On Saturday, February 13, 2016, Xavier students arrived at the ASU Memorial Union in Tempe to compete in the Poetry Out Loud Central Regional Competition.

Xavier celebrated a victory when sophomore Edel Healy was announced a finalist. She and her fellow finalists will compete in this year’s state finals on March 11 at the downtown Phoenix studios of KAET, 8 Arizona PBS. This station will later broadcast the competition.

Congratulations Edel Healy.