NFL Update

NFL Membership is a way to recognize present and past work. It also determines how many students we can send to the Qualifying Meet on April 26. With our team size we an send 17, but with a few more members we could have room for as many as 19. With the Invitational Season finished , here's where our active team members stand:

Distinction (250-499)

Harriet E. Groenleer (389), Christina Le (376), Max Gilles (352), Brandy Andresen (338), Yefei Jin (315)

Excellence (150 - 249)

Nathan Ritsema (229), Catherine Khuu (226), Keenan Foley (182), Celeste Kessler (165), Regina Pell (154)

Honor (75 - 149)
Esther Charity Creswell (144), Anna VandenBerg (141), Daniel Hast (123), Sharon Hay (97), Evan VanderHoff (94)

Merit (25-74)

Oana Damacus (61), Abe Rinck (54), Ann Marie Brown (53), Emily Riippa (44), Rain Johnson, (39)

The Should Bes
And these have all earned more than enough points to be members, but haven't yet. Remember our total membership is what counts for how many students we can take:

* Max Erskine * Manuel Garcia * Walter Gilles * Rebecca Hansen * Andrew Hopewell * Will Hoyer * Edward Lofton * Javier Orozco * Emily Oxford * Tom Prangley * Sarah Remink * Margaret Root * Catherine Sternberg * Megan Winegar * Anna Witte * Emily Witte

The Century Club is Now Open

Frankenmuth saw our first 1/100 of the season: Christina Le, Impromptu. She's the first, but there's more to come.

Century Club Grows at Portage

Saturday's tournament saw more students enter the Century Club by earning at least one 1/100 in a round. This week, team members brought home 12 top scores:

Duo: Wilson/Quinn -- 4 (!)
Multiple: Jekyll & Hyde -- 3!
Extemp: Michael Schafer -- 3!
Impromptu: Sara Oliai --1
Informative: Colin Tokarek -- 1

Century Club Now Open

The Century Club honors those who score 1/100 in one of their rounds. Saturday at Grand Rapids Christian, three team members were able to achieve this -- no doubt we'll see plenty more as the season continues.

In two meets students from City High School have earned 16 first place finishes:

Jacinda Bowman, Poetry: GR Christian,
Sara Oliai, Impromptu: GR Christian, Portage Northern
Robby Saldaña, Oratory: GR Christian (2x)
Wilson/Quinn, Duo: Portage Northern (4x)
Jekyll & Hyde, Multiple: Portage Northern (3x)
Michael Schafer, Extemp: Portage Northern (3x)
Colin Tokarek, Informative: Portage Northern