This weekend, Celie Boswell and Erin MacPherson took 35 students and 11 parent judges to Cosby High School. Two tournaments were running in the same building: the NCFL National Qualifier Tournament & an Open Division Tournament.
The competition was fierce, but our Maggie Walker Speakers and Debaters represented us well. Many of our students left with invitations to the National Tournament or in the top 3rd of their category.
Overall Team Rankings: MLWGS Debate 2nd Place; MLWGS Speech: 3rd Place
Students Invited to the National Tournament in Washington DC in May:
- Congress: Lola Acquista
- Policy Debate: Simon Moon & Katherine Robin; Jackie Liang & Kritika Goel
- Public Forum Debate: Charvi Deorah & Geunyoung Chung
- Duo Interpretation: Claire Adcock & Sanika Kumar
- Oratorical Declamation: Akash Arun Kumar Soumya, Shaivi Shankhwar, & Urvika Bansal
- Extemporaneous Speaking: Vrinda Shah & Harper Cox
National Tournament Alternates: Owen Stroop, Sita Lewis, Lolu Nzombola, Melody Qian, Zoe Fang, Serine Oh, Theo Chukin, Emily Garcia Recinos & Nate Stevens
Students Recognized in the Open Division:
- Speech Events:
- Informational Speaking: Shanshan Liu – 3rd place
- Impromptu Speaking: Aarya Karmarkar – 3rd place
- Debate Events:
- Congress: Madeline Radcliffe – 10th
- Lincoln-Douglas: Uma Raju – 2nd; Sunghoon Keefe – 8th; Aditya Singhal – 12th
- Public Forum: Samara Habib & Avabella Nguyen – 11th; Anaya Athale & Eleanor Chin – 14th; Rachael Zhang & Lucy Harrell
