Debate Wins 5th in State

Debate Wins 5th in State

Mackenzie Farkus, Editor in Chief

From March 4-8, the 45 state qualifiers on the Debate team traveled to El Paso to compete in the TFA Tournament. Debate was able to take 5th place in the overall sweepstakes out of more than 200 schools. The following students ranked.

Extemporaneous Speaking (EX):

3rd Place – David Dam ’15

Semi-Finalist – Nicholas Curtis ’15

Quarter Finalist – Darren Pomida ’15

Quarter Finalist – Priyanka Mara ’15

Quarter Finalist – Jackson Freeman ’17

 

Cross Examination (Policy) Debate:

3rd Place – Sam Bhagwandin ’15 & Varun Reddy ’15

Octo-Finalist – Kevin Murphy ’15 & Muteramyi Nintunze ’15

Octo-Finalist – Angela Park ’15 & Jacob Lundquist ’15

Double Octo-Finalist – Catherine Cheng ’16 & Jenna Han ’16

Double Octo-Finalist – Suraj Reddy  ’15 & Sasaank Bandi ’15

 

Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate:

Quarter Finalist – Sunay Nanavati ’15

Double Octo-Finalist – Akhil Gandra ’15

 

Public Forum (PF) Debate:

Double Octo-Finalist – Meenakshi Baddela ’15 & Mikaela Manion ’15

Double Octo-Finalist – Rushi Patel ’15 & Sai Pathuri ’15

Our State Qualifiers: Sai Pathuri ’15, Kevin Murphy ’15, Nicholas Curtis ’15, Varun Reddy ’15, Akhil Gandra ’15, Suraj Reddy ’15, Angela Park ’15, Sam Bhagwandin ’15, Evonne Ng ’15, Muteramyi Nintunze ’15, Bryan Yao ’15, Jaydeep Singh ’15, Navya Kumar ’15, Natalie Alexander ’15, Keaton McDonald ’15, Meenakshi Baddela ’15, Mikaela Manion ’15, Sasaank Bandi ’15, Emily Xiao ’15, Sunay Nanavati ’15, Darren Pomida ’15, Jacob Lundquist ’15, David Dam ’15, Advaidh Sreekumar Nair ’15, Rushi Patel ’15, Rasik Jankay ’15, Maanasa Nathan ’16, Surya Madireddy ’16, Catherine Cheng ’16, Seema Iyengar ’16, Jenna Han ’16, Spoorthi Dasari ’16, Neha Shah ’16, Neil Shah ’16, Murtaza Hakimi ’16, Amani Mehta ’15, Priyanka Mara ’15, Saavan Nanavati ’17, Jackson Freeman ’17, Ramya Yedatore ’17, Elva Ye ’17, Roshni Rawal ’17, Joel Abraham ’17, Brian Coombs ’16, Anushka Rijal ’17