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The Spartanvitational

Nine meets, every champion, and the record book. The 10th is Sat, Feb 20, 2027.

9
meets
2,347
performances
11
perfect scores
22
one judge away
19
finals won on a tiebreak

Every year’s results

Some early years crowned one per division

Each year opens the full results. The team champion is beside it.

  1. 2027The 10th SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 20, 2027 · Six straight for Portage Central?The tournament →
  2. 20269th SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 14, 2026 · 20 schools · 292 performancesPortage Central High School logoTeam championPortage CentralResults →
  3. 20258th SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 15, 2025 · 18 schools · 263 performancesPortage Central High School logoTeam championPortage CentralResults →
  4. 20247th SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 17, 2024 · 20 schools · 251 performancesPortage Central High School logoTeam championPortage CentralResults →
  5. 20236th SpartanvitationalSat, Apr 8, 2023 · 21 schools · 176 performancesPortage Central High School logoTeam championPortage CentralResults →
  6. 20225th SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 19, 2022 · 15 schools · 179 performancesPortage Central High School logoTeam championPortage CentralResults →
  7. 20214th Spartanvitational · onlineSat, Feb 20, 2021 · 21 schools · 256 performancesBloomfield Hills High School logoTeam championBloomfield Hills High SchoolResults →
  8. 20203rd SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 22, 2020 · 27 schools · 381 performancesBloomfield Hills High School logoTeam champions, by divisionBloomfield Hills High SchoolPortage Northern High School logoPortage NorthernThe Roeper School logoRoeperLoy Norrix High School logoLoy NorrixResults →
  9. 20192nd SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 23, 2019 · 32 schools · 361 performancesBloomfield Hills High School logoTeam champions, by divisionBloomfield Hills High SchoolTroy High School logoTroyThe Roeper School logoRoeperHolt Senior High School logoHoltResults →
  10. 20181st SpartanvitationalSat, Feb 24, 2018 · 19 schools · 188 performancesGrand Rapids Christian High School logoTeam champions, by divisionGrand Rapids ChristianAnchor Bay High School logoAnchor BayKalamazoo Central High School logoKalamazoo CentralClifford H. Smart Middle School logoClifford H. Smart Middle SchoolResults →

Portage Central · 5 straight, the recordBloomfield Hills High School · 3 straight

How big it gets

Performances each year, with the number of schools

188
361
381
256
179
176
251
263
292
’18
19 sch’19
32 sch’20
27 sch’21
online’22
15 sch’23
21 sch’24
20 sch’25
18 sch’26
20 sch

Biggest year: 2020, 381 performances. Most schools: 2019, 32.

The busiest events

Entries, all 9 meets

  • Oratory260
  • Impromptu215
  • Informative196
  • Storytelling187
  • Dramatic Interpretation169
  • Poetry168
  • Extemporaneous Speaking167
  • Prose166

Biggest single field: Oratory 2020, 46 entries.

The record book

Every figure counted from the result books

Most titles at one meet

12

Portage Central, 2023

Next best: Wylie E. Groves, 6 in 2018

Highest team score

727

Portage Central, 2023

Team points were counted differently in some years, so this is the high of each year’s own count.

Biggest winning margin

12

Debra Moraitis, Dramatic Interpretation 2019

Ranks clear of second place

Perfect scores · 11

First from every judge, every round, from the prelims to the final

One judge away · 22

Champions with a single ballot short of perfect

All 22

Multiple-time champions · 10

Each dot is a title, by year

Champion’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Krishna Mano · Extemporaneous Speaking, Extemporaneous Open
Hannah Chun · Informative Open, Informative
Shivali Patel · Oratory
Jake Martinek · Storytelling
Janelle Yao · Informative
Remington / Skowronski · Duo Commentary
Evan Worden · Sales
Aaron Chen · Extemp 9/10, Extemporaneous Speaking
Jaanaki Radhakrishnan · Poetry 9/10, Poetry
Kiersten McCollum · Poetry

Nobody has won two events at the same Spartanvitational. Yet.

The programs

Event titles and finalists, all 9 meets

SchoolTitlesFinalists
Portage Central28149
Bloomfield Hills High School20107
Grand Rapids Christian17103
Walled Lake Western1071
Grand Rapids City925
Birch Run753
Utica Academy738
Wylie E. Groves630

Photo finishes · 19

Finals where first and second were level on ranks

  • 2025 · Sales

    Bryce Broughton over Giselle Haddad

    Level on ranks and points, 795 each. Settled further down the tiebreakers.

  • 2024 · Program Oral Interpretation

    Annika Sreedhar over Katie Tadesse

    Level on ranks and points, 794 each. Settled further down the tiebreakers.

  • 2024 · Impromptu

    Luke Schultz over Natalie Edwards

    Level on ranks and points, 792 each. Settled further down the tiebreakers.

All 19

Perfect finals · 25

Every final judge ranked them first. Kiersten McCollum did it twice.
  • ’26 Chen / Liu / Zhang · Chopra / Sesi · Stephen LaBond
  • ’24 Addie Sherman · Fynewever / VanSchepen · Gee / Martinez / Lucas · Hannah Chun · Remington / Skowronski
  • ’23 Carly Koch · Carter Barnes
  • ’22 Ben Tuit · John / Karthik / Kothari / Liu / Sripada · Roxy Jeffries
  • ’21 Jaanaki Radhakrishnan · Jason Koch · Varsha Penumalee
  • ’20 Jared Bloch · Kiersten McCollum
  • ’19 Arya Goel · Debra Moraitis · Kiersten McCollum · Sydney Anderson
  • ’18 Cassie Bergen · Murder By Death · Scotty Lockwood