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Fall 2025 · Torch: U.S. · RESULTS

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CREATIVE ARTS

OPEN CERTAMEN

Novice: 1. Emma Holt Upton, FL; Dash Finkin, OH; Sunaya Amancharla, TX; Aarna Gandhi, TX; 2. Elliot Beatty, FL; Evelyn Rae Ruggiero, MA; Matthew Jones, TX; Shriyans Thipparthi, TX; 3. Michael Marrero, FL; Cece Sun, MA; Alan Noyola, NJ; Stanley Zimmermann, TX; 4. Zuhaib Syed, MA; Emily Leger, TX; Xuxa Yuen, TX; Adrian Smith, WI; 5. Ella Schulis, FL; Nirav Sadavarte, MA; John Hand, TX.

 

Intermediate: 1. Rafael Ludovice, FL; William Cannon, TX; Joseph Hu, TX; Petra Musante, WI; 2. Jakob Wright, AL; Katherine Hand, TX; Evan Huang, TX; Mariessa Ferber, WI; 3. Hank Callahan, FL; Emily Estrada, TN; Angel Delgado, TX; Madeleine Addeo, VA; 4. Kipley Hull, FL; Chloe Kang, FL; Alejandro Manso, TX; Abhiveer Kalirawana, WI; 5. Logan Shenton, GA; Elsa Pacelli, IL; Abigail Black, TN; Prisha Arora, TX.

 

Advanced: 1. Julia Cox, FL; Joshua Li, GA; Alexander Greytak, SC; Tomal Khan, TX; 2. Felix Waite, FL; Dhruket Patel, GA; Aahil Hasan, MA; Aurelia Shaitelman, TX; 3. Ivory Geiger, FL; William Thomas, FL; Nathan Deng, GA; Sophia Kowalczyk, MA; 4. Isaac Caldwell, AL; Aadi Raval, AL; Elizabeth Brophy, VA; Jay Osler, VA; 5. Clark Baty, AL; Jordan Mathews, FL; Van Muller, GA; Nayan Seetharam, MA.

Costume Junior Individual: 1. Sarah Gretel Sanders Sumano, TX; 2. Anjilea Holm, TX; 3. Evvy Wacksman, FL; 3. Carley Frey, OH; 4. Lola Coil, IN; 5. Sam Siceloff, SC.

 

Costume Senior Individual: 1. Nora Raab, OH; 2. Carson DeCamp, GA; 3. Devlin Kennedy, OH; 4. Atlas Zimmer, OH; 5. Helen Lan, TX.

 

Costume Pair: 1. Laila Antonini, TX; Cristian Briones, TX; 2. Fatima Alsaffar, TX; Amelia Dewlen, TX; 3. Hayden Crane, ME; Maia Johnson, ME; 4. Caroline Cox, FL; Julia Cox, FL; 5. Wanyue Deng, SC; Eloise Ogden, SC.

 

DI Level 1/2 & 1 Passage 1: 1. Valentina Diaz, TX; 2. Jaiden Gulati, TX; 3. Zayla Yousuf, TX; 4. Oscar Rogne, IL; 5. Soyou Choi, MA.

DI Level 1/2 & 1 Passage 2: 1. Cece Sun, MA; 2. Matilda Micallef, WI; 3. Xuxa Yuen, TX.

 

DI Level II Passage 1: 1. Atharv Shukla, TX; 2. Brishti Adhikari, IN; 3. Jonathan Zeng, GA; 4. Emmanuelle Fung, MA.

 

DI Level II Passage 2: 1. Alejandro Manso, TX; 2. Warrina Lan, GA; 3. Madeleine Addeo, VA; 4. Ethan Weyn, CA; 5. Turner Valls, TX.

 

DI Advanced Poetry Passage 1: 1. Michael Garza, TX; 2. Luke Montzka, IL; 3. Margaret Delmer, TX; 4. Aaron Chen, GA; 5. Aurelia Shaitelman, TX.

 

DI Advanced Poetry Passage 2: 1. Helen Lan, TX; 2. Aahil Hasan, MA; 3. Cristian Briones, TX; 4. Sam Altman, NH; 5. Eduardo Guimaraes, LA.

 

DI Advanced Prose Passage 1: 1. Fatima Alsaffar, TX; 2. Felix Waite, FL; 3. Reesey Lai, VA; 4. Andy Yu, MA; 5. Arpita Biswal, TX.

 

DI Advanced Prose Passage 2: 1. John Baltz, TN; 2. Vivek Gowdhaman, TX; 3. Yuvan Buchaiahgari, TX.

English Oratory - Lower: 1. Johan Coisman, MA; 2. Alejandro Manso, TX; 3. Nirav Sadavarte, MA; 4. Evelyn Paulsen, OH; 5. Matilda Micallef, WI.

 

English Oratory - Middle: 1. Elijah Brown, IN; 2. Demi Zheng, CA; 3. Aahil Hasan, MA; 4. William Thomas, FL; 5. Zachary Martz, VA.

 

English Oratory - Upper: 1. Lara Sahagun, MA;

2. Caroline Cox, FL; 3. Rabia Chadha, VA; 4. Sabrina Bong, OH; 5. Fatima Alsaffar, TX.

 

Essay - 6th-9th Grade Prompt 1: 1. Charlene Li, TX; 2. John Baltz, TN; 3. Krishna Hemkumar, TX; 4. Ayaana Joshi, TX.

 

Essay - 6th-9th Grade Prompt 2: 1. Johan Coisman, MA; 2. Jade Yoo, NH; 3. Andrew Lin, HI; 4. Amina Khazi-Syed, WI; 5. Logan Shenton, GA.

