2013 - 2014 Results

NSDA Nationals - June 2014

Jeff Heithmar
Expository Speaking, 4th Place

NCFL Nationals - May 2014

  • Jenna Davidson & Jeff Heithmar, DUO, 25th Place
  • Marie Libbin, Oral Interp, 4th Place
  • Connor Shea, Declamation, 1st Place
  • Team wins Founders Award as one of the top 5 speech schools!

Speech State Tournament - April 2014

  • Kyle Chamberlin, KL, 5th Place & Top Novice
  • Rachel Miller, KL, 3rd Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, KL, 1st Place
  • Connor Shea, DI, 5th Place
  • Joseph Guidi, EX, 6th Place
  • Jacob Rosen, HI, 2nd Place
  • Joseph Guidi, IM, 3rd Place
  • Jacob Clerico, Jenna Davidson, Marie Libbin, Chautauqua Ordway & Connor Shea, "Hairspray", MULT, 1st Place
  • Julia Grace, OO, 2nd Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, PL, 3rd Place
  • Jenna Davidson, PL, 2nd Place
  • Marie Libbin, PO, Semi-Finalist
  • Chautauqua Ordway, PR, Honorable Mention
  • Patrick Conaway, PR, Semi-Finalist
  • Marie Libbin, PR, 5th Place
  • Anna Meyer, Congress, Finalist
  • Luke Vrotsos, Congress, Finalist & Top Novice
  • Julia Grace, Double Entry Award 
  • Team Sweepstakes, 3rd Place

Needham - March 2014

  • Jacob Clerico, KL, Honorable Mention
  • Kyle Chamberlin, KL, 5th Place & Top Novice
  • Jacob Rosen, KL, 2nd Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, KL, 1st Place
  • Jacob Clerico, DEC, 4th Place
  • Connor Shea, DEC, 1st Place
  • Jenna Davidson & Jeff Heithmar, DUO, 2nd Place
  • Ryan Ward, EX, Honorable Mention
  • Joseph Guidi, EX, 5th Place
  • Jacob Rosen, HI, 1st Place
  • Julia Grace, IM, 1st Place
  • Julia Grace, Impromptu Sales, 4th Place
  • Raghu Bhardwaj, Kyle Chamberlain, Patrick Conaway & Emma Foley, "The Lorax", MULT, 2nd Place
  • Rachel Miller, PL, 5th Place
  • Patrick Conaway, PR, Semi-Finalist
  • Ryan Ward, Tabloid Extemp, 4th Place
  • Anna Meyer, Congress, Finalist

Mardi Gras - March 1, 2014

  • Jeff Heithmar, KL, 1st Place
  • Rachel Miller, KL, 5th Place
  • Jacob Clerico, DEC, Semi Finalist
  • Connor Shea, DI, 6th Place
  • Ryan Ward, VX, 1st Place
  • Jacob Rosen, HI, 1st Place
  • Julia Grace, OO, 3rd Place
  • Halle George, OP, 2nd Place
  • Jordan Duca, OP, 5th Place
  • Jenna Davidson, PL, 3rd Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, PL, 1st Place
  • Luke Vrotsos, Congress, Finalist
  • Hairspray, 2nd Place
  • Marie Libbin, PO, 3rd Place
  • Jacob Rosen, PO, 5th Place
  • Julia Grace, PO, Honorable Mention
  • Valerie McMahon, PO, Honorable Mention
  • Samantha Barth, NR, 4th Place
  • Davidson/Libbin, TI, Honorable Mention
  • Team Sweeps 4th Place

Harvard University - February 15-17, 2014

Ryan Ward '14
Double Octo Finalist
Extemp
Jeff Heithmar '14
Octo Finalist
Humorous Interp
Julia Grace '14
Octo Finalist
Original Oratory
Jenna Davidson '14 & Jeff Heithmar '14
Quarter Finalists
Duo Interp

NCFL Qualifiers
Congratulations to our NCFL National Qualifiers who will be representing Natick Speech in Chicago in May 2014!

  • Natasha Amaravadi 
  • Patrick Conaway
  • Jenna Davidson
  • Emma Foley
  • Julia Grace
  • Joseph Guidi
  • Jeff Heithmar
  • Julianne Kelleher
  • Marie Libbin
  • Anna Meyer
  • Danielle Rosen
  • Connor Shea
  • Ryan Ward


NFL District Qualifiers



Congratulations to seniors Jeff Heithmar, Julia Grace & Marie Libbin who qualified to attend the NFL National Tournament in Overland Park, Kansas from June 15-20, 2014. 

Julia will be competing in Original Oratory and Jeff & Marie will be competing in Duo Interp.  Congratulations and best of luck!

