Speech Finalists and Elimination Rounds
Foreign Extemporaneous
Derick
Choi (’08
MVHS) –
Semifinalist at State Qualifying Tournaments at Leland High School
Andy Lai (’08
MVHS)
Semifinalist
at Monta Vista High School
Louis
Kao (’08
MVHS)
Quarterfinalist
at Berkeley
Invitational
Naveen Kollipara
(’07 LAHS)
Semifinalist
at Westmont High School
First Place at State Qualifying Tournaments at Leland High
School
Semifinalist at National Qualifying Tournament
Sushmita
Sridhar (’10
MVHS)–
Semifinalist
at State Qualifying Tournaments at Leland
High School
Lev Stefanovich
(’07 MVHS)
Semifinalist
at Westmont High School
Impromptu
Ancy Dow (’10 LAHS)
Semifinalist
at Lynbrook High School
Naveen Kollipara
(’07 LAHS)
3rd Place at Westmont
High School
Semifinalist
at State Qualifying Tournaments at Leland
High School
Dan
Meierkort (’10
MVHS)
Finalist
and 7th Place
at State Qualifying Tournaments at Leland
High School
Patrick
Sheehan (’10
LAHS)
5th Place at Santa Clara Invitational (Novice)
Original Oratory
Shefali
Luthra (’10
LAHS)
Semifinalist
at State Qualifying Tournaments at Leland
High School
Cyndhia Ramat
(’07 LAHS)
Semifinalist at Monta Vista
High School
Undefeated at Lynbrook High School
4th Place
at National Qualifying Tournament
Oratorical Interpretation
Shaheen Adibi (’08 MVHS)
Finalist
and 5th Place
at Westmont High School
Finalist and 6th Place at Martin Luther King Invitational
Semifinalist at State Qualifying Tournament
Spontaneous Argumentation
Caspar
Hansen (’07
MVHS)) – Semifinalist at Stanford Invitational | Debate Elimination Rounds
Lincoln-Douglas
Debate
Diana Chou (’10 LAHS)
Santa Clara Invitational
—Novice 2nd Place
Daniel Garber (’09 MVHS)
Santa Clara Invitational—Varsity
2nd Place
Victory Briefs Tournament—Double
Octafinalist
Stanford Invitational—Double
Octafinalist; 4th place Best Speaker Award
Berkeley Invitational—15th Place Best Speaker Award
Harker Invitational—Double
Octafinalist; 12th Place Best Speaker Award
Finalist at National Qualifying Tournament
Voices Round Robin—Champion of
Rising Stars Pod
Ryan Kelly (’08 MVHS)
Santa Clara
Invitational—Novice Octafinalist
Daniel Khalessi (’09 MVHS)
Harker
Invitational—Octafinalist; 15th Place Best Speaker Award
Voices Round Robin—2nd
Place Best Speaker Award in Dark Horse Pod; Community Service Award Winner
Daniel Lubarov (’08 MVHS)
Victory Briefs—Double
Octafinalist
Harker Invitational—Double
Octafinalist
Voices Round
Robin—Semifinalist and 2nd Place Best Speaker Award in Rising Stars
Pod
Sahil Luthra (‘10 LAHS)
Santa Clara
Invitational—Novice Octafinalist
Menlo
Atherton High
School—Undefeated
Novice
Lynbrook
High School—Undefeated; 8th Place Best Speaker Award
Daniel Moerner (’09 LAHS)
Glenbrooks
Invitational—Octafinalist; 10th Place Best Speaker Award; TOC bid
Victory Briefs Sophomore Round
Robin—Winner
Victory Briefs—Quarterfinalist
Emory Invitational—Double
Octafinalist
Stanford
Invitational—Quarterfinalist; 8th Place Best Speaker Award; TOC bid
Berkeley Invitational—Quarterfinalist; 3rd Place Best
Speaker Award; TOC bid
Lynbrook
High School—Undefeated; 2nd Place Best Speaker Award
Harker
Invitational—Semifinalist; 2nd place Best Speaker Award
State Qualifying Tournaments
at Leland High School—Undefeated
Voices Round Robin—Champion; 1st
Place Best Speaker Award
Natalee Pei (’09 MVHS)
Santa Clara
Invitational—Varsity Quarterfinalist
Berkeley Invitational—Triple Octafinalist
Harker Invitational—Double
Octafinalist
Voices Round
Robin—Semifinalist of Dark Horse Pod
Jing Wang (’09 LAHS)
Santa Clara
Invitational—Varsity OctaFinalist
Parliamentary Debate
Caspar
Hansen (’07
MVHS) and Louis Kao (’08 MVHS)
Santa Clara Invitational – Varsity
Octafinalist
Public Forum Debate
Victoria
Liu (’07
LAHS) and Hayden Smith (’08 LAHS)
Santa Clara Invitational – Varsity 2nd Place
Martin Luther King Invitational – Semifinalists
Congress
Ayush Chakravarty
(’10 MVHS)
Menlo Atherton High School—7th Place
Chaudy Sotoudeh
(’10 MVHS)
Menlo Atherton High School—2nd Place
Phillip
Mueller (’09
LAHS)
Santa Clara Invitational – Finalist
State
Qualifying Tournaments at Leland
High School –
6th Place
in Practice House
Mason Satterwhite
(’10 LAHS)
Menlo Atherton High School—4th Place
Other Results
Naveen Kollipara
(’07 LAHS) placed first place in the Mountain View Lion's Club competition with
his speech on "Global Warming: Fact or Fiction" and progressed to the
Zone Competition
Shefali Luthra
(’10 LAHS) won Los Altos Rotary Club competition with a speech concerning
Facebook and progressed to the next level of competition
Delphine Wartelle (’10
MVHS) placed 2nd in the Los Altos Rotary Club competition |