2026 High School Latin Sight Translation Competition

**A special note of thanks to Collomia Charles, Jackie Karazarian, Jeff Kearney, Nat Kernell, and Nathalie Nisinson, who helped with proctoring, organization, judging, and grading.

CAESAR

Level 1 - First Place – Ranbeer Arora - Collegiate School
Level 1 - Second Place – Hudson Sherwood - Collegiate School
Level 1 - Third Place – Ainslea Hong – The Brearely School

 

CICERO

Level 2 - First Place – Alex Belman - Collegiate School
Level 2 - Second Place – Kabeer Arora - Collegiate School
Level 2 - Third Place – Aiden Yeghnazar - Collegiate School

 

OVID

Level 3 - First Place – Moses Kent - Collegiate School
Level 3 - Second Place – Olive Moscahlades - The Brearley School
Level 3 - Third Place – Adyan Chowdhury – Stuyvesant High School

 

VERGIL

Level 4 - First Place – Kavi Tiwary - Collegiate School
Level 4 - Second Place – William Farmer - Stuyvesant High School
Level 4 - Third Place – Alisha Parikh - The Brearley School

 

HORACE

Level 5 - First Place – Will Frank - Collegiate School
Level 5 - Second Place – Luke Kosner - Collegiate School
Level 5 - Third Place – Caroline Jiang – The Bronx High School of Science

2025 College Level Contest Winners

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 College Contests in Greek and Latin. Congratulations to all the students who participated!

COLLEGE-LEVEL GREEK ORAL READING CONTEST

First Place: Celeste Connell, Bard College
Second Place: Jake Richards, Columbia University
Third Place: Peter Fields, Bard College

COLLEGE-LEVEL LATIN ORAL READING CONTEST

First Place: Laurence Drayton, Princeton University
Second Place: Celeste Connell, Bard College
Third Place: Riley Young, Columbia University

COLLEGE-LEVEL GREEK TRANSLATION CONTEST

First Place: Mathias Adler, Columbia
Second Place: Laurence Drayton, Princeton
Third Place: Riley Parker, Columbia

COLLEGE-LEVEL LATIN TRANSLATION CONTEST

First Place: Maria Walsh, Rutgers
Second Place: Riley Parker, Columbia
Third Place: Laurence Drayton, Princeton

2024 College Level Contest Winners

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2024 Contests in Greek and Latin and share the first place videos from each category for the college-level recitations. Congratulations to all the students who participated this year!

 WINNERS OF THE COLLEGE-LEVEL LATIN ORAL READING CONTEST

First Place: Laurie Drayton, Princeton University
Second Place: Nina Patel, SUNY Binghamton
Third Place: Anthony Bouboulis, Greenwich Country Day School

 WINNERS OF THE COLLEGE-LEVEL GREEK ORAL READING CONTEST

First Place: José Romero Lotero, Columbia University
Second Place: Sara Larry, Columbia University
Third Place: Laurie Drayton, Princeton University

WINNERS OF THE COLLEGE-LEVEL LATIN TRANSLATION CONTEST

First Place: Noah Dorn, Princeton University
Second Place: Laurence Drayton, Princeton University
Third Place: Malena Sullivan, Fordham University

2024 High School Contest Winners

WINNERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GREEK SIGHT TRANSLATION CONTEST

First Place: Noah Dorn, Princeton University
Second Place: Laurence Drayton, Princeton University
Third Place: Ethan Bosworth, Rutgers

WINNERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL LATIN SIGHT TRANSLATION CONTEST

CAESAR (Level 1)

First Place: Rana Tuttle, Collegiate School
Second Place: Suhani Pandya, The Brearley School
Third Place: Jack Snell, Collegiate School

CICERO (Level 2)

First Place: Andrew Gottlieb, Collegiate School
Second Place: Caroline Jiang, Bronx Science
Third Place: Louis Cohen, Collegiate School

OVID (Level 3)

First Place: Julia Hammonds, The Brearley School
Second Place: Joshua Shvartsman, Stuyvesant High School
Third Place: Daniel Ma, Friends Seminary

VERGIL (Level 4)

First Place: MacKenzie Carmel, Collegiate School
Second Place: Jay Tsai, Collegiate School
Third Place: Christian Campos Rojano, Brooklyn Latin

HORACE (Level 5)

First Place: Peter Burns, Collegiate School
Second Place: Raymond Chen, Stuyvesant High School
Third Place: Sophie Gardiner, Nightingale-Bamford School

WINNERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL RECITATION CONTEST

First Place: Elisa Elbarmi, Friends Seminary
Second Place: Ruvane Shapiro, Bard High School
Third Place: Kyra Wong, Bard High School

2023 Awards & Contest Winners

We are excited to announce the winners of the 2023 High School Latin Sight Translation Contest. Congratulations to all the students who participated this year!

WINNERS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL LATIN SIGHT TRANSLATION CONTEST

CAESAR (Level 1)

First Place: Maddy Higgins, The Brearley School
Second Place: Filip Vujanic, Horace Greeley High School
Third Place: Julia Hammonds, The Brearley School

CICERO (Level 2)

First Place: Kian O'Neill, Collegiate School
Second Place: Leo Tansey, Collegiate School
Third Place: Joe McDonnell, Dwight-Englewood School

OVID (Level 3)

First Place: Helen Mancini, Stuyvesant High School
Second Place: Anton Wagner, Collegiate School
Third Place: Kristen Deroche, Dwight-Englewood School

VERGIL (Level 4)

First Place: Niranjan Deshpande, Collegiate School
Second Place: Raymond Chen, Stuyvesant High School
Third Place: Peter Burns, Collegiate School

HORACE (Level 5)

First Place: Veronica Paulus, The Nightingale-Bamford School
Second Place: Connor Kim, Collegiate School
Third Place: Shrey Jhalani, Collegiate School