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NSDA Qualifiers, January 24-25, 2025
Edina competed in LD, PF and Policy Debate.
In LD debate, Valerie Schmitt qualified for Nationals. Shanaya Jana finished as the third alternate. Aditi Jha finished as the sixth alternate, and Noah Reardon finished as the seventh alternate.
In Policy debate, Jo Adam and Kaushik Chava finished as the third alternate and Matilda Lindren and Meredith Aune finished as the fourth alternate.
At the Emory tournament in Atlanta, Pranika Kumar finished 10th in Congressional debate.
2025 State Debate Tournament, January 17-18, 2025
Aditi Jha becomes Edina’s newest state champion, winning the title in Lincoln Douglas debate.
Valerie Schmitt finishes as the runner up, losing to her teammate on a 4-3 decision in Lincoln Douglas debate.
Pranika Kumar finished as a quarterfinalist in Congressional Debate.
Also competing at the tournament were Hannah Hein in Congressional Debate, Sadie Slobin, Claire Watz, Chloe Meredith and Madina Elmi in Public Forum Debate, and Kaushik Chava, Lynn-Clara Tun, Ellie Shipp and Ash Kansara in Policy Debate.
Section Debate Tournament: January 10-11th:
Edina qualified all eight of its entries to the MN State Debate tournament:
Pranika Kumar and Hannah Hein in Congressional Debate
Valerie Schmitt and Aditi Jha in Lincoln Douglas Debate
Claire Watz/Sadie Slobin and Chloe Meredith/Madina Elmi in Public Forum Debate,
Kaushik Chava/Lynn-Clara Tun and Ash Kansara/Ellie Ship in Policy Debate.
We are one of only two schools to qualify all eight entries for the state tournament. We did more than just qualify. Edina featured two section champions and two section runners' up. No other school had four champions/runners up.
In Congressional Debate, Pranika and Hannah both qualified at large.
In Lincoln Douglas Debate, Valerie was the section champion and Aditi was the section runner up. Valerie also finished second overall in the entire tournament and Aditi finished third overall.
In Public Forum Debate, Claire/Sadie were the section champion, and they also won the overall tournament. Chloe/Madina qualified at large.
In Policy Debate, Kaushik/Lynn-Clara were the section runners’ up. Ash/Ellie qualified at large.
Dowling, West Des Moines, IA (December 13-14th)
Congressional Debate:
Hannah Hein – 1st place/tournament champion
Paartha Kumar – 2nd place
Anwar Abdihashi – 7th place
Extemporaneous Speaking:
Mina Bhargava – 1st place/tournament champion
Sylvia Oglesbay – 2nd place
Chloe Meredith – 3rd place
Madina Elmi – 5th place
Informative Speaking:
Rishika Anasuri – 3rd place
Impromptu Speaking:
Mina Bhargava – 1st place/tournament champion
Rishika Anasuri – 3rd place
Sylvia Oglesbay – 4th place
Overall Edina was 3rd in school sweepstakes
MSHSL State Qualifier for Congress: (December 6-7th)
Pranika Kumar and Hannah Hein both qualified for the 2025 State Tournament.
