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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2026 LOCAL COMPETITION REGIONAL QUALIFIERS

Front Row:  Dillon Koenig, Andra Navratil, Addilyne Shonk, Grayson Coryell, Cora Lewis, Charlee Bennett, Zoe Holt, Harper Ducey.

Middle Row:  Isaiah Gianinetti, Miles Franklin, Alise Massey, Abigail Ruiz, Aniyah Harmann, Lianaha Thomas, Breneli Ruiz-Serna.

Back Row:  Whit Watson, Asher Navratil, Gael Rodriguez-Valeriano, Case Conway, Ridge Butler, Jackson Bustos, Joseph Tatum-Franco, Joshua Powell. Not Pictured:  Jaxson McPherson

Individual Exhibits: 1st:  Addilyne Shonk -Sennaca Falls Convention.

2nd:  Andra Navratil -Diesel Engines. 3rd:  Jackson Bustos -Tools of the Ice Age. Honorable Mention:  Alise Massey -Berlin Wall. 

Group Exhibits: 1st:  Lianaha Thomas and Breneli Ruiz-Serna: Sanger’s Effect on the Women of America. 2nd:  Miles Franklin, Dillon Koenig, and Isaiah Gianinetti – Why is the Invention of the Snowmobile Relevant? 3rd: Aniyah Hartmann and Abigail Ruiz -Freedom Riders.

Honorable Mention:  Asher Navratil, Gael Rodriguez-Valeriano, and Whit Watson – The Dancing Plague.

Honorable Mention:  Ridge Butler, Case Conway, and Jaxson McPherson – Genghis Khan. 

Performances: 1st:  Joe Tatum and Joshua Powell -The Assassination of JFK. 

Group Websites: 1st:  Grayson Coryell and Cora Lewis – Early Years of the NCAA. 2nd:  Harper Ducey and Zoe Holt – Martha George Ripley.

Individual Websites: 1st:  Charlee Bennett -Germ Theory: Revolution in Medicine.

A big “thank you” to all our judges who make this day possible: Maym Cunningham,  Kathy deVergie, Mandi Etheridge, Michelle Morgan, Suzan Pelloni,  Kristina Selby, Peggy Strate, Carly Thomson, Niki Turner, Heather Burke, Brooke Mantle and Jared Henderson.

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