🎉👏CLAPS! 👏🎉

Congratulations to the Edina Debate team!

The Edina Classic (November 15th)

JV Congressional Debate:

• Ben Meehan, 6th Bronze Chamber

• Sylvi Pusey, 10th Gold Chamber

Varsity Congressional Debate:

• Anwar Abdihashi, 6th Silver Chamber

• Matthew Bartley, 12th Gold Chamber

• Paartha Kumar, 7th Gold Chamber

JV Public Forum Debate:

• Sonia Mo, 10th place

Varsity Public Forum:

• Chloe Meredith, 9th speaker

• Walker Fiddelke, 3rd speaker

• Walker Fiddelke & Jonathan Wu, 9th place

Novice Policy:

• Aria Zing, 5th speaker

Varsity Policy:

• Matthew Weiby, 4th speaker

• Ellie Shipp, 2nd speaker

• Ellie Shipp & Matthew Weiby, 1st place/tournament champion

JV LD:

• Larrisa Yang, 9th speaker

Varsity LD:

• Noah Reardon, 8th speaker

• Evelyn Ge, 4th speaker

• Zitian Chen, 2nd speaker

• Ethan Hogervorst, 10th place

• Zitian Chen, 4th place

• Noah Reardon & Divya Thamman, tied for first place and tournament co-champions.

Tamar Kaplan Invitational at St. Paul Central HS (Nov 7-8th)

JV Policy Friday:

• Pernilla Lofgren & Freya Western, 2nd place

• Pernilla Lofgren, 2nd speaker

• Freya Western, 6th speaker

JV Policy Saturday:

• Pernilla Lofgren & Freya Western, 7th place

Novice Policy Friday:

• Jemil Patel & Aria Xing, 8th place

Novice Policy Saturday:

• Gael Fox & Aria Xing, 11th place

Eden Prairie Invitational (Nov 8th)

Varsity Congress:

• Hannah Hein, 3rd place

• Anwar Abdihashi, 10th place

Varsity Public Forum:

• Chloe Meredith, 7th place

• Max Daggett, 5th place

JV Public Forum:

• Lucy Horwitz & Krithi Thenappan, 3rd place

• Lucy Horwitz, 1st speaker

• Krithi Thenappan, 2nd speaker

Novice Public Forum:

• Elise Norman & Ellen Yuan, 4th place

• Connor Bowen & Burhanuddin, 5th place

Varsity Lincoln Douglas:

• Sylvia Ogelsbay, 1st place

• Tiantian Chen, 4th place

• Valerie Schmitt, 5th place

• Noah Reardon, 7th place

• Asher Kaufman, 8th place

• Aditi Jha, 10th place

• Aditi Jha, 3rd speaker

• Sylvia Oglesbay, 4th speaker

• Tiantian Chen, 5th speaker

• Valerie Schmitt, 6th speaker

• Noah Reardon, 9th speaker

JV Lincoln Douglas:

• Eli James, 5th speaker

KCC College TOC Qualifier: Oct 31-Nov 2nd

• Ellie Shipp and Matthew Weiby, quarterfinalists

• Ellie Shipp, 8th speaker

• Matthew Weiby, 11th speaker

Apple Valley: Oct 31-Nov 2nd

• Hannah Hein, 5th place Congressional Debate – TOC Bid!

• Anwar Abdihashi, 6th place Congressional Debate – TOC Bid!

• Mihi Amara, semifinalist Congressional Debate – TOC Bid!

• Noah Reardon, octofinalist LD Debate – TOC Bid!

• Valerie Schmitt, triple octofinalist, LD debate

• Noah Reardon, 12th speaker

Florida Blue Key: Oct 31-Nov 2nd

• Pranika Kumar, 6th place Congressional Debate– TOC Bid!

