2019-2020 Results

NSDA Season Opener at UK Lexington - Sept. 2019

• Akash C. and Rachel L. Triple Octafinalists in Public Forum Debate

Yale Invitational 2019 -

Over the weekend of September 13 - 15th, twenty six members of the team traveled to New Haven to compete at the Yale Invitational with students from across the country.

Sophomores Ashley D. and Anika A. are the 2019 Yale Champions in JV Public Forum Debate

Junior Amanda W. took second place in JV Lincoln Douglas Debate

Junior Chris X. finished as a Triple Octafinalist in Varsity LD.

Captain Matthew L. finished as a Double Octafinalist in Varsity LD.

Sophomores Ram A. and Yash K. finished as Double Octafinalists in JV Public Forum

Captain Aviral M. finished as an Octafinalist in Extemporaneous Speaking

Captain Joshua L. and Junior Lee M. finished as Double Octafinalists in Varsity Public Forum

Captain Ethan H. and Junior Kam N. finished as Quarterfinalists in Varsity Public Forum

Averill Invitational 2019 Results:

30 Public Forum students, 3 LD - open division students, 3 LD - Novice division students

Sophie P. - 2nd speaker and 2nd place by a hair NLD, undefeated in four rounds

Octofinalists in PF: Sam Q./Allen S., Rachel L./Akash C. (also undefeated in 6 prelims), Jasmine L./Emily C., Anika A./Ashley D.

Quarterfinalists in PF: Michael C./Isaac H., Tarun P./Tushar J.

Semifinalists in PF: Jonathan Li./Olivia L.

Champions in PF: Kamal N./Ethan H.

PF Speaker Awards (out of 160 students)

Rachel L.: 15th

Ashley D.: 14th

Michael C. 12th

Akash C.: 10th

Jasmine L.: 8th

Anika A.: 2nd

Gracia Burkhill Memorial Speech Tournament - November 9, 2019 Results

No team awards are given out but in Mrs. Burkhill's memory each student who earns a 1 in a preliminary round is recognized with a ribbon.

Neha V. and Anya M. in Children's Literature, Avi M. and Belle H. in V. Extemporaneous Speaking, Nithya J. in Impromptu, Riya S. in Oratory, Jessica Z. in Prose

Finalists:

Neha V. 5th place Children's Literature, Julia K. and Rebecca Z. 6th in Duo, Julia K., Rebecca Z., Riya S. and Grace C. 1st in Multiple, Bellerina H. 6th in Varsity Extemporaneous, Riya S. 6th in Oratory, Jessica Z. 7th in Prose, Anya M. 2nd in Novice Oral Interp Final with Children's Lit

Scarsdale 2019

Matthew L. - Quarterfinalist, Varsity LD

Emily C. and Jasmine L. - Double Octafinalists in Public Forum

Princeton Invitational - December 6 - 8, 2019

Lincoln Douglas Debate:

• Chris Xu - Double Octafinalist

• Matthew Liu - Octafinalist, 2nd speaker

• Sophie Pearo - Octafinalist (undefeated in prelims)

Public Forum Debate:

• Akash Choudhury and Rachel Lu (5-2 Prelim record) runoff round

• Joshua Lee and Leeban Morgan (undefeated in prelims) 2nd place finalists, Joshua 3rd speaker

Holly Speech Festival - December 14, 2019

7th place sweepstakes for tournament

• Neha Vijay - 5th place Children's Literature

• Harini Ganapathy - 7th place Original Oratory

• Rebecca Zhang - 7th place POI

• Sayoni Barari - Pentathlete (Press, Dec, VX, Original Poetry, Prose)

