Pulling the books off the shelf
Program record
Birmingham Covington School
Bloomfield Hills, MI
13
middle level titles
2
sweeps titles
76
event champions
2013–2026
seasons
State Championships
Middle level: 13 individual titles
Middle level
Individual state champions
- 2026
- Myles LeibsonExtemporaneous Speaking
- 2025
- Myles LeibsonExtemporaneous Speaking
- Cecilia ByronProse Interp (5-6)
- 2020
- Julia TrimbleBroadcasting
- Phoebe AwadDeclamation (5-6)
- Dina KamalExtemporaneous Speaking
- Induvari HettiarachchiImpromptu
- Ziya ZoyaInformative
- Eli HaenickOriginal Interpretation
- 2017
- Vivian YeeExtemporaneous
- 2016
- Megan CliffordInformative
- Abby NelsonProse
- 2014
- Carson PeasleyDramatic Interpretation
This is what the archive holds, not necessarily the whole record — the high school State Finals for 2001–02 and 2002–03 and 2003–04 and 2004–05 and 2008–09 and 2009–10 and 2018–19 and 2019–20 are not in it yet, so a title from those seasons would not appear here.
Season by season
Sweeps place by tournament over time — higher is better.
2025–26
4 tournaments · best team finish 17th · 6 event champions
- MIFA Spring Middle Level IE State FinalsSat, May 2, 20261
- Myles Leibson won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Royal Oak Middle Level InvitationalSat, Apr 18, 20263
- Cece Byron won Prose
- Khoreva / Deledda won Duo Interpretation
- Avery Slutsky won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Walled Lake Western Warrior TournamentSat, Mar 21, 2026 · Team Sweepstakes (as published)17
- Winter at EastSat, Jan 31, 20262
- Myles Leibson won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Deledda / Khoreva won Duo Interpretation
2024–25
1 tournament · 2 event champions
- MIFA Spring Middle Level IE State FinalsSat, Apr 26, 20252
- Cecilia Byron won Prose Interp (5-6)
- Myles Leibson won Extemporaneous Speaking
2020–21
2 tournaments · 17 event champions
- MIFA Fall Middle Level IE StatesSat, Nov 21, 20206
- Julia Trimble won Broadcasting
- Phoebe Awad won Declamation (5-6)
- Ziya Zoya won Informative
- Eli Haenick won Original Interpretation
- Dina Kamal won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Induvari Hettiarachchi won Impromptu
- BCS SpooktationalSat, Oct 24, 202011
- Eli Haenick won OI
- Nathan Schreibeis won Declamation
- Julia Trimble won Broadcasting
- Megan Gray won DI (5-6)
- Marina Awad won Impromptu
- Dina Kamal won Extemporaneous Speaking
- Ziya Zoya won Informative
- Sofia Pompi won DI
- Nikhilas Sashidhar won Storytelling
- Arielle Levy won Sales (5-6)
- Cate Meyers won Storytelling (5-6)
2019–20
2 tournaments · best team finish 4th · 3 event champions
- MIFA BEASTFri, May 1, 20202
- Jayne Taylor Byrne won Impromptu
- Trisha Cheong won Broadcasting
- Ninjatational XSat, Mar 7, 2020 · Samurai14th
- Ella Gifford won ML Broadcasting
2018–19
3 tournaments · best team finish 12th · 9 event champions
- 2019 MSCI Spring Conference Tournament - Mackinac IslandSat, May 18, 2019 · Mackinac12th
- MIFA OLIEMon, Apr 1, 20196
- Charlisa Penzak won Impromptu - Middle Level
- Erika Yee won Sales - Middle Level
- Izzie Duzan won Prose - Middle Level
- Gifford / Kamal won Duo Interpretation - Middle Level
- Sydney LaDue won Storytelling - Middle Level
- Youssef Kamal won Declamation - Middle Level
- MIFA Fall Middle Level IESat, Nov 17, 20183
- Steven Whitted won Poetry
- Erika Yee won Informative
- Youssef Kamal won Declamation
2017–18
