Harvard Westlake wins the Heart of Texas Invitational

This past weekend, The Heart of Texas tournament (hosted by St. Mark’s) took place. Harvard Westlake faced off against Westchester Academy for International Students on the motion: This House believes gene-editing technology should be restricted to non-human organisms. They emerged victorious claiming the 2023 H.O.T. championship! Congratulations to Jacklyn Wang, Eden Mahoney, Maya Karsh, and Arielle Trakhtenberg!

Results starting with quarters can be found here.

As for Top 10 speakers, they break down as follows:

1. Irath Habani - Westchester Academy For International Studies DBBKH

2. Sivaank Pothukoochi - Coppell PGMFA

3. Evan Danek - Westchester Academy For International Studies DBBKH

4. Maya Karsh - Harvard-Westlake WMKT

5. Jonathan Barnes - Westchester Academy For International Studies DBBKH

6. Medha Kanamarlapudi - Coppell PVK

7. Jacklyn Wang - Harvard-Westlake WMKT

8. Sophia Ahmed - Southlake Carroll SDA

9. Max Razmjoo - Sage Hill CMRG

10. Nilufer Mistry-Sheasby - Harvard-Westlake MMV

Full speaker results can be found here.

Special shout out to WOWI alumni Sivaank Pothukoochi (2nd speaker, quarters); Safiya Azam (quarters), Anya Gupta (quarters), and Justin Murdock (quarters)!