Embedded Files
Congratulations to the Edina Debate team!
Congratulations to the Edina Debate team!
Apple Valley, November 6-7th, 2026
Varsity Congressional Debate:
11th, Kate Hu (receives TOC bid)
15th, Matthew Bartley (receives TOC bid)
Semifinalist, Paartha Kumar
Tamar Kaplan, November 6-7th, 2026
Novice Policy Friday:
1st place, Somtoo Nsude/Siana Nenov TOURNAMENT CHAMPION!
2nd place, Evan Griskevicius/Kuuli Kabeta
6th place, Aarya Swammi/Nashwan Shaik
2nd speaker, Somtoo Nsude
3RD speaker, Siana Nenov
4th speaker, Kuuli Kabeta
6th speaker, Evan Griskevicius
Novice Policy Saturday:
2nd place, Somtoo Nsude/Siana Nenov
4th place, Evan Griskevicius/Kuuli Kabeta
Roseville, November 6th, 2026
Varsity Congress
8th place, Marianna Atwood
Novice Congress
5th place, Olivia Flynn
Varsity Public Forum
9th place, Elise Norman/Ellen Yuan
Novice Public Forum
9th place, Lily Morgan/Airianna Werness
Varsity LD
1st place, Aditi Jha TOURNAMENT CHAMPION!
2nd place, Ethan Hogervorst
6th place, Jack Holly
12th place, Kai Junge
Novice LD
3rd place, Charlotte Brock
5th place, Kate Velasco
11th place, Tristan McCabe
12th place, Trinity Martin
13th place, Ayesha Khan
15th place, Kangrui Yang
18th place, Medha Choudhury
19th place, Sang Suresh Babu
Farmington: October 30th-31st
Friday Novice Policy:
Eleanor Griskevicius and Aarya Swammi - 2nd
Somtoo Nsude & Siana Nenov - 4th
Kuuli Kabeta & Nashwan Shaik - 5th
Siana Neno - TOP SPEAKER!
Somtoo Nsude - 2nd speaker
Ryan Conway - 3rd speaker
Aarya Swammi - 4th speaker [are you sensing a theme here?]
[some kid from Chaska]
Flynn LaCasse - 6th speaker
Kuuli Kabeta - 7th speaker
Eleanor Griskevicies - 8th speaker
Elise Peterson - 9th speaker
Saturday Novice Policy:
Somtoo Nsude & Siana Nenov - TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!
Kuuli Kabeta & Edith McMenamy - 2nd
Flynn LaCasse & Ryan Conway - 5th
Nashwa Shaik & Nainika Tutika - 10th
Kuuli Kabeta - TOP SPEAKER
Siana Nenov - 2nd speaker
Somtoo Nsude - 3rd speaker
Edith McMenamy - 7th speaker
Flynn LaCasse - 8th speaker
Novice PF:
Adna Dahir & Piper Castle - 7th
JV PF:
Aarav Patel & Aaryan Patel - 4th
Connor Bowen & Jeremiah Jones - 9th
Connor Bowen - 8th speaker
Varsity PF:
Krithi Thenappan & Lucy Horowitz "we're 1-4" - 6th
Julia Ma & Evelyn Ge - 9th
Lucy Horowitz - 9th speaker
Julia Ma - 10th speaker
Novice LD:
Sonali Krishnan - TOURNAMENT CHAMPION!
Tristan McCabe - 9th
Sonali Krishnan - TOP SPEAKER!
Tristan McCabe - 7th speaker
Varsity LD:
Asher Kaufman - 2nd
Sylvia Oglesbay - 5th
Kiran Thamman - 6th
Aditi Jha - 7th
Tiantian Chen - 8th
Tiantian Chen - 2nd speaker
Asher Kaufman - 4th speaker
Sylvia Oglesbay - 7th speaker
East Ridge (Oct 30th)
Varsity Congress
Paartha Kumar - 11th
Kate Hu - next out to clear to finals
Matthew Bartley - 3rd out to clear to finals
U of Michigan (October 30-Nov 1)
Varsity Policy
Matthew Weiby & Freya Western - 4-2, 2nd team out to clear
Iowa Caucus (varsity policy): October 23-25th
Matthew Weiby & Aria Xing, double octofinals
Matthew Weiby, 4th speaker
Washburn Breadbowl: October 23-24, 2026
Varsity Policy:
Freya Western & Pernilla Lofgren, 9th
Friday Novice Policy:
Hannah Gold/Nainika Tutika, 6th
Nashwan Shaik/Flynn LaCasse, 7th
Evan Griskevicius, TOP SPEAKER!
Somtoo Nsude, 6th speaker
Siana Nenov, 7th speaker
Saturday Novice Policy:
Somtoo Nsude/Siana Nenov, TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!
Hannah Gold/Nainika Tutika, 8th
Flynn LaCasse/Ryan Conway, 9th
Somtoo Nsude, TOP SPEAKER!
Siana Nenov, 5th speaker
Nainika Tutika, 9th speaker
Minnetonka Spooktacular, October 24th, 2026
Varsity Congress:
Matthew Bartley, 6th
Varsity LD:
Asher Kaufman, TOURNAMENT CHAMPION!
Sylvia Oglesbay, 2nd
Aditi Jha, 3rd
Tiantian Chen, 6th
Asher Kaufman, 3rd speaker
Sylvia Oglesbay, 5th speaker
Tiantian Chen, 7th speaker
Novice LD:
Sonali Krishnan, 2nd
Sang Suresh Babu, 10th
Sonali Krishnan, TOP SPEAKER!
