Eagle News:
Congratulations to the Class of 2018… our 41st graduating class. They continue our Commitment to Excellence and they raise the bar even higher! 99% of the Class of 2018 will be attending college – this is an absolutely amazingly high percentage! Thank you everyone for the best graduation. Eagle Pride! Eagle Excellence!
Congratulations! Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Centennial team consisting of freshman Anthony Duan, sophomore Adam Knox, and seniors Emmy Alme and Jakob Boeye (captain) had an extraordinary string of victories in the HSNCT (High School National Championship Tournament) in Atlanta. Our 5th place finish in the nation was higher than expected; we were nationally ranked at #15 and there is usually a large increment of talent in the top 10 in the country. We had the Highest finish for a team from Maryland and we were the NUMBER ONE public high school with less than 2000 students in the country > TWO MAJOR EXTRA Jakob Boeye was named a tournament All-Star winning a trophy, another first for Centennial!
Christopher Shen and Summer Shen competed in the mixed doubles bracket in the state tournament but fell to the team from Kent Island in the first round. Ram Kotnana made it through to the second round before losing to the number one seed and state champion from Wootton in the boys singles bracket. Peter Ho and Olivia Tsai placed 3rd in the state for mixed doubles and was one of only 2 teams to make it to the semi final round in the state tournament from Howard County.
As our school communities look to support those impacted by the flooding in Ellicott City, please encourage folks to collect funds rather than supplies, as the funds can be targeted to the greatest needs at just the right time. The Howard County Government has asked that citizens make financial donations to the Howard County Community Relief Fund https://cfhoco.org/2018/05/howard-county-community-relief-fund/. Finally, citizens are asked not to go to Ellicott City to provide on-the-ground assistance while the first responders continue with their efforts. People can register to volunteer when on-the-ground support is needed at https://www.howardcountymd.gov/disasterrecoveryvolunteer. Our Centennial Community has been directly impacted by the flooding. Centennial High School is here to provide support and help. If you have been impacted by the flood, please call the school at 410-313-2857 Tuesday morning.
State Championship Meet Results:
Boys-
400 meter dash
Juan Parra 2nd place, #2 time in school history
Parker Tewell, 11th place
1600 meter run
Greg Costello 5th place, #5 time in school history
3200 meter tun
David Riina, 9th place
110 meter hurdles
Jason Sallitt, 15th place
Shot Put
Robert LaCava, 14th place
Discus
Liam Lovering, 6th place
Triple Jump
Anthony Matthews, 14th place
4x400 meter relay, 7th place, School Record
Parker Tewell, John Bandje, Tyler Dan, Juan Parra
4x800 meter relay, 7th place, #2 time in school history
Richard Chung, John Bondje, Greg Costello, Juan Parra
Team finished 14th overall
Girls-
1600 meter run
Cora Blount, 5th place
Kirsten Wikner, 7th place
Alison Betler, 9th place
3200 meter run
Kirsten Wikner, 5th place
Alison Betler, 9th place
100 meter Hurdles
Victoria Pearson, 15th place
Shot Put
Moroti Adewole, 10th place
Discus
Leila Avery, 8th place
4x400 meter relay, 15th place
Amaiya Brickhouse, Priya Mapara, Daneille Koerner, Kirsten Wikner
4x800 meter relay, 9th place
Danielle Koerner, Cora Blount, Helen Monroe, Marisa Thomas
Team finished 17th overall
Have a great weekend…so proud to be an Eagle!
Claire Hafets