Student Standouts: Chamberlain ’23, Gipson ’23, Cox-Garleanu ’26, Elvin ’28, Walker ’28, Girls Track & Field, and Track & Field
Congratulations to this week’s standouts below. Way to go #RamNation! And as always, if you have a story to share, please email weeklynews@micds.org.
Senior Shines as Harpist for the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
Gipson '23 to Play Football at DePauw University
Congratulation to Cole Gipson ’23 who, in addition to being accepted into the management fellows program at DePauw, officially signed to play football for them as well. Go Tigers, and go, Cole!
Freshman Wins 2nd in Junior Original Poetry Club Contest
Isabelle Cox-Garleanu ’26 was recognized recently by The Wednesday Club for winning second place in the 97th Annual Junior Original Poetry Contest, judged by distinguished author, poet, and university professor Denise Duhamel. Cox-Garleanu read her poem, Choose Your Own Adventure: Why My Mother Saw Kin’iro No Yuki (Golden Show), at an awards ceremony at The Wednesday Club on April 12.
This is part of her bio: “At the age of 14, I am able to say that I have been exposed to diversity more deeply and over longer periods than many other students. Born to a family with a Romanian father and Japanese mother, I have been spoken to in French and Japanese since birth. For as long as I can remember, my writing has always incorporated my multicultural background. When I was younger, I competed in and won Japanese speech contests in San Francisco. At the end of last year, I was awarded my school’s English award, which recognizes my literary achievements and analytical writing skills, and chosen to give a commencement speech at the graduation ceremony. As recently as this January, my multilingual personal memoir that I submitted to Scholastic Art and Writing Awards was recognized with the highest regional honor. Finally, the poem that I am looking forward to reading on April 12 is very inspired by the Japanese part of my upbringing.”
She also shared, “Ms. Jenn Sellenriek, Upper School English Teacher, was the one who submitted my poems. She also reviewed my submission for Scholastic Art and Writing, where I won a regional gold key. My work is currently being judged for national recognition. I am incredibly grateful to her.”
Cox-Garleanu placed second out of 10 student poets honored and out of 142 student submissions, and perfectly timed with National Poetry Month. Congratulations, Isabelle!
Ram Earns Award in Writing Contest
Bruce Elvin ’28 won the Silver Key Award in the 2023 Missouri Writing Region of the Scholastic Writing Awards Contest for a short story called Dreams of the Sito Deadlands. The competitors were seventh through 12th graders from all over the state of Missouri as well as Kansas City, Kansas. No seventh graders won the Gold Key Award in the state of Missouri. Bruce was one of only two seventh graders in the state to win the Silver Key award!
Seventh Grader Competes on US Soccer Girls Youth National Team
Way to go, Audrey Walker ’28, for being selected for the US Soccer Girls Youth National Team Talent ID Center in Louisville, Kentucky on April 11!
Ram Athletes Compete at Arcadia Invitational & Senior Dubbed as Top Athlete to Watch in Track & Field
Over the weekend, several of our Rams competed at the Arcadia Invitational in California. Congratulations to Maya Anderson ’23 who earned 4th place in the Girls Triple Jump and 5th place in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles! Congratulations also to Julia Ray ’23 who raced to a time of 10:48.80 in the Girls 3200 Meter!
There were four Ram athletes who qualified for Arcadia. In addition to Anderson and Ray, Winston Moore ’23 and Nicole Green ’25 also qualified but couldn’t compete due to injuries. To qualify, the student-athletes not only had to meet a high standard mark in their event but also had to be selected from those who applied for the event.
Arcadia Invitational is one of, if not the most competitive, High School Track & Field meets in the country. The standards are incredibly high to qualify and the competition is fierce. A total of 690 schools were registered amongst 36 states, which were both records for Arcadia.
Anderson was also highlighted in this article in The St. Louis American as one of the top girl athletes to watch in track & field this spring. She is a University of Kentucky signee and a two-time state champion in the 300-meter low hurdles and triple jump in last year’s Class 5 State meet.
First Mixed Track & Field Relay Sets School Record
Amir Muhammad ’24, Liam McCarthy ’24, Abby Wyckoff ’24, and Sophia Goodwin ’25 competed in the very first Mixed 4×400 Relay at the Henle Holmes invitational, setting a school record of 4:06.82. Congratulations, Rams!
