GREATER DENVER METRO NATIONAL HISTORY DAY
FINALISTS
JUNIOR PAPER
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
#1 Place
#2
1102
1126
William McCall
Morgan Sidener
#3
1017
Alexandra Oestman
Slaying the Dragon
Women’s Right to
Vote
Rise Up—The Life of
John Laurens
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
#1 Place
#1105
Alec Sirios
#2
#1127
Olivia Bianchi
#3
#1124
Ethan Gonzales
Dana Crawford:
Taking a Stand for
Historic Preservation
in Denver
Lois Gunden: Taking
a Stand in Protection
Jewish Children
Billy Graham: Taking
Down the Ropes of
Segregation
JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
1532
Reagan McCann/
Aimee Zinter
Booth: The Shot that
Killed Peace
2nd
1504
3rd
1527
Tanner Ewald/ Bryan
Urbanski
Avery Utterson/
Mikaela Fischer/
Lindsey Soderberg
The Freedom Riders
Taking a Stand
Against Racial
Hatred: Ralph Carr
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2nd
1201
1211
Jack Gorsuch
Milan Hancock
3rd
1212
Jenna Marklowitz
Luther Takes a Stand
Courage without
Limits
The White Rose
JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
1613
2nd
1618
3rd
1603
Rebecca Lindsay/
Jenna Pirazzi
Rami Maaliki/ Xander
Patel
Sarah Trieber/ Macy
Lanier/ Abby DeWolf
/Veronica Roche
Taking a Stand by
Taking Flight
Teddy Roosevelt:
Taking
Angelica and Sarah
Grimke
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1ST
1309
Gaitlen Zbylski
2nd
1308
Rishi Hancock
3rd
1301
Angelina Akdis
The Coming of
Harvey Milk
Leave No Stone
Unturned
Hatshepsut: Breaking
Barriers for Women
Place
JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
1702
Amanda Brauchler/
Finley Pool
2nd
1709
Marissa Sirois/
Michaela Sirois
3rd
1708
Kassidy Conley/
Aubrey Weaver
How Nelson Mandela
Took a Stand Against
Apartheid
Rhymes and Reason:
Dr. Seuss Takes a
Stand
Women’s Rights in
the Military: Deborah
Sampson
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
#1st Place
1424
Ainsleigh Williams
#2
1402
Emma Davis
#3
1421
Jack Kerstiens
Jane Elliot: Taking a
Stand against Racial
Profiling and Biased
Attitudes
Mr March on
Washington: Bayard
Rustin’s Life long
Fight for Human
Rights
A Journey into
Unfound Territory:
The Establishment of
the National Parks
Service
JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
#1st Place
1813
#2
1805
Daniel Nikolaev/
Nolan Bialy
Ellie Daniels/ Kacie
Shaffer
March First
Movement
Florence Nightengale
#3
1802
Christopher Mason/
Sriya Surapaneni
Candy Lightner:
Taking a Stand
Against Drunk Driving
Title
SENIOR PAPER
Place
Entry #
Name
1st Place
2001
2nd
2012
3rd
2004
Jeremiah Ravenscroft The Marble March:
Octavius Thurinus’
Stand Against the
Second Triumvirate
Diana Dadkhah
The Iranian
Revolution
Imanol Avitia
Emiliano Zapata’s
Battle Toward
Equality
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2106
Tyler Strimbu
2nd
2101
Bobby Esquibel
3rd
2109
Evan Moran
Japan Takes a Stand.
Pearl Harbor: Japan’s
Biggest Mistake
Toussaint
L’Ouverture:
Standing Up for a
Free Haiti
The Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising: A Stand
Against Pure Evil
SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2508
2nd
2507
The October
Revolution
The Sons of Liberty
3rd
2505
Zach Ahr/ David
Sispera
Gustavo Alves/Kalil
McRoy/ Connor
Behrehbruch/
Thomas Folgoni
Borsa
Benjamin Stokes
Hannah Grimes
Tiananemen Square:
Standing Against
Communist China
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2203
Brooke Wunder
2nd
3rd
2206
2205
Justin Chaney
Connor Schneider
Standing Atop Giants:
The Warriors of the
10th Mountain
Division
When In Rome
Lawrence of Arabia
SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARIES
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2606
2nd
2608
3rd
2602
Mayte Porragas/
Aydra Jaten
Mark Adam/ Nicholas
Griffin
Peter Woodward/
Reade Webb/
Matthew Robinette/
Benjamin Roueche
The Tragic Protest for
Peace
Women in the French
Resistance
The WASP
SENIOR PERFORMANCE
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2301
Juan Franco Orellana
Vive La Revolution:
Robespierre and His Radical
Stand
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2702
Rachel Dryer/Kayla
Hawkes
2ND
2701
Jacqueline
Jurado/Kristianna
Pott/ Judith Aragon
John Hearfield and Oskar
Kokoschka: German
Expressionism in the Fight
against Nazi Fascism
A Von Trapp Family Story:
Standing Up Against Nazi
Germany
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2409
Sarah Carter
2nd
2410
Daniel Orbidan
3rd
2407
Karry Pileggi
The Rite of Spring—
The Premiere that
Began an Era
The Stands Taken by
Kennedy and
Arkhipov…Cuban
Missile Crisis
Malala Yousafzai:
Taking a Stand for
Equal Education in
the Middle East
SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE
Place
Entry #
Name
Title
1st Place
2805
2nd
2801
Demonizing the
Enemy: Taking a
Stand with
Propaganda
Cesar Chavez and the
Chicano Movement
3rd
2804
Truman Giesen/
Alison Thompson/
Alana Heath/ Jason
Hristopoulous
William Joslin/ Ari
Welle/ Giovanni
Paladino
Dariya Petlenko and
Daisy Kaufman
Rebellion Youth
Groups in Germany:
Taking a Stand
against the Nazi
Regime