Farmington: November 1st

• Ethan Hogervorst, 1st place, Varsity LD

• Sylvia Oglesbay, 2nd place, Varsity LD

• Tiantian Chen, 7th place, Varsity LD

• Graham Kesterson, 8th place, Varsity LD

• Ethan Hogervorst, 1st speaker, Varsity LD

• Sylvia Oglesbay, 2nd speaker, Varsity LD

• Jack Holly, 4th speaker, Varsity LD

• Aditi Jha, 9th speaker, Varsity LD

• Freya Western & Ash Kansara, 5th place, Varsity Policy

• Ash Kansara, 7th speaker, Varsity Policy

• Julia Ma & Walker Fiddelke, 9th place, Varsity PF

• Lucy Horwitz & Krithi Thenappan, 10th place, Varsity PF

• Krithi Thenappan, 8th speaker, Varsity PF

• Gael Fox & Spencer Lorberbaum, 9th place, Novice Policy

• Connor Bowen & Burhanuddin Tiewala, 10th place, Novice PF

• Aarav Patel, 1st speaker, Novice PF

• Aaryan Patel, 10th speaker, Novice PF      

Iowa Caucus Tournament October 24-26th (varsity policy):

• Ellie Shipp and Matthew Weiby, octofinalists

East Ridge Tournament: October 25th (varsity congress):

• Anwar Abdihashi, 4th place (TOC bid)

Washburn Tournament Oct 24-25th (policy):

• Tyler Thinglestad, 7th speaker JV Policy Saturday

• Landon Riku, 6th speaker JV Policy Saturday

• Gael Fox, 8th speaker Novice Policy Friday

• Gael Fox, 8th place Novice Policy Friday

• Gael Fox, 13th speaker Novice Policy Saturday

• Aria Xing, 12th speaker Novice Policy Saturday

• Aria Xing & Jemil Patel, 9th place Novice Policy Saturday

• Gael Fox, 8th place Novice Policy Saturday

Minnetonka Tournament, October 25th (PF and LD):

• Aaryan Patel, 9th speaker Novice PF

• Aaryan Patel and Aarav Patel, 4th place Novice PF

• Jonathan Fan, 8th speaker Novice LD

• Alexander Yang, 8th place Novice LD

• Jonathan Fan, 4th place Novice LD

• Jonathan Wu, 10th speaker Varsity PF

• Krithi Thenappan, 7th speaker Varsity PF

• Lucy Horwitz, 6th speaker Varsity PF

• Zitian Chen, 5th speaker Varsity PF

• Andy Allocco, 3rd speaker Varsity PF

• Sylvia Oglesbay, 2nd speaker Varsity PF

• Walker Fiddelke, 1st speaker Varsity PF

• Lucy Horwitz & Krithi Thenappan, 9th place Varsity PF

• Julia Ma & Ava Mehta, 6th place Varsity PF

• Andy Allocco, 5th place Varsity PF

• Walker Fiddelke & Jonathan Wu, 4th place Varsity PF

• Chloe Meredith & Nancy Vega, 3rd place Varsity PF

• Sylvia Oglesbay & Zitian Chen, 1st place Varsity PF

• Kiran Thamman, 10th speaker Varsity LD

• Valerie Schmitt, 6th speaker Varsity LD

• Aditi Jha, 4th speaker Varsity LD

• Divya Thamman, 3rd speaker Varsity LD

• Asher Kaufman, 2nd speaker Varsity LD

• Divya Thamman, 10th place Varsity LD

• Asher Kaufman, 9th place Varsity LD

• Ethan Hogervorst, 6th place Varsity LD

• Jack Holly, 5th place Varsity LD

• Valerie Schmitt, 4th place Varsity LD

• Aditi Jha, 1st place Varsity LD

Lakeville/Farmington (October 10-11th)

