This past weekend, the Westwood Speech and Debate Team competed in tournament at Anderson High School. 64 students were sent to compete, many of whom returned home with success.
Anderson High School Tournament
3rd Place Overall Sweepstakes
Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
4th Place: Jackson Freeman (Qualified for State!)
Semi-finalist: Sonali Mitra
Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking
Semi-finalists:
Ethan Brown
Rasik Jankay
Sindhura Sridhar
Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
4th Place: Ryan Sze
Varsity Cross Examination (Policy) Debate
Semi-finalists:
Anthony Nguyen & Ritik Goyal
Quarter-finalists (Top 8):
Andrew Lu & Jitendra Gudlavalleti
Varsity Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate
Semi-finalist: Nisha Rajasekar
Quarter-finalist:
Joel Abraham
Rohith Mandavalli
Dhruva Mambapoor
2nd Place Speaker Award: Rohith Mandavalli
3rd Place Speaker Award: Nisha Rajasekar
4th Place Speaker Award: Joel Abraham
Novice Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate
2nd Place: Harsha Jandhyala
Semi-finalist: Yashvi Reddy
Quarter-finalist (Top 8): Amogh Dambal
Varsity Public Forum (PF) Debate
2nd Place: Krithika Shamanna & Krishna Vaidyanathan
Semi-finalists:
Dustin Chang & Sharon Li
Quarter-finalists (Top 8):
Maanasa Nathan & Seema Iyengar
Neeharika Bandlapalli & Ananthi Jayasundera
Soman Khan & Sudeep Narala
1st Place Speaker Award: Sharon Li
3rd Place Speaker Award: Seema Iyengar
4th Place Speaker Award: Maanasa Nathan
Novice Public Forum (PF) Debate
Semi-finalist:
Emily Gao & Riya Kumar
Felipe Centeno & Ridha Mirza
Quarter-finalists (Top 8):
Vineeth Bandi & Richard Lai