MDTA Novice and JV Championships: (December 6-7th)
JV Congress:
Matthew Bartley finalist, 12th place
Paartha Kumar semifinalist
JV Policy:
Matthew Weiby & Meredith Aune, quarterfinals
Matthew Weiby, 7th speaker
Novice Policy:
Francesca Arqueros Massa & Annabel Raney, octofinalists
Tyler Thingelstad & Landon Riku, double octofinalists
JV Public Forum:
Dhruv Ponugoti & Max Daggett, double octofinalists
Novice Public Forum:
Ava Mehta & Nancy Vega, octofinalists
Julia Ma & Nate Gotte, octofinalists
Ahmed Ilyasov & Noah Benedetto, double octofinalists
Niko Gotte & Owen Smith, double octofinalists
Lucy Horowitz & Krithi Thenappan, double octofinalists
Walker Fiddelke & Jonathan Wu, double octofinalists
Holden Hample & Asher Jani, double octofinalists
Nancy Vega, 10th speaker
JV LD:
Divya Thamman, 1st/state champion
Sylvia Oglesbay, quarterfinalist
Graham Kesterson, octofinalist
Ethan Hogervorst, 2nd speaker
Sylvia Oglesbay, 3rd speaker
Divya Thamman, 5th speaker
Novice LD:
Tiantian Chen, 1st/state champion
Selena Al-Ramahi, semifinalist
Angela Huang, quarterfinalist
Evelyn Ge, octofinalist
Kiran Thamman, octofinalist
William Zuo, octofinalist
Selena Al-Ramahi, 3rd speaker
Angela Huang, 7th speaker
Tiantian Chen, 8th speaker
Evelyn Ge, 9th speaker
NSDA Qualifiers for Congress (November 22nd-23rd)
Pranika Kumar qualified for nationals by finishing second in the Senate
Angela Langsweirdt qualified for nationals by finishing sixth in the House
Anwar Abdihashi is second alternate to go to nationals after finishing 9th in the House
Glenbrooks (November 23rd-25th)
Rishika Anasuri advanced to the quarterfinals in informational speaking
Claire Watz and Sadie Slobin finished 5-2 and missed qualifying for elimination rounds based on speaker points in varsity public forum
UMBrooks at the U of Minnesota (November 23rd)
Freya Western and Isabel Pollock finished 4th in novice policy
Landon Riku and Tyler Thingelstad finished 7th in novice policy
Isabel Pollock was 4th speaker in novice policy
Freya Western was 10th speaker in novice policy
Robbinsdale Birds of Prey Tournament: (November 23rd)
Paartha Kumar finished 4th in Varsity Congress
Matthew Bartley finished 8th in Varsity Congress
Kate Hu finished 10th in Varsity Congress
Edina Tournament (Nov 16th, 2024)
JV Congress:
Jonathan Wang – next in
Liam Patini – next in
Varsity Congress:
Anwar Abdihashi – next in
Hannah Hein – next in
Novice Policy Friday:
Annabel & Francesca – 3rd place
Tyler – 4th place
Alix & Pernilla – 5th place
Annabel – 3rd speaker
Francesca – 5th speaker
Novice Policy Saturday:
Freya & Isabel – 7th place
Tyler & Landon – 8th place
Eli & Kai – 9th place
Francesca & Annabel – 10th place
Francesca – 6th speaker
Eli – 7th speaker
Isabel – 9th speaker
JV Policy Friday:
Matthew & Meredith – 1st place tournament champions!
Matthew – 1st place/top speaker
Meredith – 2nd place speaker
JV Policy Saturday:
Matthew & Meredith – 1st place tournament champions!
Meredith – 1st place/top speaker
Matthew– 2nd place speaker
Varsity Policy:
Lynn-Clara & Ellie – 5th place
Lynn-Clara – 6th speaker
Ellie – 9th speaker
Novice PF:
Nancy & Aca – 1st place tournament champions!
Andy & Nate – 4th place
Owen & Nico – 6th place
Ahmed & Noah – 7th place
Walker & Julia – 9th place
Nancy – 3rd speaker
Andy – 5th speaker
Owen – 9th speaker
Varsity PF:
Chloe & Meredith – 2nd place
Novice LD:
Selena – 1st place tournament champion!
Evelyn – 3rd place
Ilana – 10th place
Selena – 1st place/top speaker
Tiantian – 8th speaker
JV LD:
Alvin – 5th speaker
Varsity LD:
Noah – 1st place tournament champion!
