "century mark" can be found here (she is one of only 24 in the state to accomplish this feat). Click here to see view WLWT's televised coverage.
Seven members of the Class of 2009 were named KY Green Scholars by earning a 4.0 GPA each of her or his four years at Latin School and a 28 ACT composite or better: Brian Becker, Rachel Bier, Jesse Coe, Kelly King, Sierra O'Bryan, Andrea Patton and Brynn Stylinski.
Seniors Michelle Schulte and LeAnne Siemer have been named National Merit Semifinalists and to Senior Mak Kroger has been named as a National Merit Commended Student.
Freshman Alex Trunnell has won the Honor Camper Award from Camp Ernst; one of a select few of over 3,000 campers. The award is offered to campers who display the YMCA core character values of honesty, caring, respect and responsibility. "Alex is a very influential young person who has impacted her peers through integrity and compassion in real, everyday terms", said Camp Director Jon Perry in a press release statement.
Junior Phelan Spence, took home first place honors in the Cincinnati Fencing Club sponsored Botterell Open Fencing Tournament held on Saturday, June13. In July, Spence will travel to Dallas, Texas, to fence in the USFA Summer Nationals. Click here for details.
The 2009 Kentucky Foreign Language Festival results are in and CLS students have received numerous and diverse awards that can be viewed here.
Sophomore Mallory Thelen received second place in the national Philosophy Slam competition, for her response to the question: “Which is more powerful, greed or giving?” Click here to read her submission.
Senior Lily Rodgers took first place in Class A State for the 3,200 meter and second for the 1,600 meter. This makes her a two-time State Champion, because she also won first place honors in the 3,200 meter in 2007.