Dana Hayden (left) of Huntsville, Ark. won the 2013 Speed Contest. Deanna Boenau (center) of Sarasota, Fla., earned second place and Donna Urlaub (right) of Chicago, Ill., earned third place in the Speed Contest.
Contestants write and transcribe three five-minute legs—220 Literary, 230 Legal Opinion, and 280 Testimony—and qualify for each with an accuracy score of 95% or better. The best combined score wins the championship.
Speed Contest - Overall
| Place |
Names |
Errors |
Percentage |
| 1. |
Hayden, Dana |
15 |
99.569% |
| 2 |
Boenau, Deanna C. |
27 |
99.295% |
| 3 |
Urlaub, Donna M. |
28 |
99.287% |
| 4 |
Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. |
33 |
99.164% |
| 5 |
Wissenbach, John |
32 |
99.147% |
| 6 |
Bryce, Jo Ann |
38 |
99.037% |
| 7 |
Tyler, Karen L. |
38 |
98.959% |
| 8 |
Cortopassi, Kathy A. |
83 |
97.763% |
| 9 |
Radavich, Bernice E. |
96 |
97.469% |
| 10 |
Frazier, Clay James |
94 |
97.440% |
| 11 |
Germosen, Rich |
108 |
97.154% |
| 12 |
Brezina, Thomas R. |
123 |
96.720% |
Literary
| Place |
Names |
Errors |
Percentage |
| 1 |
Bryce, Jo Ann |
1 |
99.909% |
| 2 |
Boenau, Deanna C. |
4 |
99.636% |
| 2 |
Urlaub, Donna M. |
4 |
99.636% |
| 3 |
Hayden, Dana |
5 |
99.545% |
| 4 |
Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. |
7 |
99.364% |
| 5 |
Tyler, Karen L. |
9 |
99.182% |
| 6 |
Wissenbach, John |
10 |
99.091% |
| 7 |
Cortopassi, Kathy A. |
13 |
98.818% |
| 8 |
Menck, Karyn D. |
17 |
98.455% |
| 9 |
Casey, Joyce Z. |
18 |
98.364% |
| 9 |
Cook, Ronald L. |
18 |
98.364% |
| 10 |
Germosen, Rich |
20 |
98.182% |
| 11 |
Jansen, Naren |
24 |
97.818% |
| 12 |
Frazier, Clay James |
28 |
97.455% |
| 13 |
Radavich, Bernice E. |
29 |
97.364% |
| 14 |
Brezina, Thomas R. |
31 |
97.182% |
| 14 |
Frazier, Tami |
31 |
97.182% |
Legal Opinion
| Place |
Names |
Errors |
Percentage |
| 1 |
Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. |
1 |
99.913% |
| 2 |
Urlaub, Donna M. |
4 |
99.652% |
| 3 |
Wissenbach, John |
5 |
99.565% |
| 4 |
Boenau, Deanna C. |
7 |
99.391% |
| 5 |
Hayden, Dana |
8 |
99.304% |
| 6 |
Bryce, Jo Ann |
10 |
99.130% |
| 7 |
Radavich, Bernice E. |
11 |
99.043% |
| 8 |
Tyler, Karen L. |
15 |
98.696% |
| 9 |
Cook, Ronald L. |
18 |
98.435% |
| 10 |
Casey, Joyce Z. |
19 |
98.348% |
| 11 |
Frazier, Clay James |
27 |
97.652% |
| 12 |
Germosen, Rich |
28 |
97.565% |
| 13 |
Brezina, Thomas R. |
29 |
97.478% |
| 14 |
Cortopassi, Kathy A. |
34 |
97.043% |
| 15 |
Frazier, Tami |
38 |
96.696% |
| 16 |
Jansen, Naren |
53 |
95.391% |
Q&A
| Place |
Names |
Errors |
Percentage |
| 1 |
Hayden, Dana |
2 |
99.857% |
| 2 |
Tyler, Karen L. |
14 |
99.000% |
| 3 |
Boenau, Deanna C. |
16 |
98.857% |
| 4 |
Wissenbach, John |
17 |
98.786% |
| 5 |
Urlaub, Donna M. |
20 |
98.571% |
| 6 |
Humphrey-Sonntag, Melanie L. |
25 |
98.214% |
| 7 |
Bryce, Jo Ann |
27 |
98.071% |
| 8 |
Cortopassi, Kathy A. |
36 |
97.429% |
| 9 |
Frazier, Clay James |
39 |
97.214% |
| 10 |
Radavich, Bernice E. |
56 |
96.000% |
| 11 |
Germosen, Rich |
60 |
95.714% |
| 12 |
Brezina, Thomas R. |
63 |
95.500% |