Walker Debate and Forensics with outstanding performances at VCFL tournament November 14

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Barbara Marshall

The debate and forensics teams competed in the first District tournament of the Catholic Forensics League this past weekend. The V.C.F.L. is a speech and debate league under the auspices of the National Catholic Forensic League.
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• In Student Congress Tejas Muthusamy (’21-Henrico) finished in 1^st place and Owen McDonald (’23-Richmond) finished in 4^th place.
• In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Varun Mangdi (’21-Henrico) finished in 1st place and Aaksha Shah (’24-Henrico) finished in 3rd place. 
• In Public Forum Debate Ethan Ringer (’21-Hanover) and John Staley (’21-Hanover) finished in 1^st Place, Nived Sanjay (’23-Chesterfield) and Bruce Yanovitch (’23-Chesterfield) finished in 3^rd and Diya Ram Mohan (’22-Chesterfield) and Sarah Townsend (’22-Richmond) finished in 4^th Place.

In the forensics section of the tournament, Pooja Muthuraj (’22-Henrico) finished in 1^st place in Original Oratory.

All of these individuals have now qualified for the State Championship tournament.

Congratulations to sponsor, Dan Brown, and to the dragon debate/forensics team!

Photo from 2019