John Edie Blake Holiday Debates - December 2019

• Suchir Baradwaj and Rohan Muralidhar - Triple Octafinalists

• Thiviyan Satheesh and Ansh Viswanathan - Triple Octafinalists

Arizona State HDSHC Invitational - January 2020

• Joshua Lee and Leeban Morgan, Quarterfinalists, full TOC Gold Bid

• Thiviyan Satheesh and Ansh Viswanathan - Triple Octafinalists

Newton South Winter Festival - January 2020

• 7th place Sweepstakes

• Tarun Paravasthu and Katherine Lee - 4th place finalists, Tarun 2nd Speaker

• Ashley Dawn - 1st speaker

• Advay Goel and Ankith Bharadwaj - 2nd place finalists, Ankith 6th speaker

• Anya Mittal - 3rd place Children's Literature

• Aviral Mishra - 2nd place Varsity Extemp

UPENN - January 2020

• Ethan Handel and Kam Narra - 2nd place finalists, full Gold TOC bid, Ethan, 9th speaker

Big Lex Winter Invitational - January 2020

• Matthew Liu - Double Octafinalist, Varsity LD

• Sophie Pearo - 2nd place finalist, Novice LD

• Belle Hu - 4th place semifinalist, 2nd speaker, Novice LD

• Isha Agarwal - Double Octafinalist, Novice LD

• Joshua Lee and Leeban Morgan - 2nd place finalists, Full Gold TOC bid, Varsity PF

• Akash Choudhury and Rachel Lu - 5th place quarterfinalists, Full TOC bid, Varsity PF

• Tushar Jain and Tarun Paravasthu - Octafinalists, TOC Ghost bid, Varsity PF

• Serena Han and Sam Chen - Double Octafinalists, Varsity PF

• Michael Cai and Isaac Han - runoffs

• Ethan Handel and Kam Narra - runoffs, Ethan 7th speaker

• 7 AB Students in the top 30 speakers

• Advay Goel and Ankith Bharadwaj- Champions, Novice PF

• Katherine Lee and Emma Chen - Octafinalists, Novice PF

• Mariana Maranga and Sam Liu - Octafinalists, Novice PF

• Sivapriya Marimuthu and Alicia Gu - Octafinalists, Novice PF

• 5 Novice PF speakers in top 30

Stanford Invitational - February 2020

• Joshua Lee and Leeban Morgan - Double Octafinalists, Varsity PF

New England District Quals - Jan 31- Feb. 1, 2020

• Debate Sweepstakes award

• Leading Chapter Award presented

• Joshua Lee and Leeban Morgan - qualified to compete in Public Forum

• Sam Chen and Serena Han - qualified to compete in Public Forum

• Akash Choudhury and Rachel Lu - 1st alternates in Public Forum

• Matthew Liu - Qualified to compete in Lincoln Douglas

• Chris Xu - 1st alternate in Lincoln Douglas

• Aviral Mishra - qualified to compete in US Extemp

Columbia University Invitational - February 2020

• Rohan Muralidhar and Ansh Viswanathan - Quarterfinalists in Varsity PF, full Gold PF bid, Ansh - 3rd speaker

