The Westwood Debate team attended the Austin SFA HS tournament on November 1 to 2. Overall, the debate team won 2nd place sweepstakes. Currently, multiple students are qualified for the TFA state competition in Houston that is held in March.
This week, the debate team will attend the Roundrock HS tournament, the Hockaday School tournament in Dallas, and Spring Woods HS tournament in Houston. Good luck to all the competitors at these 3 locations.
Please congratulate the following students for their accomplishments at SFA.
Austin SFA HS tournament
In Policy Debate…
- Semifinalist: Jaydeep Singh & Sasaank Bandi
- Quarterfinalist: Keaton McDonald & Kevin Murphy
- 2nd: Garima Singh
- Semifinalist: Spoorthi Dasari
- Quarterfinalist: Jimmy Deal
- 2nd: Seema Iyengar & Maanasa Nathan
- Quarterfinalist: Terisha Kolencherry & Linda Yoo, Ellie Burshtyn & Ben Zentner, Sai Pathuri & Advaidh Sreekumar Nair
In Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking …
- 1st: David Dam
- 4th: Victoria Fung
- 6th: Shomik Ghosh
In Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking…
- 5th: Linda Zhang
In Novice Extemporaneous Speaking…
- 1st: Jackson Freeman
- 4th: Ethan Brown
- 5th: Sindhura Sridhar
In Novice Lincoln Douglas…
- 1st: Saavan Nanavati
- 2nd: Elva Ye