By Katie Rosenberger (February 27, 2003)

Despite the snow, teams came from as far away as Richmond this past Saturday to compete in the annual Ad Fontes Latin Certamen at George Mason Univerity. The competition was one of the largest Certamen in the area, with 80 teams allowed to compete. Students in Ms. Cathy Caridi’s Latin I and II classes did exceptionally well, especially the students in her Latin II class, who won first place. 
 

The team, consisting of senior Ellis Langford and sophomores Olga Belinskaya, Madiha Khan, and Mohamed Zohir, placed second in the preliminary round of the competition, which made them eligible to compete in the final round where they beat at least 15 other teams and earned their gold medals.  Latin I students also did well in the competition, especially considering that the team only had two members and the standard team has four. The team’s members, junior Tiffany Moore and freshman Alan Chong, received a seventh place honorable mention out of 15 teams.

Latin I and Latin II studnts Olga Belinskaya, Madiha Khan, Mohamed Zohir and Ellis Langford participate in a language lesson with their teacher Ms. Cathy Caridi. The two teams did well in the Latin Certamen last Saturday at George Mason University. (Photo by Kristin Sommers)