• Jonathan Lin and Olivia Li - Octofinalists in Varsity PF, Silver bid for TOC

• Sam Qiu and Allen Sun - Double Octafinalists in Varsity PF

Boston Diocese NCFL Qualifying Tournament - February 2020

• Aviral Mishra - Qualified in Extemp

• Julia Kuang and Rebecca Zhang - 1st alternates in Duo

• Anya Mittal - 2nd alternate in Declamation

• Amanda Wu - Qualified in Lincoln Douglas

• Sophie Pearo - Qualified in Lincoln Douglas

• Iris Shu - Qualified in Lincoln Douglas

• Kirtana Krishnakumar - Qualified in Congress

• Divya Krishnan - Qualified in Congress

• Chris Xu and Matt Liu - auto qualified in Policy

• Ansh Viswanathan and Sam Qiu - auto qualified in Policy

Harvard Invitational - February 2020

• Round Robin - Leeban Morgan and Joshua Lee - co-champions, Joshua 10th speaker

• Julia Kuang and Rebecca Zhang - Double Octafinalists in Duo

• Sophie Pearo - Quarterfinalist in JVLD

• Katherine Lee and Emma Chen - Double Octafinalists in JVPF

• Rishi Francis and Manas Erramilli - Triple Octafinalists in JVPF

• Matthew Liu - Quarterfinalist in VLD

• Kam Narra and Ethan Handel - Double Octafinalists in VPF, Ethan - 5th speaker

• Jon Lin and Olivia Li - Double Octafinalists in VPF

• Thiviyan Satheesh and Suchir Baradwaj - Triple Octafinalists in VPF

• Akash Choudhury and Rachel Lu - Triple Octafinalists in VPF

Lakeland Westchester Classic - February 2020

• Suchir Baradwaj and Thiviyan Satheesh - co-champions, full Gold TOC bid

• Akash Choudhury and Rachel Lu - Double Octafinalists

Mardi Gras Festival - February 2020

• 4th place Sweepstakes

• Ethan Handel and Ansh Viswanathan - champions in VPF

• Anika Akali and Michael Cai - semifinalists in VPF

• Olivia Li and Ashley Dawn - semifinalists in VPF

• Matthew Liu and Aviral Mishra - 3rd place Big Questions Debate

• Kirtana Krishnakumar - 5th place Congress

• Rebecca Zhang and Julia Kuang - 2nd place Duo

• Anya Mittal - 3rd place NOI, Honorable Mention in Children's Literature

• Nithya Jonnavithula - semifinalist, Impromptu

Tournament of Champions - April 2020 online

• Joshua Lee and Leeban Morgan - Octafinalists in Gold Public Forum, Joshua - 3rd speaker, Leeban - 7th speaker

• Jonathan Lin and Olivia Li - Octafinalists in Silver Public Forum

• Allen Sun and Sam Qiu - Octafinalists in Silver Public Forum

Massachusetts State Speech, Congress and Debate Championships - May 2020 online

• 1st place sweepstakes in Debate

• 8th place sweepstakes in Speech

• Aviral Mishra - 3rd place in Extemporaneous Speaking

• Raaga Pulya - 7th place in Group Discussion

• Nithya Jonnavithula - 6th place Impromptu

• Aarti Jeslani - Semi-finalist in Prose Reading

• Iffah Liyakath - Semi-finalist in Prose Reading

• Rebecca Zhang, Riya Shah, Grace Chen and Julia Kuang - 3rd place in Multiple Reading

• Chris Xu - Quarterfinalist, Varsity LD

• Sophie Pearo - Quarterfinalist, Novice LD

• Anya Mittal - 3rd speaker and semifinalist in Novice LD

• Isha Agarwal - 8th speaker and co-champion in NLD

• Belle Hu - 2nd speaker and co-champion in NLD

• Sunith Krishnan - Quarterfinalist in NLD

• Johan Mathew and Shashank Sastry - Octafinalists in NPF

• Ankith Bharadwaj and Advay Goel - Octafinalists in NPF

• Alicia Gu and Sivapriya Marimuthu - Octafinalists in NPF

• Emma Chen and Katherine Lee - 2nd and 1st speakers, Quarterfinalists in NPF

• Anika Akali and Ashley Dawn - Anika 7th speaker, Quarterfinalists in JV Public Forum Debate

• Michael Cai and Isaac Han - Octafinalists in JVPF

• Ram Ariga and Yash Kumar - Quarterfinalists in JVPF

• Joshua Lee and Jonathan Lin - 1st and 6th speakers, Quarterfinalists in VPF

• Vivek Aysola and Rohan Muralidhar - Rohan- 7th speaker, Semifinalists in VPF

• Suchir Baradwaj and Thiviyan Satheesh - Octafinalists in VPF

• Leeban Morgan and Kam Narra - 3rd and 9th speakers, Semifinalists in VPF

• Akash Choudhury and Rachel Lu - Quarterfinalists in VPF

• Ethan Handel and Ansh Viswanathan - Octafinalists in VPF

• Allen Sun - 10th speaker in VPF

National Speech and Debate Association National Championships - June 2020 online

• School of Excellence in Debate

• Chris Xu - Round 10 in Lincoln Douglas

• Joshua Lee and Leeban Morgan - 5th place quarterfinalists in Public Forum, awarded $1500 scholarship each

• Aviral Mishra competed for the second year at Nationals in US Extemp.

• Akash Choudhury and Rachel Lu competed for the first time at Nationals in Public Forum Debate