Charlotte Boylan, 5th speaker
Highland Park Oct 9-10th, 2026
Friday Novice A Policy:
11th speaker - Nashwan
9th speaker - Arya
8th speaker - Nainika
7th speaker - Flynn
6th speaker - somtoo
4th speaker - siana
7th place - Lacasse and Shaik
6th place - Nainika
3rd place - parent and swammi
2nd place - nsude and nenov
Saturday Novice A Policy:
17th speaker - Siana (edited)
10th speaker - Somtoo
7th place - Flynn
3rd place - Nsude and Nenov
Eden Prairie, October 10th, 2026
Novice/JV Congress:
Melania Fine - special shout out because she was next out from the final round
Varsity Congress:
Matthew Bartley, 1st Place Tournament Champion!
Kate Hu, 2nd place
Paartha Kumar, 4th place
Varin Singh, 8th place
Novice PF:
Neil Juran, 9th place
Varsity PF:
Krithi Thenappan & Lucy Horwitz, 3rd place
Andy Allocco & Nate Gotte, 4th place
Jonathan Wu & Walker Fiddelke, 9th place
Lucy Horowitz, 3rd speaker
Andy Allocco, 4th speaker
Krithi Thenappan, 6th speaker
Novice LD:
Sonali Krishnan, 1st place Tournament Champion!
Sonali Krishnan, 1st/top speaker!
JV LD: |
Isa Zuo, 9th place
Isa Zuo, 10th speaker
Varsity LD:
Asher Kaufman, 2nd place
Divya Thamman, 5th place
Zitian Chen, 6th place
Aditi Jha, 7th place
Kiran Thamman, 8th place
Eli James, 9th place
Zitian Chen, 1st/top speaker!
Aditi Jha, 3rd speaker
Asher Kaufman, 6th speaker
Divya Thamman, 8th speaker
Kiran Thamman, 9th speaker
U of M Invitational, October 2-3rd, 2026
Friday Novice Policy:
1st place/Tournament Champion! Siana Nenov & Somtooch Nsude
2nd place Kuuli Kabeta & Edith McMenamy
4th place Flynn LaCasse & Nashwan Shaik
top speaker! Siana Nenov
2nd speaker Somtooch Nsude
3rd speaker Flynn LaCasse
6th speaker Nashwan Shaik
7th speaker Qianxun Zhou
10th speaker Ryan Conway
Saturday Novice Policy:
4th place Kuuli Kabeta & Edith McMenamy
7th place Ryan Conway & Elise Peterson
10th place Elanor Griskevicius & Flynn LaCasse
2nd speaker Siana Nenov
3rd speaker Somtooch Nsude
7th speaker Edith McMenamy
8th speaker Kuuli Kabeta
10th speaker Elise Peterson
Rosemount Invitational, October 3rd, 2026
Varsity Congress:
2nd place Matthew Bartley
7th place Paartha Kumar
Novice PF:
4th place Ben Stoeber and Neil Juran
5th speaker Ben Stoeber
6th speaker Neil Huran
Varsity PF:
1st place TOURNAMENT CHAMPION Andy Allocco and Nate Gotte
winning record Walker Fiddelke and Jonathan Wu
3rd speaker Andy Allocco
5th speaker Nate Gotte
Novice LD:
1st place TOURNAMENT CHAMPTION Sonali Krishnan
2nd speaker Sonali Krishnan
JV LD:
4th place Isa Zuo
7th place Alexander Yang
4th speaker Isa Zuo
Varsity LD:
1st place TOURNAMENT CHAMPION Zitian Chen
2nd place Asher Kaufman
4th place Aditi Jha
7th place Jack Holly
10th place Graham Kesterson
TOP SPEAKER Zitian Chen
3rd speaker Asher Kaufman
4th speaker Aditi Jha
MDTA Jamboree, September 26th, 2026
Novice PF:
Lily & Sirianna, 3-0, 11th place
Piper & Adna, 2-1
Adna - TOP SPEAKER! (they didn't announce speaker awards but I'll list them)
Varsity PF
Jackson & Noah, 4-1, 7th place
Max & Jonathan, 3-2, 12th place
Max, 4th speaker
Aarav, 14th speaker
Jackson, 15th speaker
Novice Policy:
Siana & Somtoo, 6th place
Ryan & Qianxun, 7th place
Roslyn & Linnea, 8th place
Somtoo, 5th speaker
Ryan, 7th speaker
Siana, 8th speaker
Qianxun, 10th speaker
Rosyln, 15th speaker
Hannah, 16th speaker
Linnea, 17th speaker
Novice Congress:
Melania, CHAMPION!
Varsity Congress:
Matthew, 2nd place
Paartha, 11th place
Novice LD:
Charlotte, 3-0, 2nd place
Vivian, 2-1
Trinity, 2-1
Charlotte, 2nd speaker
Vivian, 6th speaker
Acuzio, 18th speaker
Varsity LD:
Tiantian, 5-0, 2nd place
Divya, 4-1, 4th place
Sylvia, 4-1, 5th place
Ethan, 3-2, 7th place
Jack, 3-2, 9th place
Ethan, TOP SPEAKER!
Jack, 7th speaker
Divya, 8th speaker
Ellie, 13th speaker
Eli, 14th speaker
Tiantian, 15th speaker
Sylvia, 16th speaker
Mid-America Cup, September 25-28th
Varsity Policy:
Matthew & Freya: Octofinals
UK National Speech & Debate Season Opener (Sept 11-14, 2026)
Varsity Congress:
Kate H: 13th, TOC bid!
Matthew B, semi-finals
Natesha A, semi-finals
Varsity Policy:
Matthew & Freya: Octofinals
Matthew W 1st speaker
Report abuse