On November 22 to 25, the Westwood Speech and Debate team competed at the 2013 Glenbrooks Speech and Debate Tournament held in Illinois.
With much success, several debaters received bids to the Tournament of Champions at the Glenbrooks Tournament, as well as many other tournaments. Two bids from national tournaments qualifies a team to participate in the ToC.
The following debaters have obtained 1 bid:
Meenakshi Baddela & Mikaela Manion
Varun Reddy & Varun Jaladi
Sunay Nanavati
Bryan Yao & Emily Xiao (Ghost bid)
The following debaters have obtained 2 or more bids:
Akhil Gandra
Terisha Kolencherry & Linda Yoo
Results from the Glenbrooks Tournament
In Public Forum…
Octofinalist: Meenakshi Baddela & Mikaela Manion
Double Octofinalist: Bryan Yao & Emily Xiao
Speaker Awards: 4th speaker: Emily Xiao, 11th speaker: Meenakshi Baddela, 16th speaker: Bryan Yao
In Lincoln Douglas Debate…
Octofinalist: Akhil Gandra