Sumit – tied for 3rd place
Asher – tied for 3rd place
Valerie – 8th place
Asher – 5th speaker
Sumit – 6th speaker
Priyansh – 10th speaker
St. Paul Central (Nov 8-9th, 2024)
Novice Policy Friday:
8th speaker Alix
6th speaker Isabell
5th speaker Pernilla
6th place team Alix and Pernilla
5th place team Isabell
Novice Policy Saturday:
13th place team Freya and Isabelle
JV Policy Friday:
1st place team tournament champion Matthew & Meredith
1st speaker Matthew
2nd speaker Meredith
JV Policy Saturday:
5th place speaker Matthew
9th place team Matthew & Meredith
Varsity Policy:
9th place team Alvi & Matilda
Apple Valley (Nov 8-10th, 2024)
Varsity Congress:
Pranika 2nd
Devarsh 7th
Hannah semifinals
Anwar semifinals
Varsity Public Forum:
Claire & Sadie, octofinals
Sadie, 9th speaker
Eden Prairie: (November 9th, 2024)
Varsity Congress:
Angela 4th
Advait 10th
Varin 11th
Novice Public Forum:
Ava & Nancy 1st place tournament champions!
Jonathan & Julia 3rd
Walker 4th
Walker 3rd speaker
Ava 8th speaker
Nancy 9th speaker
JV Public Forum:
Noah, 10th speaker
Varsity Public Forum:
Max & Isaac, 4th
Rishika & Mina, 6th
Mina, 4th speaker
Novice LD:
Tiantian, 1st place tournament champion!
Angela, 2nd
Evelyn, 3rd
Selena, 4th
William, 5th
Ilana, 6th
Tiantian, 1st place top speaker!
Angela, 2nd speaker
Evelyn, 3rd speaker
Selena, 5th speaker
Clara, 8th speaker
JV LD:
Alvin, 7th speaker
Varsity LD:
Graham, 5th
Divya, 6th
Jack, 7th
Beatrix, 10th
Graham, 2nd speaker
Beatrix, 5th speaker
Ethan, 7th speaker
Divya, 9th speaker
Farmington Tournament: November 1-2, 2024
Friday Novice Policy:
Ben 3rd
Friday JV Policy:
Meredith and Matthew W 3rd
Saturday Novice Policy:
Freya and Landon, 2nd
Freya top speaker
Landon 5th speaker
Saturday JV Policy:
Meredith and Matthew W 1st/champion
Matthew W top speaker
Meredith 3rd speaker
Varsity Policy:
Jo Adam and Kaushik Chava, 1st/champion
Kaushik Chava 4th speaker
Jo Adam 9th speaker
Varsity Congress:
Anwar 3rd
Hannah 9th
Novice PF:
Tiantian and Angela, 1st/champion
Nancy and Ava, 2nd
Julia and Jonathan Wu, 3rd
Andy and Nate, 4th
Walker, 6th
Ahmed and Noah B, 9th
Andy, top speaker
Nancy, 2nd speaker
Tiantian, 3rd speaker
Ava, 7th speaker
Angela, 9th speaker
Varsity PF:
Max, 10th
Chloe, 8th speaker
Max, 9th speaker
Novice LD:
Evelyn Ge, 1st/champion
Selena, 4th
Samvida, 6th
Kiran, 10th
Evelyn 3rd speaker
Kiran 7th speaker
JV LD:
Jack, 3rd
Jack, 2nd speaker
Varsity LD:
Aditi & Sylvia, 1st and 2nd/co-champions
Asher, 5th
Shanaya, 6th
Valerie, 7th
Sumit, 10th
Sylvia, top speaker
Valerie, 4th speaker
Sumit, 8th speaker
Asher, 9th speaker
Divya, 10th speaker
The Edina team won 46 awards at the Farmington tournament altogether.
