🎉👏CLAPS! 👏🎉

Congratulations to the Edina Debate team!

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