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Kesda State Results 2010

            On Wednesday, March 10 – Saturday, March 13, the RCMS Speech Team traveled to Lexington to compete in the KESDA State Speech Tournament.  The team had 11 Quarterfinalists, 14 Semifinalists, and 22 Finalists.  The Team had 3 students to place in the top 10 Overall Best Speakers and placed 1^st in Overall Team Sweepstakes with 558 sweepstakes points!

BROADCASTING:  Bridget Kim, Zach Ramey (Semifinalists)

Chris Nettleton, Kiley Smith (Quarterfinalists)

DECLAMATION: Grant Markwell 2nd, Makda Mehari 3rd

Abbey Geurin, Brooke Thomas (Semifinalists)

DUO ACTING:  Bethany Pace/Kyle Powers 1^st, Ryan Anderson/Bailee Pennington 2^nd, Ian Gordon/Isabella Thaxton 5th

McKenzie Tipton/Kiley Smith (Semifinalist)

EXTEMP:  Megan Armstrong 1^st, Ryan Anderson 3^rd, Grant Markwell 4th, Eura Shin 5th

Cheyenne Samuelson (Top Novice)

GROUP INTERPRETATION:  Travis Legg, Bridget Kim, Bethany Pace, Kyle Powers, Isabella Thaxton 5^th………Ryan Anderson, Megan Armstrong, Grant Markwell, Morgan Mitchell, Zach Ramey 6th

INTERPRETATION of LITERATURE:  Ryan Anderson 1^st

Katie Fannin (Semifinalists), Grant Markwell (Top Novice)

IMPROMPTU: Megan Armstrong 4th

Becca Stamm (Semifinalist), Cheyenne Samuelson (Top Novice)

IMPROV PAIRS: Madi Newton/Zach Ramey 3rd

Courtney Click/Evan Yang, Brandi Kelsey/Becca Stamm, Morgan Mitchell/Kyle Powers

POETRY: Megan Armstrong 5th

Kylie Ball, Madi Newton (Semifinalist)

Taylor Hodgen, Bailee Pennington (Quarterfinalists)

PROSE:  Ian Gordon 1^st, Bridget Kim 4th

Abbey Geurin, Makda Mehari, Taylor Pignolet (Semifinalists)

Samantha Bradley, Taylor Hodgen, Morgan Mitchell, Becca Stamm (Quarterfinalist)

PUBLIC SPEAKING:  Megan Armstrong 4th

Eura Shin (Semifinalist)

SOLO ACTING:  Bridget Kim 1^st, Makda Mehari 2nd, Ian Gordon 5th

Matthew Thomas (Semifinalist)

STORYTELLING: Bethany Pace 2nd, Zach Ramey 3^rd, Madi Newton 5th

TRITHON:  Megan Armstrong 3rd, Grant Markwell 9^th, Ryan Anderson 10th

K. Bruce Florence Kesda Jr Scholarship Recipient:  Matthew Thomas

Kesda $200 Savings Bonds:  Ryan Anderson, Megan Armstrong, Ian Gordon,

Bridget Kim, Bethany Pace, and Kyle Powers

RCMS Speech Team Members Participating at Kesda State :

Ryan Anderson, Megan Armstrong, Monica Bailey, Kylie Ball, Elizabeth Bowman,

Samantha Bradley, Tess Caric, Courtney Click, Jonathan Eisenhour, Sarah Elam

Kaitlyn Fannin, Nick Fleming, Katie Fossett, Clarissa Gearner, Olivia Gearner,

Abbey Geurin, Ian Gordon, Brandy Hall, Abby Hammond, Lane Hedrick,

Taylor Hodgen, Audrey Holbrook, Aki Hosoda, Brandi Kelsey, Haley James,

Chas Jenkins, Bridget Kim, Travis Legg, Grant Markwell, Kiersten May,

Haleigh Mayse, Makda Mehari, Morgan Mitchell, Chris Nettleton, Madi Newton,

Bethany Pace, Bailee Pennington, Yulia Perevozchikova, Taylor Pignolet,  

Kyle Powers, Zach Ramey, Cheyenne Samuelson, Andrew Sexton, Eura Shin,

Abbie Sloan, Kiley Smith, Becca Stamm, Isabella Thaxton, Brooke Thomas,

Matthew Thomas, Makenzie Tipton, Kearston Wayman, Evan Yang, and Sam Yang

Coaches:  Kellie Crump, Jordan Atkinson, Joseph Caldwell, Faith Dement, Kayla Dulen, Brett Horton, and Erin Ward

Special Assistance:  Autumn Bailey, Donna Fossett, Julia Hargis, Patricia Middleton, Henry Parsons, and Cassidy Teager

Thank You’s:  A Special Thank You to Mr. Moore, Mrs. Swain, Jay Padula

Paula Stafford, Jenny Pennington, Janie Baldridge, all of the RCMS Faculty and Staff (Especially both Teams of 7^th Grade Teachers), RCMS Speech Parent Officers including Jennifer Anderson, Kelly Fleck, Donna Fossett, Lynn Geurin, Lora Pace, all of the RCMS Speech Team Parents and Friends (who have helped with meals, listened to selections, judged, chaperoned), and the Community of Rowan County!