Coming home

That poster behind us has Kameron Lapp, Victoria Van Arnam and Jessica Welch's faces on it!

After watching the final four, Flagler SIFE had a wonderful post competition dinner. As we were leaving the restaurant, we ran into Belmont, the newly christened national champions. Their presentation was incredible and they truly deserve the 2010 SIFE National Championship.
The SIFE year has turned over; this has been a great year for Flagler SIFE under the unwavering leadership of Jessica Welch. Congratulations to Jessica who is moving on to work with Wal-Mart. This year we have overcome many challenges, gained new experiences and grown exponentially.

The new Co-Presidents, Emily Marcellus and Victoria Van Arnam flanked by their Co-Vice Presidents Alyssa Murphy and Jessie Quick (for full list of officers see previous blog), are ready to lead the team through whatever the criteria changes and down economy can throw at them.

The team has since arrived back safely from nationals. Everyone has dispersed to their appropriate states. All is quiet in St. Augustine, but in Markland house, operations will soon be returning to normal.

Heading Home

We're headed back to Saint Augustine now. The first group is en route to the airport.

We had a wonderful time with our entire family last night; parents, SIFERS, D&B (Donna and Barry), and Dr. and Mrs. Abare. We ate at "The Local," exchanged senior gifts and gave speeches and toasts; a wonderful, memorable evening.

That's all for 2009-2010.
Will keep you posted with the exciting summer stuff we'll be doing!


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Semi-finals Results

We made it to the semi-finals, but didn't move on to the Final Four. We're very proud of the team and the performance. Watching the Final Four now.


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8:00

We're so proud of our team! We did the best we could at 8am for the top 20 semi-finals presentation this morning. We find out in an hour if we make the top 4!!! Immediately following the announcements of final 4, the contestants must prepare to get on stage right away. Keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

Top 20!

We made it to the semifinals! We will be presenting tomorrow again in the top 20!

More information later!

Rally of Champs

Bull Pen Unleashed!
The Rally of Champions was incredible! The entire team got to run up onto the stage, wave the American flag and show our Flagler pride. We watched as the trophy that once decorated our student center was once again brought to the stage for this year’s SIFE USA National Champions.

We won first place in the Campbell’s Lets Can Hunger, Hunger Awareness competition. The award included $750 for the team and a plaque! We are incredibly proud of our two freshman members who headed that program Jessie Quick and Ryan Ledonne.

We saw Joel Conner and Jack Shewmaker at the Rally and they stopped to say hi and meet our new members. We are so excited for the competition to begin! We present at 11:20, if you want immediate updates check our twitter and Facebook!

(right) Ryan Ledonne receiving Let's Can Hunger award from Doug Conant President and CEO of Campbell Soup.
(left)Pictured from left, Barry Sand, Emily Marcelles, Joel Conner CEO and Chairman of Bellisio Foods and Chairman of the Board of SIFE, Victoria Van Arnam and Donna DeLorenzo.

Enjoying Minneapolis

Last night we had a spectacular dinner with the President of Winmark Corporation, the head of Winmark’s Training Department, and the Play It Again Sports Training head. The presentation team had a wonderful time getting to explore some of the city and relax after the long flight and weeks of working around the clock. We are now getting back to work!

The rest of the team is on their way, we will be having a late lunch, practicing, and then we’ll head off to the Rally of Champions. We are so excited for the competition to begin!

Pictured finishing dinner, Katie Salmi left, and Angie Benson Director of Winmark Training.
Photo courtesy of Hannah Garner

Traveling

Got up at 3:30, to go to Jacksonville for our flight. We are now on the plane to Minneapolis! Everyone is ready to do their best (after a little nap)! More later.
Photo of Mike Lambert, Courtesy of Joe King.