Riverhead students recently attended the annual Certamen, a strictly academic, brain-powered competition on all things Ancient Roman.
This year’s event was the biggest and best-attended in the event’s history.
Sixteen schools from Suffolk to Queens sent their best Latin scholars to SUNY Stony Brook on March 31 for the head-to-head contest in the fine points of Latin grammar, syntax and vocabulary, and the endless details of ancient history, mythology and classical civilization.
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The Riverhead team took three of the day’s total dozen prizes – just behind rival Port Jefferson’s four.
The Blue Wave Latinists won first place at the Middle School level, and received third place in both the Level 2 and Advanced brackets.
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The members of the Middle School team included: Magistra Lorene “Calpurnia” Custer; Brittany “Luna Gelida” Miller; co-captain, Sydney “SpunBun” Huber; Lily “Flos Mira” Kutner; Dominic “Caeli Oculi” Bossey; and captain Magister Iohannes Friia, President of Suffolk Classical Society.
The ninth grade team consisted of: Magistra Custer; Avenue “Via” Smith; Evelyn “Ginny” Kennedy-Jaffe; Captain Robert “Primus Septimus” Stahl; Matthew “Felix Pennsworth” Hanson; and SCS President John Friia.
The eleventh grade team members included: Doc Greenberger; Gwen “Aqua Columba Pigwitch” Hilles; Jose “Lucius Nox” Alvizures; Dylan “Pax” Fava-Wiggins, and captain Peter “Argentus” Cook.
Congratulations to the Riverhead team.
Photos courtesy of Riverhead Central School District.
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