Columbia University - January 25 & 26

  • Julia Grace, DP, Semi Finalist
  • Jeff Heithmar, DP, 2nd Place
  • Ryan Ward, EX, 3rd Place
  • Jenna Davidson & Jeff Heithmar, DUO, 3rd Place
  • Marie Libbin, OI, 1st Place

Newton South "Game On" Tournament - January 11

  • Rachel Miller, KL, 4th Place
  • Samantha Barth, KL, 2nd Place
  • Ryan Ward, VX, 2nd Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, HI, 4th Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, IM, 3rd Place
  • Luke Vrotsos, NX, 2nd Place
  • Halle George, OL, 2nd Place
  • Rachel Miller, PL, 1st Place
  • Connor Shea, PO, Semi Finalist
  • Marie Libbin, PO, 4th Place
  • Marie Libbin, PR, Semi Finalist
  • Connor Shea, PR, Semi Finalist
  • Sofia Safran, RB, 5th Place

The Holly Festival!  December 14

  • Rachel Miller, KL, 6th Place
  • Danny Foner, DA, 4th Place
  • Marie Libbin, DA, 2nd Place
  • Ryan Ward, VX, 4th Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, XKL, 1st Place
  • Jacob Clerico, XKL, 5th Place
  • Sofia Safran, XKL, 6th Place
  • Jacob Rosen, HI, 5th Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, IMP, 2nd Place
  • Ryan Ward, IMP, 7th Place
  • Joseph Guidi, NX, 2nd Place
  • Samantha Barth, NR, 6th Place
  • Julia Grace, OO, 6th Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, PL, 1st Place
  • Rachel Miller, PL, 4th Place
  • Veronica Ordway, PO, 5th Place
  • Marie Libbin, PR, 6th Place
  • Anna Meyer, Congress, Finalist
  • Luke Vrotsos, Congress, Finalist
  • Typhoid Mary, MULT, 3rd Place
  • Hairspray, MULT, 1st Place

  • Joseph Guidi, Cicero Award, 4th Place
  • Ryan Ward, Cicero Award, 1st Place

  • Julia Grace, Holly Pentathlon, 1st Place

  • Team Sweepstakes, 2nd Place

Lincoln Sudbury, December 7

  • Rachel Miller, KL, 2nd Place
  • Julia Albert, DEC, 5th Place
  • Natasha Amaravadi, OO, 7th Place
  • Jenna Davidson, PL, 1st Place
  • Luke Vrotsos, Congress, 5th Place

Dighton Rehoboth, November 9

  • Jeff Heithmar, KL, 2nd Place
  • Jenna Davidson & Jeff Heithmar, Duo 3rd Place
  • Jacob Rosen, HI, 1st Place
  • Julia Grace, IMP, 2nd Place
  • Julianne Kelleher, NX, 3rd Place
  • Julia Grace, OO, 2nd Place
  • Dani Rosen, PO, Honorable Mention
  • Kiana Harper, PO, Top Novice
  • Anna Meyer, Student Congress, Finalist
  • Luke Vrotsos, Student Congress, Finalist

Revere, October 19

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  • Halle George, OL, 1st Place
  • Jeff Heithmar, HI, 6th place
  • Dani Rosen, OO, 4th place
  • Julia Grace, OO, 1st place
  • Connor Shea, PR, 1st place
  • Veronica Ordway, PO, 6th place
  • Dani Rosen, PO, Honorable Mention
  • Kiana Harper, PO, Top Novice
  • Jeff Heithmar, PL, 2nd place
  • Ryan Ward, Extemp, 1st place
  • Joseph Guidi, Impromptu, 4th place
  • Julia Grace, Impromptu, 2nd place
  • Anna Meyer, Student Congress, 2nd place

Novice Tournament, October 12

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Congratulations to all of our novices who competed in their first tournament on October 12th! Medals were awarded to:
  • Julianne Kelleher, Extemp
  • Kyle Chamberlain, Impromptu
  • Alex Kelleher, Impromptu
  • Peter Zogby, Impromptu
  • Kiana Harper, Poetry Reading
  • Emma Foley, Prose Reading
  • Abby Kiggen, Student Congress
  • Luke Vrotsos, Student Congress 

Yale University, September 21 & 22

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Nine students represented the team at the Yale University Speech Tournament. The team placed 10th overall out of 181 schools and brought home the following individual awards:
  • Joseph Guidi, Oratory Octofinalist
  • Julia Grace, Oratory Quarterfinalist
  • Ryan Ward, Extemp Quarterfinalist
  • Jeff Heithmar, Humourous Interp 4th Place
  • Jenna Davidson & Jeff Heithmar, Duo Interp 3rd Place
  • Marie Libbin, Oral Interp Champion