The Milton Academy Speech Team earned the right to called themselves the best speech team in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, Milton’s speechies took first place in the State Championship Tournament at Silver Lake High School in Kingston, Massachusetts. Milton won the tournament a full 50 points ahead of the second place competition, and six Milton students were named State Champions in their category.
Individual Results
State Champions
Frank Smith in Play Reading
Sabrina Lee in Original Oratory
Jacob Hentoff in Poetry
Kenzie Bok in Student Congress
Matt Gottesdiener in Extemporaneous Speaking
Lexa Gluck in Dramatic Interpretation
Finalists
Play Reading
Brooke Rice 2nd
Poetry
Mike Cohen 2nd
Molly Serventi-Gleeson 4th
Prose
Lily Kaiser 5th
Original Oratory
Allan Jean-Baptiste 3rd
Liz Stark 4th
Matt Boyle 5th
Tina Nguyen 6th
Novice Extemp
Jordan Windmeuller 3rd
Brennan Robbins 6th
Humorous Frank Smith 2nd
Megan Campos 4th
Dylan Tedaldi 5th
Dramatic
Marcos Sastre 2nd
Gabi Starfield 4th
Declamation
Matt Boyle 6th
Children’s Literature
Amelia Whalen 2nd (Top Novice)
Catie O’Sullivan (Honorable Mention)
Multiple
Jacob Hentoff, Steve Wagner, Adit Basheer
Lexa Gluck, Gabi Starfield, Liz Stark 2nd
