JAPANESE LANGUAGE SPEECH CONTEST 2024 REGIONAL WINNERS

Congratulations to the below students for their winning performances in the 2024 Regional Japanese Language Speech Contests. The first and second place winner from each division in each regional will be invited to compete in the 2024 Texas State Japanese Language Speech Contest on March 9, 2024.

2024 REGIONAL CONTEST WINNERS

FEB 10 | SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL JAPANESE LANGUAGE SPEECH CONTEST:

DIVISON 1 POETRY:

1. Onyoo JUNG

2. Mariana HERNANDEZ

3. Lara MIRANDA

DIVISION 2 HAIKU:

1. Jacob DUKE

2. Sarah ADEYEMI

3. Madeline IBARRA

DIVISION 3 FREE SPEECH HIGH SCHOOL AURORA:

1. Lauren TIPPIN

2. Selina YE

3. Sean MONCEAUX

DIVISION 4 FREE SPEECH COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY:

1. Navtej DHARMAPURI THIRUMALA

2. Prescott RICHMOND 

3. Alyssa BURTON

FEB 17 | DALLAS REGIONAL JAPANESE LANGUAGE SPEECH CONTEST:

DIVISON 1 POETRY:

1. Aayan MITHANI

2. David BROWN

3. Tran BANH

DIVISION 2 HAIKU:

1. Caleb GIDDINGS

2. Ike FALLIN

3. Marley BRAXTON

DIVISION 3 FREE SPEECH HIGH SCHOOL AURORA:

1. Ian BARKER

2. Benjamin LE

3. Ren LASKA

DIVISION 4 FREE SPEECH COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY:

1. Isabellan TAN

2. James BARGER

3. Joshua DAY

FEB 17 | HOUSTON REGIONAL JAPANESE LANGUAGE SPEECH CONTEST:

DIVISON 1 POETRY:

1. Wendy WANG

2. Rayan WAQAR

3. Wenxin ZHANG

DIVISION 2 HAIKU:

1. Emma CHEN

2. Ziyi ZHAO

3. Dylan TING

DIVISION 3 FREE SPEECH HIGH SCHOOL AURORA:

1. Zacharia HUSAIN

2. Zafir KHAN

3. Tyler PATTON

DIVISION 4 FREE SPEECH COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY:

1. Bryson JUN

2. Tianlan LI

3. Giulia COSTANTINI

FEB 25 | AUSTIN REGIONAL JAPANESE LANGUAGE SPEECH CONTEST:

DIVISON 1 POETRY:

1. Jeremy BOULTER

2. Andres BASABE

3. Salvador LOFAT

DIVISION 2 HAIKU:

1. Estrella DIAZ MENDOZA

2. Jazz SUBIDO

3. Victoria DU

DIVISION 3 FREE SPEECH HIGH SCHOOL AURORA:

1. Cale ACKER

2. Chaitanya GHATTY

3. Gabriel LUND

DIVISION 4 FREE SPEECH COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY:

1. Makai MOORE

2. Caelan STAFFORD 

3. Elizabeth FEKKOS