 

Essay - 6th-9th Grade Prompt 3: 1. Shreyas Karnam, CA; 1. Bani Gourab, MD; 2. Nora Clabby, FL; 3. Johanna Pitts, MD; 4. Sarah Pati, IL; 5. Miette Gillum, NC. 

 

Essay - 10-12th Grade Prompt 1: 1. Jason Huang, TX; 2. Zihang Zhou, MA; 2. Chloe Xu, TX; 3. Julia Wang, AK; 4. Michael Hasenfratz, TX; 5. Andrew Lobo, TX.

 

Essay - 10-12th Grade Prompt 2: 1. Lyra Majumdar, CA; 1. Riya Sahu, TX; 2. Valentine Keller, OK; 3. Madeleine Sheldon, NC; 4. Bowen Peng, MA; 5. Rachael Ehrman, KY.

 

Essay - 10-12th Grade Prompt 3: 1. Vy Nguyen, FL; 2. Luke Nettune, TX; 3. Gabriel Zerhouni, MD; 4. Firyal Paladini, TX; 4. Lilly Dreher, TX; 5. Ryan Lee, CA. 

 

Latin Oratory - Levels 1/2 & I: 1. Amogh Prasad Naishadham, TX; 2. Max Zhao, TX; 3. Annelise Jacobi, IN; 4. Mary Schrader, LA; 5. Nyle Yousuf, TX; 5. James Fleming, VA. 

 

Latin Oratory - Level II: 1. Arpita Biswal, TX; 2. Darshan Sathish Kumar, TX; 3. Cristian Briones, TX; 4. Aahil Hasan, MA; 5. Irene Kim, GA. 

 

Latin Oratory - Level III: 1. Eliza Epple, IN; 2. Emily De Le¢n-Gomez, TX; 3. Eric Chen, IL; 4. Charley Kendall, IN; 5. Luke Montzka, IL; 5. Izzy Shiloh, TX. 

 

Latin Oratory - Level IV+: 1. Selima Aousheva, OH; 2. Spencer Johnson, VA; 3. Ritvek Suresh, TX; 4. Alex Bakalov, VA; 5. Trisha Iyer, CA. 

 

Modern Myth - Lower Division: 1. Shreyas Karnam, CA; 2. Daniela Trejo, TX; 3. Anna Claire Linbeck, TX; 4. Emily Diehl, VA; 5. Hanxi Zhang, TX. 

Modern Myth - Middle Division: 1. Sophia Kantsevoy, MD; 2. Joseph Nardo, TN; 3. Sameeha Shaik, VA; 4. Amina Khazi-Syed, WI; 5. Chloe Cookson, NC. 

 

Modern Myth - Upper Division: 1. Caroline Cox, FL; 2. Hunter Schmelling, VA; 3. Helen Lan, TX; 4. Micah Cartee, MA; 5. Kylie Alkire, FL. 

 

Sight Latin - 1/2 & 1 Gold: 1. Rafael Ludovice, FL; 2. Meilin Sha, MA; 3. Joseph Hu, TX; 4. Paul He, WI; 5. Pratheek Talathoti, TX.

 

Sight Latin - 1/2 & 1 Purple: 1. Allie Chastain, GA; 2. Lucy Nardo, TN; 3. Sara Mishra, TX; 4. Lana Nguyen, MA; 4. Amogh Prasad Naishadham, TX; 5. Mercedes Isinger, TN. 

 

Sight Latin - Level II Gold: 1. Shrivatsaa Kannan, WI; 2. Boon Goetsch, CA; 3. John Baltz, TN; 4. Sophia Kowalczyk, MA; 5. Aurelia Shaitelman, TX. 

 

Sight Latin - Level II Purple: 1. Aahil Hasan, MA; 2. Irene Kim, GA; 3. Dylan Shah, TX; 4. Ilina Joshi, WI; 5. Elizabeth Baldes, MA. 

 

Sight Latin - Poetry Purple: 1. Dominic Beatrice Gray, TN; 2. Sophie Heitfield, DC; 2. Selima Aousheva, OH; 2. Alex Bakalov, VA; 3. Vivian Xue, VA; 4. Arjun Iyer, TX; 5. Zane Castro, TX. 

 

Sight Latin - Prose Gold: 1. Demi Zheng, CA; 2. Trisha Iyer, CA; 3. Ronni Phillips, TX; 4. Emily De Le¢n-Gomez, TX; 5. Ignatius Oelgoetz, TN. 

 

Sight Latin - Prose Purple: 1. Charley Kendall, IN; 2. Nick Smemoe, NC; 3. Samuel Altman, NH; 4. Jack Czukas, WI; 5. Mackenzie Sanford, VA.

 

Slogan - Lower Division: 1. Ayush Taneja, WI; 2. Joseph Hu, TX; 3. Connor Chen, TX; 4. Thomas Nagy, FL; 5. Torreya Croom, FL,

 

Slogan - Middle Division: 1. Jr., Victor Garcia, NJ; 2. Dominic Beatrice Gray, TN; 3. Jason Huang, TX; 4. Ilina Joshi, WI; 5. Hannah Spahr, ME; 5. Phoebe Strong, ME; 5. Heer Patel, NJ; 5. Chloe Cookson, NC.

 

Slogan - Upper Division: 1. Bailey Derouen, LA; 2. Daniel Norwood, LA; 3. Lucian Matula, TX; 4. Olivia Sharpe, ME; 5. Zoe Castrucci, ME.