Congress

• Pranika Kumar, 6th place varsity

• Hannah Hein, 11th, varsity

• Anwar Abdihashi, 12th, varsity

Public Forum

• Lucy Horwitz & Krithi Thenappan, 5th place JV

• Lucy Horwitz, 5th speaker JV

• Jonathan Wu & Walker Fiddelke, 10th place varsity

• Max Daggett, 9th speaker varsity

Policy

• Aria Xing & Jemil Patel, 2nd place novice Saturday

• Jemil Patel & Jee Kvalseth, 3rd  place novice Friday

• Jemil Patel, 2nd speaker novice Friday

• Aria Xing, 5th speaker novice Saturday

• Aria Xing, 6th speaker novice Friday

• Jee Kvalseth, 11th speaker novice Friday

• Freya Western, 2nd place JV Friday

• Freya Western, 2nd place JV Saturday

• Freya Western, 3rd speaker JV Saturday

Lincoln-Douglas

• Shanaya Jana, 7th place varsity

• Asher Kaufman, 5th place varsity

• Aditi Jha, 4th place varsity

• Sylvia Oglesbay, 3rd place varsity

• Zitian Chen, 2nd place varsity

• Valerie Schmitt, 1st place varsity

• Shanaya Jana, 11th speaker

• Sylvia Oglesbay, 7th speaker

• Asher Kaufman, 4th speaker

• Zitian Chen, 3rd speaker

• Aditi Jha, 2nd speaker

• Valerie Schmitt, top speaker

U of MN (October 3-4)

Novice Policy Debate:

• Aria Xing, Spencer Lorberbaum, 4th place

• Aria Xing, top speaker

• Spencer Lorberbaum, second speaker

• Jemil Patel, 12th place

JV Policy Debate:

• Tyler Thingelstad and Landon Riku, 4th place

• Landon Riku, 6th speaker

• Pernilla Lofgren, 7th speaker

• Tyler Thingelstad, 9th speaker

• Alix Ayers, 10th speaker

Varsity Policy Debate:

• Lynn-Clara Tun, 11th speaker 

Rosemount: (October 4th)

Varsity Congressional Debate:

• Anwar Abdihashi, 5th

• Hannah Hein, 11th

• Matthew Bartley, 15th

• Tiantian Chen, 16th

Novice PF:

• Marko Tomljanovic, 8th speaker

JV PF:

• Safaa Hassan & Lucy Horwitz, 5th place

• Lucy Horwitz, 6th speaker

• William Zuo, 11th speaker

Varsity PF:

• Andy Allocco & Nate Gotte, 10th place

Novice LD:

• Isabella Zuo, 1st place/tournament champion

• Isabella Zuo, 1st speaker

JV LD:

• Kiran Thamman, 4th

• Larissa Yang, 10th

• Kira Thamman, 5th speaker

• Larissa Yang, 10th speaker

Varsity LD:

• Noah Reardon, 1st place, tournament champion

• Shanaya Jana, 2nd place

• Valerie Schmitt, 4th place

• Aditi Jha, 5th place

• Sylvia Ogelsbay, 8th place

• Asher Kaufman, 9th place

• Valerie Schmitt, 2nd speaker

• Noah Reardon, 3rd speaker

• Aditi Jha, 5th speaker

• Sylvia Oglesbay, 8th speaker

• Shanaya Jana, 9th speaker

• Evelyn Ge, 12th speaker

Mid-America Cup (September 20-22)

Policy Debate:

• Ellie Shipp and Matthew Weiby, semifinalists, securing a bid to the Tournament of Champions

• Ellie, 6th speaker

• Matthew, 7th speaker 

MDTA Jamboree (September 20th)

Novice Policy Debate:

• Aria Xing, Gael Fox, Spencer Lorberbaum, 1st place/tournament champion

Varsity Policy Debate:

• Tyler Thingelstad and Landon Riku, 5th place

Varsity Congressional Debate:

• Hannah Hein, 3rd

• Matthew Bartley, 10th

JV PF:

• Austen Hoye and Jonathan Wu, 12th place

JV LD:

• Kiran Thamman, 4th

Varsity LD:

• Jack Holly, 8th

• Divya Thamman, 14th

• Ethan Hogervorst, 15th