Florida Blue Key Round Robin: October 31, 2024
Varsity Congress:
Pranika 7th
Florida Blue Key Tournament: November 1-3, 2024
Varsity Congress
Pranika semifinals
Iowa Caucus Tournament (October 25-26th)
Varsity Policy
Jo Adam and Kaushik Chava, octofinalists
U of MN Tournament: (October 25-26th)
Novice Policy, Friday
Freya Western, 8th place
Freya Western, 19th speaker
Novice Policy, Saturday
Isabel Pollock, 20th speaker
East Ridge Tournament (October 26th)
Varsity Congress:
Pranika Kumar, 8th place
Hannah Hein, 1st place consolation chamber
Paratha Kumar, 2nd place consolation chamber
Anwar Abdihashi, 3rd place consolation chamber
JV Congress:
Matthew Bartley, 3rd place
Larrissa Yang, 2nd place consolation chamber
Emma Bowen, 2nd place consolation chamber
Kingsley Diong, 2nd place consolation chamber
Varsity PF:
Chloe Meredith & Madina Elmi, 6th place
Claire Watz, 5th speaker
Novice PF:
Andy Allocco & Julia Ma, 1st place tournament champion!
Nancy Vega & Ava Mehta, 5th place
Andy Allocco, top speaker
Varsity LD:
Asher Kaufman, 1st place tournament champion!
Noah Reardon, 4th place
Ethan Hogervorst, 5th place
Valerie Schmitt, 7th place
Sylvia Oglesbay, 8th place
Isaac McCarty, 9th place
Shanaya Jana, 10th place
Noah Reardon, 3rd speaker
Sumit Varadhan, 4th speaker
Asher Kaufman, 6th speaker
Ethan Hogervorst, 7th speaker
Valerie Schmitt, 10th speaker
Novice LD:
Kiran Thamman, 2nd place
Tiantian Chen, 3rd place
Evelyn Ge, 6th place
Selena Al-Ramahi, 8th place
Selena Al-Ramahi, 3rd speaker
Kiran Thamman, 4th speaker
Tiantian Chen, 5th speaker
Samvida Ratala, 9th speaker
Lakeville Lucky Duck Invitational, October 12th, 2024:
Varsity Congress:
Anwar Abdihashi 7th
Mihira Amara 8th
Hannah Hein honorable mention
Pranika Kumar honorable mention
Varsity Public Forum:
Sadie Slobin , 7th speaker
Novice Public Forum:
Nancy Vega & Ava Mehta, tournament champions
Julia Ma & Andy Allocco, 2nd place
Walker Fiddelke & Jonathan Wu, 8th place
Nancy Vega, top speaker
Julia Ma, 3rd speaker
Walker Fiddelke, 4th speaker
Ava Mehta, 8th speaker
Jonathan Wu, 10th speaker
Varsity LD:
Valerie Schmitt, 3rd
Aditi Jha, 4th
Valerie Schmitt, top speaker
Aditi Jha, 3rd speaker
JV LD:
Jack Holly, 9th
Novice LD:
Zitian Chen, tournament champion
Selena Al-Ramahi, 2nd place
Evelyn Ge, 7th place
Zitian Chen, 3rd speaker
Selena Al-Ramahi, 4th speaker
Evelyn Ge, 8th speaker
Novice Policy:
Freya Wesern & Landon Riku, tournament champion
Freya Western, 3rd speaker
Annabel Raney, 5th speaker
Francesca Arqueros Massa, 9th speaker
Landon Riku, 10th speaker
Rosemount Irish Invitational, October 5th, 2024:
Varsity Congress:
Mina Bhargava, 1st /overall champion
Hannah Hein, 7th
Anwar Abdihashi, honorable mention
Novice Public Forum:
Andy Allocco & Nate Gotte, 4th
Ava Mehta & Nancy Vega, 5th
Nico Gotte & Owen Smith, 7th
JV Public Forum:
Noah Menning & Eli Chen, 2nd
Quinn Tessmer-Tuck & Jackson Gazzuolo, 3rd
Noah Menning, 7th speaker
Quinn Tessmer-Tuck, 10th speaker
Varsity Public Forum:
Chloe Meredith & Madina Elmi, 6th
Chloe Meredith, 4th speaker
Novice LD:
Zitian Chen, 3rd
Kiran Thamman, 4th
Selena Al-Ramahi, 5th
William Zuo, 7th
Zitian Chen, 1st/top speaker
Kiran Thamman, 3rd speaker
Selena Al-Ramahi, 5th speaker
William Zuo, 7th speaker
JV LD:
Jack Holly, 6th
Divya Thamman, 7th
Alvin Yang, 10th
Jack Holly, 2nd speaker
Divya Thamman, 3rd speaker
Varsity LD:
Noah Reardon, 3rd
Asher Kaufman, 4th
Sylvia Oglesbay, 5th
Aditi Jha, 6th
Beatrix Montabon, 9th
Valerie Schmitt, 10th
Noah Reardon, 2nd speaker
Asher Kaufman, 5th speaker
Beatrix Montabon, 7th speaker
Sylvia Oglesbay, 8th speaker
Priyansh Gandhi, 9th speaker
Valerie Schmitt, 10th speaker
U of MN (CX) October 4-5th, 2024:
Friday Novice Policy:
Francesca Arqueros Massa and Annabel Raney, 9th
Saturday Novice Policy:
Annabel Raney, 1st/tournament champion (debating alone!)
