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2009 ILCRA Speed and Realtime Contests

By Bonni Shuttleworth

This year’s contest was an historic event! For the first time ever, both the Speed and the Realtime Contests were won by the same person, DONNA URLAUB, and she did it with amazing accuracy! Congratulations to Donna! 

The contest participants are the Olympic stars of court reporting.

Now, on to the rest of the story: The results of the 2009 Gary L. Sonntag Memorial Speed Contest:

Literary: 1100 words 55 allowable errors

Rita Corson

95 %

Bernice Radavich

98.18 %

Julie Shane

98.90 %

Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag

99.36 %

Glenn Sonntag

95.45 %

Donna Urlaub

99.81%



Legal Opinion: 1150 words 58 allowable errors

Julie Shane

95.82 %

Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag

96.08 %

Donna Urlaub

97.54 %


Two-voice testimony: 1350 words 68 allowable errors

Paula Campbell

97.40 %

Rita Corson

95.48 %

Bernice Radavich

99.55 %

Julie Shane

98.66 %

Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag

98.96 %

Glenn Sonntag

98.66%

Kathryn Thomas

95.92 %

Donna Urlaub

98.84 %



Gary L. Sonntag Memorial Speed Contest and winner of the Sally J. Cochran Traveling Cup

 

Donna Urlaub, First Place

98.84 % average on all three tests

Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag, Second Place

98.13 % average on all three tests

Julie Shane, Third Place

97.79 % average on all three tes

Realtime Contest

Literary - 900 words 45 allowable errors

Donna Urlaub, First Place

97.55 %

Bernice Radavich, Second Place

96 %

Melanie Humphrey-Sonntag, Third Place

95.11 %



Congratulations to all the participants.