2019 Oratorical Contest

Elementary School contestants: Seated: Shreyas Yeldandi – Whitlow Elem; Satvik Shukla – Sawnee Elem; Madeline Hansen – Big Creek Elem; Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem; Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem. Standing: Prithvi Veliyath – Silver City Elem; Asantewah Kobby – Midway Elem; Mahi Dsouza – Daves Creek Elem; Annalise Woolard – Mashburn Elem; Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem; Page Avel – Brookwood Elem; Evelyn Fuentes-Krummen – Pinecrest Elem

Elementary School contestants Evelyn Fuentes-Krummen – Pinecrest Elem; Page Avel – Brookwood Elem; Mahi Dsouza – Daves Creek Elem; Annalise Woolard – Mashburn Elem; Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem; Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem; Madeline Hansen – Big Creek Elem; Asantewah Kobby – Midway Elem; Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem; Prithvi Veliyath – Silver City Elem; Satvik Shukla – Sawnee Elem; Shreyas Yeldandi – Whitlow Elem

Elementary School Semi-Finalist Page Avel – Brookwood Elem

Elementary School Semi-Finalist Mahi Dsouza – Daves Creek Elem

Elementary School Semi-Finalist Asantewah Kobby – Midway Elem

Elementary School Semi-Finalist Satvik Shukla – Sawnee Elem

Elementary School Semi-Finalist Shreyas Yeldandi – Whitlow Elem

Elementary School Finalist Evelyn Fuentes-Krummer – Pinecrest Elem

Elementary School Finalist Prithvi Veliyath – Silver City Elem

Elementary School Finalist Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem

Elementary School Finalist Madeline Hansen – Big Creek Elem

Elementary School Finalist Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem

Elementary School Finalist Annalise Woolard – Mashburn Elem

Elementary School Finalist Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem

Elementary School Semi-Final winners: 1st row: Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem; Annalise Woolard – Mashburn Elemstanding: Evelyn Fuentes-Krummen – Pinecrest Elem; Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem; Madeline Hansen – Big Creek Elem; Prithvi Veliyath – Silver City Elem. Not pictured: Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem

Elementary School Final contestants: Annalise Woolard – Mashburn Elem; Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem; Madeline Hansen – Big Creek Elem; Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem; Prithvi Veliyath – Silver City Elem; Evelyn Fuentes-Krummer – Pinecrest Elem; Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem

Elementary School Final contestants after the contest: Annalise Woolard – Mashburn Elem; 2nd Runner Up Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem; Madeline Hansen – Big Creek Elem; Winner Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem; Prithvi Veliyath – Silver City Elem; Evelyn Fuentes-Krummer – Pinecrest Elem; 1st Runner Up Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem

Elementary School Winners: 2nd Runner Up Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem; Winner Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem; 1st Runner Up Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem

Elementary School Winners and their Coordinators: 2nd Runner Up Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem, with Carolyn Craddock; Winner Joshua Lang – John Creek Elem, with Alyssa Degliumberto; 1st Runner Up Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem, with Susan O’Malley

Elementary School Winner Joshua Lang – Johns Creek Elem, his father and brother

Elementary School 1st Runner Up Fiona Qi – Sharon Elem, her mother and father

Elementary School 2nd Runner Up Sarah Hackett – Chestatee Elem, and her mother

Middle/High School Semi-Final contestants: Seated: Ethan Dickinson – Little Mill MS; Luca Cordano – Pinecrest MS; Quentin Proels – Riverwatch MS; Delaney Bingham – Pinecrest HS; Nidhi Reddy – Alliance HS. Standing: Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS; Shirin Deepak – Denmark HS; Lindsey Head – North Forsyth MS; Asha Goddu – Otwell MS; Sean Wilson – Vickery Creek MS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Ethan Dickinson – Little Mill MS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Sean Wilson – Vickery Creek MS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Asha Goddu – Otwell MS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Lindsey Head – North Forsyth MS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Shirin Deepak – Denmark HS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Nidhi Reddy – Alliance HS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Delaney Bingham – Pinecrest HS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Quentin Proels – Riverwatch MS

Middle/High School Semi-Finalist Luca Cordano – Pinecrest MS

Middle/High School Semi-Final contestants: waiting for announcement: Sean Wilson – Vickery Creek MS; Asha Goddu – Otwell MS; Lindsey Head – North Forsyth MS; Shirin Deepak – Denmark HS; Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS; Nidhi Reddy – Alliance HS; Delaney Bingham – Pinecrest HS; Quentin Proels – Riverwatch MS; Luca Cordano – Riverwatch MS; Ethan Dickinson – Little Mill MS

Middle/High School Semi-Final contestants: Seated: Ethan Dickinson – Little Mill MS; Luca Cordano – Pinecrest MS; Quentin Proels – Riverwatch MS; Delaney Bingham – Pinecrest HS; Nidhi Reddy – Alliance HS. Standing: Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS; Shirin Deepak – Denmark HS; Lindsey Head – North Forsyth MS; Asha Goddu – Otwell MS; Sean Wilson – Vickery Creek MS

Middle/High School Semi-Final winners: Shirin Deepak – Denmark HS; Delaney Bingham – Pinecrest HS; Sean Wilson – Vickery Creek MS; Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS

Middle/High School Final contestants: Thea Valencia – DeSana MS; Zain Kahn – Liberty MS; Sean Wilson – Vickery Creek MS; Nidhi Reddy – Alliance HS; Samiksha Gaherwar – Lambert HS; Shirin Deepak – Denmark HS; Alayna Daws – West Forsyth HS; Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS; Delaney Bingham – Pinecrest HS

Middle/High School Winners: Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS; Samiksha Gaherwar – Lambert HS; Alayna Daws – West Forsyth HS; Delaney Bingham – Pinecrest HS

Middle/High School Winners representing the Forsyth-Cumming Optimist Club in the Zone competition: Alayna Daws – West Forsyth HS, and Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS

Middle/High School winners Alayna Daws – West Forsyth HS, and Arnov Rao – South Forsyth HS, with Optimist Joyce Mullins

Zone contest winner Alayna Daws – West Forsyth HS

Area Contest winner Alayna Daws – W Forsyth HS, with Rudy Corn, Past Governor of GATEWay District

2nd place District winner Alayna Daws – W Forsyth HS, with Optimist Joyce Mullins