Moving through their last year, seniors find out the winners for superlatives leaving them either proud or disappointed.

Every year, a handful of seniors are awarded superlatives for things like best dressed, best hair, and etcetera. The long wait and anticipation has ended since the results were announced last Wednesday.

Yearbook editor Michael Tenney was one of the few students who was in charge of counting the votes.  He ensured that all votes were counted accurately.

“It wasn’t like we just looked at them and did a quick look,” said Tenney. “We did the math and made sure we counted them all. We don’t base the winners off who we believe should win them. It is all numbers.”

Tenney and the yearbook staff also made sure that only one person could win each category due to problems in the past.

“We did this because a couple years ago someone won a few,” said Tenney. “A lot of people were complaining about it.  They wanted other people to have a chance to win one, which is understandable. So once people started to complain, we had to change it to make it fair.”

A fairly new system has been created to ensure fairness throughout the vote counting.

“If someone wins more than one, then they get the one they had more votes in,” said Tenney. “Then the second place winner gets the other one.”

For a handful of students, the results were exactly what they wanted.  Senior Leah Perron was very happy to be the winner of best dressed.

“It makes me feel really good to know that people notice and like my outfits,” said Perron. “I liked getting this superlative.”

Senior Johnny Korpaczewski also won best dressed but was surprised by the results.

“I thought that Patrick [Pearl] would have won best dressed, and that I would have won best hair,” said Korpaczewski. “Although, I do think [that] I dress well, so it makes sense.”

Winning the superlative you weren’t shooting for can be sad for some, but on the other hand, there were students who were hoping to win an award but didn’t.  Senior Gaby Bermeo was hoping to get best smile.

“I was very bummed out,” said Bermeo. “I really thought I was going too since everyone was telling me that they voted for me to win.”

Although Bermeo does believe the votes were counted accurately and that winner, Sydney Walton, deserved to get the award.

“Sydney has a really pretty smile,” said Bermeo. “So I wasn’t really shocked to hear that she won it instead of me.”

   However, not everyone that won was excited. Senior Amber Magnant was not impressed when she heard that she had won biggest flirt.

   “At first, I was pretty annoyed,” said Magnant.  “However, after a little bit, I realized it wasn’t that big of a deal since this is all supposed to be fun.”

Although Magnant will continue to receive this superlative, she does have the option to reject it.

“Sometimes people win that don’t actually want to win,” said Tenney. “[In that case] they have the right to say they don’t want [the superlative].  Which is fine, they have the right to do that.”

Tenney does believe that people should accept the award they win.

“It stinks when people don’t accept their award,” said Tenney. “Their class did vote for them for that award, and they should just accept it. Even if you don’t want it you should just be the big dog, and own it.  

All in all, Michael Tenney believes that superlatives are meant to be fun.

“You aren’t going to put this on your college resume,” said Tenney. “If you win, then congrats, but if you don’t, then that is okay too.  It is just supposed to be something fun and something to vote for.