Freya Western & Isabel Pollock, 8th
Annabel Raney, 2nd speaker
Freya Western, 7th speaker
Seyeon Chun, 8th speaker
JV Policy Friday:
Meredith Aune & Matthew Weiby, 4th
Meredith Aune, 4th speaker
Matthew Weiby, 6th speaker
JV Policy Saturday:
Meredith Aune & Matthew Weiby, 1st/tournament champion
Matthew Weiby, 6th speaker
Meredith Aune, 9th speaker
Varsity Policy:
Jo Adam & Kaushik Chava, 2nd
Alvi Buzar Barua & Matilda Lindgren, 10th
Jo Adam, 2nd speaker
Kaushik Chava, 6th speaker
MDTA Jamboree (Wayzata HS), September 28th, 2024:
Varsity Congress:
Hannah Hein, 10th
Anwar Abdihashi, honorable mention
JV Congress:
Kingsley Diong, honorable mention
Varsity PF:
Madina Elmi & Chloe Meredith, honorable mention
JV PF:
Quinn Tessmer-Tuck & Max Daggett, 7th place
Noah Menning & Eli Chen, honorable mention
Max Daggett, 9th speaker
Novice PF:
Andy Alloco & Nate Gotte, tournament champions!
Ava Mehta, 6th place (debating as a maverick!)
Holden Hample & Asher Jani, honorable mention
Andy Alloco, top speaker
Nate Gotte, 4th speaker
Ava Mehta, 6th speaker
Varsity LD:
Aditi Jha, 4th
Shanaya Jana, 6th
Beatrix Montabon, 10th
Asher Kaufman, honorable mention
Isaac McCarty, honorable mention
Valerie Schmitt, top speaker
Beatrix Montabon, 3rd speaker
Aditi Jha, 5th speaker
Asher Kaufman, 6th speaker
Noah Reardon, 7th speaker
Shanaya Jana, 10th speaker
JV LD:
Jack Holly, 4th
Jack Holly, 10th speaker
Novice LD:
Selena Al-Ramahi, tournament champion!
Zitian Chen, 3rd
Angela Huang, 5th
William Zuo, 7th
Evelyn Ge, honorable mention
Kiran Thamman, honorable mention
Samvida Ratala, honorable mention
Selena Al-Ramahi, 2nd speaker
Zitian Chen, 4th speaker
Angela Huang, 7th speaker
Novice Policy:
Eli James & Kai Junge, 7th
Landon Riku & Tyler Thingelstad, honorable mention
Pernilla Lofgren & Freya Westen, honorable mention
Sophia Helget, 10th speaker
Mid-America Cup: September 28-29th, 2024
Jo & Kaushik advanced to octofinals in Varsity Policy
Niles Township: September 6-8th, 2024
Jo & Kaushik advanced to double-octos in Varsity Policy
U of KY Season Opener: September 7-8th, 2024
Pranika Kumar won Varsity Congressional Debate
Devarsh Borah advanced to the semifinals in Extemporaneous Speaking
Noah Reardon advanced to the triple octofinals in Lincoln Douglas Debate