11/1 Recap: Northland, Greenhill, Southlake, Newport, and Christopher Columbus Take The Crowns

Melissa Kenneth Wooten Online TFATOC

In finals at the Melissa Kenneth Wooten Online TFATOC, Southlake Carroll closed out the tournament. Congratulations to Tanya Kuriakose, Nethra Tummalapalli, & Anushka Velala and Srishthi Das, Rohan Sanghavi, Aditi Nagunoori, and Gabriella Drake!

Final results can be found here.

Irma Rangel YWLS DUDA TFA Qualifier

Meanwhile at Irma Rangel, Greenhill closed out the tournament. Congratulations to Jonaki Bose, Carys Diamond, Saida Bidiwala, Marleigh Massoud & Arhaan Iyer and Benjy Beckman, Quaid Oza, Vijay Naidu, Josephina Qiu, & Aditi Vikram.

Top 10 speakers are as follows:

1. Safiya Azam – Coppell Kings

2. Christina Zhu – Hockaday Green

3. Ananya Nair – Coppell Wildcard

4. Kashmira Kuloor – Hockaday Green

5. Justin Murdock – Coppell Kings

6. Shreyes Ram – Coppell Wildcard

7. Saida Bidiwala – Greenhill Gold

8. Kaitlyn Ouyang – Hockaday White

9. Josephina Qiu – Greenhill Platinum

10. Anthony Olvera – North Lake Blue

Full results can be found here.

Grand Oaks TFA and NIETOC Tournament

In finals at the Grand Oaks TFA and NIETOC Tournament, Northland Christian Leard, Meaney, VanWormer, and Buchanan debated on the proposition and Clear Brook Joseph, Ngo, Merchant, Tran, and Joseph debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations to Jackson Leard, Margo Meaney, Kate VanWormer, and Aiden Buchanan!

The top 10 speakers are as follows:

1. MaKaila Ott – Grand Oaks

2. Izah Khan – Grand Oaks

3. Deven Buckner – Westchester Academy For International Studies

4. Parker Russo – Grand Oaks

5. Elle Alldredge – Grand Oaks

6. Alfonso Cipriano – Westchester Academy For International Studies

7. Aiden Buchanan – Northland Christian

8. Raquel Barnes – Westchester Academy For International Studies

9. Preston Hershkwoitz – Westchester Academy For International Studies

10. Liliana Evans – Westchester Academy For International Studies

Full results can be found here.

Gig Harbor Invitational

In finals at the Gig Harbor Invitational, Mount Vernon Big Ones debated on the proposition and Newport VHIH debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the opposition. Congratulations to Varshinee Venkatesan, Joseph Hwang, Michelle Imasaki, and Sophia Hong!

The top 10 speakers are as follows:

1. Varshinee Venkatesan – Newport

2. Michelle Imasaki – Newport

3. (Tie) Sophia Hong – Newport

3. (Tie) Joseph Hwang – Newport

5. Maricella Gonzalez – Puyallup

6. Amanat Narwal – Mount Vernon

7. Anna Hester – Puyallup

8. Emlyn Thompson – Bear Creek

9. Kiran Sinha – Bear Creek

10. Alex Moscibroda – Bear Creek

Full results can be found here.

Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament

In finals at the Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament, Christopher Columbus RMHA debated on the proposition and Miami Beach Senior High - MTBK debated on the opposition. The decision was a 4-1 for the proposition. Congratulations to Lucas Rivera, Luke Meinhardt, Alexi Hernandez, and Daniel Alvarez!

Full results can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

1. Nethra Tummalapalli (‘24 - Melissa Wooten, Champ)

2. Jonaki Bose (‘24 - Irma Rangel Co-Champ)

3. Srishthi Das (‘23 - Melissa Wooten Finals)

4. Rohan Sanghavi (‘24 - Melissa Wooten, Finals)

5. Safiya Azam (‘23 & ‘24 - Irma Rangel Semis, Top Speaker)

6. Anjana Boppana (‘23 - Irma Rangel Semis)

7. Aadarsh Menon (‘23 - Irma Rangel Semis)

8. Ananya Nair (‘23 - Irma Rangel Semis, 3rd speaker)

9. Justin Murdock (‘23 & ‘24 - Irma Rangel Semis, 5th speaker)

10. Anya Gupta (‘23 - Irma Rangel Semis)

11. Jayanth Yamunan (‘23 - Irma Rangel Quarters)

12. Nysa Nayak (‘23 & ‘24 - Irma Rangel Quarters)

13. Ravali Mocharla (‘24 - Irma Rangel Quarters)

14. Sahana Kumar (‘24 - Irma Rangel Quarters)

15. Yasha Godha (‘24 - Irma Rangel Quarlers)

Congratulations to all!