CERTAMEN
Regional Competition
Feburary 7, 2005


        "Certamen" means "contest" in Latin. The contest is a "college bowl" type competition. The competition is sponsored by the Illinois Classical Conference. It is divided into 3 districts: Chicago, Northern Suburbs and downstate. The local competition takes place at different host schools, 3 times during the year. There is a regional competition with the top winners in Novice (Latin 1), Lower Level (Latin 2) and Upper Level (Latin 3, 4, and 5) divisions. Quigley has hosted one of the local competitions for the past 2 years.

    In the cumulative score of the local competition, all three Quigley teams took 3rd Place.  Ten teams participated on each level, including St. Ignatius, Jones Magnet,  Payton Magnet, and Lilncolnway East.

Quigley's Latin 1 Team (Freshmen) - 3rd Place
Bruce Scavuzzo John Anscheutz
Juan Aviles Izydor Radzik

 

Quigley's The Latin 2 Team (Sophomores) - 3rd Place

Nick Arguelles Bob Cummings Nicholas Santella
Andy Kirchoff Charles Harmata Serafin Cabrera

 

Quigley's Upper Division (Juniors& Seniors) - 3rd Place
James Cahill Henry Nguyen
Steve Daly Alex Bess

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Michael Plenys- '08