3 tournaments · 1 team trophy · 7 event champions
- 2018 MSCI Spring Conference Tournament - Mackinac IslandSat, May 19, 2018 · Lilac5th
- MIFAOLIE20Mon, Apr 2, 20187
- Ainsley Nelson won Dramatic Interpretation - Middle Level
- Ava Morisi won Poetry - Middle Level
- A Scheher won Declamation - Middle Level
- Perry Johnson won Oratory - Middle Level
- Sam Byrne won Informative - Middle Level
- Sydney LaDue won Sales - Middle Level
- Ethan Kalt won Prose - Middle Level
- Spartan Speech InvitationalSat, Feb 24, 2018 · Single Division2nd
2016–17
7 tournaments · best team finish 4th · 13 event champions
- 2017 MSCI Spring Conference Tournament - Mackinac IslandSat, May 20, 2017 · Lilac6th
- MIFA Spring ML I.E. State TournamentSat, Apr 22, 2017 · Division 1118th
- Vivian Yee won Extemporaneous
- MIFA Spring ML I.E. State Tournament Story/Duo 5/6Sat, Apr 22, 2017 · Division 19th
- MIFAOLIEMon, Mar 27, 20177
- Jack Handzel won Informative - Middle Level
- Vivian Yee won Extemp - Middle Level
- Ania Uzieblo won Storytelling - Middle Level
- Arya Goel won Prose - Middle Level
- Jude Sutton won Declamation - Middle Level
- Perry Johnson won Impromptu - Middle Level
- Jordyn Denham won Poetry - Middle Level
- MSCI 2017 Spring IE FestivalSat, Mar 11, 2017 · Grand36th
- Ania Uzieblo won Storytelling (Middle)
- Ava Morisi won Dramatic (Middle)
- Perry Johnson won Impromptu (Middle)
- Maple Invitational 2017Sat, Feb 4, 2017 · Division 127th
- Vivian Yee won ML Extemporaneous
- Jack Handzel won ML Impromptu
- 2016 Middle Level IE & Debate SpooktationalSat, Oct 29, 2016 · Division 14th
2015–16
4 tournaments · best team finish 6th · 2 event champions
- 2016 MSCI Spring Conference Tournament - Mackinac IslandSat, May 21, 2016 · Lilac6th
- Middle Level Spring States 2016Sat, Apr 23, 2016 · Division 1221st
- Megan Clifford won Informative
- Abby Nelson won Prose
- Middle Level Spring States 2016 Story 6 & Duo 6Sat, Apr 23, 2016 · Division 111th
- MSCI 2016 Spring IE FestivalSun, Apr 10, 2016 · Gold9th
2014–15
6 tournaments · sweepstakes champion once · 11 event champions
- Middle Level Spring States 2015 Storytelling ResultsSat, Apr 25, 2015 · Division 121st
- MIFA Spring Middle Level IE State FinalsSat, Apr 25, 2015 · Division 14th
- Maple InvitationalSat, Jan 31, 2015 · Division 310th
- Middle Level Fall 2014Sat, Dec 6, 2014 · Division 113rd
- Nelson / 6 won Duo 6
- Middle Level Fall 2014 StorytellingSat, Dec 6, 2014 · Division 115th
- Paris Allen Q1 won Story 5/6
- Middle Level SPOOKtationalSat, Nov 1, 2014 · Division 191st
- Aiden Nelson won Impromptu
- Jack Morad won Sales
- Paul Fischer won Broadcasting
- Perry Johnson won Oratory
- Isabella Rozentuler won Informative
- Aladdin won Multiple
- Alison Chapnick won Storytelling
- Nelson / Goel won Duo
- Carson Peasley won Prose
2013–14
3 tournaments · sweepstakes champion once · 6 event champions
- Middle Level Spring State TournamentSat, Apr 26, 2014 · Division 1121st
- Carson Peasley won Dramatic Interpretation
- MSCI 2014 Middle Level InvitationalSat, Mar 22, 2014 · Division 151st
- Jack Morad won Sales
- Brooks / Stephenson won Duo
- Ania Uzieblo won Declamation
- Kate Adams-Boone won Dramatic Interpretation
- Tarun Bhadri won Oratory
- MIFA Fall Middle Level IE Tournament 2013Sat, Dec 14, 2013 · Division 13rd
Assembled from official tabulations in the Michigan forensics archive. A program’s footprint grows as more historical results are imported.