Mid February Recap: USA, Nueva, Greenhill, Village, Tompkins, Tierra Linda, and Coppell

39th Annual Stanford Invitational (2/8-10)

In varsity finals at the Stanford Invitational, West Los Angeles Violet JMMRY debated on the proposition and NSDA Team USA KMKLG debated on the opposition. The decision was a 2-1 for the opposition. Congratulations to Arrman Kapoor, Cailyn Min, Taite Kirkpatrick, Anuj Lohtia, and Valerie Gu!

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Hannah Li – Ethos LDFZW

2. Felicity Wong – NSDA Team USA LOZLW

3. Rebecca Liu – NSDA Team USA LOZLW

4. Reese Rosenthal – Branksome Hall RSKCK

5. Harry Tong – SD KMT

6. Anuj Lohtia – NSDA Team USA KMKLG

7. Michael Peng – Upper Canada LPQSZ

8. Chuka Okwumabua – NSDA Team USA LOZLW

9. Atharv Das – VDA - Vancouver TBDYC

10. Justin Lui – Artemis CFFLZ

Full results can be found here. 

In novice finals, 

Tierra Linda CLS debated on the proposition and Branksome Hall BMZSA debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations to Katya Chikanov, Ella Lee-Donley, and Sruthi Sivaraman!

The top 10 speakers were:

1. Lily Askew – Branksome Hall BMZSA

2. Austin Li – Cogito Tutoring LLH

3. Liuming Zhu – Artemis LHZXM

4. Livia Liu – Branksome Hall BKLLL

5. Helen Ziomecki – Branksome Hall BMZSA

6. Ian Huang – Cogito Tutoring LLH

7. Hayley Shepherd – Branksome Hall BMZSA

8. Emma Bian – Branksome Hall BMZSA

9. Rena Ren – HMDC CGQRW

10. Vedant Bajaj – AugLi BAJ

Full results can be found here.

Cypress Sweetheart TFA Swing at Bridgeland HS (2/12-15)

In the Bear’s division, Tompkins closed on the tournament. Congratulations to Aravind Dasu, Harsheel Desai, Ved Ranade, Shreya Karthik, & Oluwaseunfunmi Olatoye and Jaylon Ma, Janaki Sankar, Tahseen Islam, and Aaron Piehl!

In finals of the Tiger division, Village BLMGJ debated on the proposition and WilP NRS debated on the opposition. The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations to Diya Benny, Selena Liu, Shiksha Mohan, Eshani Gale, and Devika Joshi!

Full results can be found here and here.

Stephen F Austin TFA Online (2/15)

In finals at the Stephen F Austin TFA Online, Foster debated on the proposition and Tompkins debated on the opposition. The decision was a 2-1 for the opposition. Congratulations to Aravind Dasu, Aaron Piehl, Harsheel Desai, Shreya Karthik, and Akshath Kumar!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Harsheel Desai – Tompkins

2. Aaron Piehl – Tompkins

3. Mahita Bontu – Westwood

4. Aahana Rao – Tompkins

5. Raymond He – Alberta Alpacas

6. Charles Onwuka – Foster

7. Ijeoma Sinachi – Foster

8. Gaathri Chakka – Tompkins

9. Neha Reddy – Westwood

10. Ikennamefule Ugboajah – Hendrickson

Full results can be found here.

Harvard World Schools Round Robin (2/15-17)

In finals at the inaugural Harvard World Schools Round Robin, Greenhill ZMBVB debated on the proposition and Westminster HOPWW debated on the opposition. The motion was: "This House regrets the narrative of American Exceptionalism." The decision was a 5-0 for the proposition. Congratulations to Sherry Zhang, Varun Mukund, Jonaki Bose, Aditi Vikram, and Saida Bidiwala!

The top 10 speakers were as follows:

1. Sherry Zhang – Greenhill ZMBVB

2. Aditi Vikram – Greenhill ZMBVB

3. Chuka Okwumabua – Westminster HOPWW

4. Jackson Lawrence – Northland Christian LVMB

5. Hamilton Henderson – Westminster HOPWW

6. Sivaank Pothukoochi – Coppell AMPGG

7. Varun Mukund – Greenhill ZMBVB

8. Taite Kirkpatrick – Mount Vernon KRNR

9. Safiya Azam – Coppell AMPGG

10. Jonaki Bose – Greenhill ZMBVB

Cal Invitational UC Berkeley (2/15-17)

In finals at the Cal Invitational UC Berkeley, Nueva SBJBM debated on the proposition and Dripping Springs IDPM debated on the opposition. The motion was: "This House believes that the efforts to instill nationalism in post-conflict states have done more harm than good." The decision was a 3-0 for the proposition. Congratulations to Ritika Savla, Alejandro Bernhard, Arishka Jha, Nate Bomze, and Carson Middleton!

The top 10 speakers were as follows: 

1. Madeleine Khammar – Notre Dame CGNK

2. Jane Li – Blake POLW

3. Will McAdams – Dripping Springs IDPM

4. Zoey Parks – Dripping Springs IDPM

5. Kaden Wong – Alannah Debates YSCW

6. Benjamin Passi – Blake POLW

7. Obi Chu – Harvard-Westlake CMR

8. Maximus Lee – Harvard-Westlake WLL

9. Sophia Chang-Wong – Harvard-Westlake WLL

10. Alejandro Bernhard – Nueva SBJBM

Full results can be found here.

The McMillen High School Last Word TFA NIETOC

The tournament was closed out by Coppell. Congratulations to Nysa Nayak, Yasha Godha, Harshita Uppuluri, Medha Kanamarlapudi and Sahana Kumar & Nikhil Vardhan Reddy Mandala, Siddharth Boinapalli, Bhargav Narayanan and Vedika Chitkara.

Full results can be found here.

WOWI Shoutouts

Congratulations to the following alumni:

1. Jonaki Bose – Greenhill ZMBVB (‘24 - Harvard RR Champion, 10th speaker)

2. Sivaank Pothukoochi (‘23 - Harvard RR 6th speaker)

3. Safiya Azam (‘23 & ‘24 - Harvard RR 9th speaker)

4. Nysa Nayak (‘24 - McMillen Co-champion)

5. Yasha Godha (‘24 - McMillen Co-champion)

6. Harshita Uppuluri (‘24 - McMillen Co-champion)

7. Sahana Kumar (‘24 - McMillen Co-champion)

8. Siddharth Boinapalli (‘24 - McMillen Co-champion)

9. Bhargav Narayanan (‘24 - McMillen Co-champion)