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Elementary students excel at Canadian UIL contest meet
Elementary pupils from Canadian Wellington participated in the Canadian Invitation UIL meet on February 28, 1998. Mark Lemons won first place in fourth grade oral reading, with Colby Taylor, Clint Wheeler, and Taylor Allred taking second, third, and fifth respectively. Fourth grade ready writing saw Mark Lemons second and Keri Jo Cummings third, while fifth grade ready writing earned Jennifer Birkey second and Colby Taylor sixth. The Art Smart Team for fourth and fifth grades claimed second place, listing Gradon Schaub, Payton Kane, Eric Thomas, Jennifer Birkey, and Jory Snider as members. Additional top placements included Larkin David third in second grade storytelling and Matthew Wynn first in third grade storytelling. Ryan Fedric earned a second in fifth grade listening, and Drew Byrd placed third in fourth grade number sense. Fifth grade number sense saw Taylor Allred in fourth. Other participants with placings included Jo Cummings, Payton Kane, Shay Morris, Nikki Fields, Carly Holland, Jarod Snider, Sierra Cummings, Bo Bohannon, Marci Johnson, Jordan Langford, Shavanta Outley, Brittany Clancy, Daniel Reeves, Thomas Reeves, Montana Riley, Alyssa Johnson, Wesley Barton, Christy Adams, Kimberly Martinez, Trini Quintero, Jory Snider, Jade McPherson, Jack Allen, Chase Holland, Jacob Killian, Clint Wheeler and Scott Sims.