(BRADENTON, FL) – Some people think Latin is a dead language. The LRHS Latin Club disagrees.

The 2013-14 Latin Mustangs participated in the Region 7 Latin Forum in Tampa last weekend. They came home with an overall forth place finish, as well as a tie for second place in Academics and 31 individual awards.

LRHS Latin teacher Anya Grady said, “Our team did fantastic. Lakewood Ranch is the only public school in Manatee County that teaches Latin, yet we were still able to perform extremely well.”

Lakewood Ranch students Gabrielle Aleppo, Vincent Franco, and Nick Schoenberger each received a fist place medal in their competition categories. The next stop for the Latin Club is the state competition which will be held in early April in Orlando.

 Following is the list of all the individual winners:

• Gabriella Aleppo Prose comprehension 1st
• Logan Bounds Vocabulary II 3rd
• Tyler Broderick Hellenic History II 3rd 
• History Empire II 3rd
• Tia Brown Ad Dramatic Interp 3rd 
• Chun-Rung Chen Ad Mottoes 2nd
• Francesca Di Maio Paintings 5th 
• Cate Eschmann Customs I 5th
• Cameron Fallon Ad Hellenic History 2nd 
• Vincent Franco Ad Greek Derivatives 1st 
• Ad Vocabulary 3rd
• Chloe Hays Customs I 4th
• Ryan Hyatt Geography II 3rd 
• Greek Literature 2nd
• Samantha Hyatt Ad Dramatic Interp 2nd 
• Ad Mottoes 4th
• Nathan Love Grammar II 4th
• Rowan Murry Greek Derivatives I 4th 
• Pentathlon 5th
• Nicholas Schoenberger Costume 1st
• Tiger Sullivan Prose comprehension 2nd 
• Mythology II 3rd
• Craig Thomas Ad History Empire 5th 
• Ad History Republic 2nd 
• Kaley Tyler Drawing 3rd
• Calvin Walker Friscus 5th
• Kaitlyn West 100 Yd Dash 5th 
• Ad Geography 2nd
• Zachary West Geography II 4th 
• Nicole Williams Ad Hellenic History 5th 
• Ad Greek Derivatives 5th
• Victoria Wittner Greek Derivatives II 2nd 
• Latin Derivatives II 4th